Environmental Security and Shared Water Resources in Post-Soviet Central Asia
David R. Smitha Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies , Monterey Institute of International Studies , 425 Van Buren Street, Monterey, CA 93940
1995en
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This paper examines the distribution of water and the location of physical and political boundaries in Central Asia, identifies indicators of the susceptibility of its various regions to resource and water-related conflict, and then applies those indicators to discover the potential for future water-based regional conflict. The dimensions of the problem are addressed not only in terms of the physical availability of water (or lack of same), but also water quality and regional social unrest as a consequence of migration from regions of environmental deterioration. 5 figures, 4 tables, 45 references.
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