Central Eurasian Water Crisis: Caspian, Aral, and Dead Seas (UNU, 1998, 203 pages)

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Note to the reader from the UNU

Foreword

1. Perspectives on water environment management

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References

Part I: introduction

2. Central Eurasian water perspectives and arid land studies

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International cooperation for peaceful water management in critical areas

3. Major environmental problems in world lakes

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Declining water levels

Rapid siltation

Acidification

The progress of eutrophication

Contamination with man-made toxics

The collapse of aquatic ecosystems

Acknowledgements

References

Part II: The Aral Sea

4. Creeping environmental problems in the Aral Sea basin

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Introduction

Introduction to the notion of creeping environmental problems

Characteristics of CEPs

CEPs and the Aral region

Concluding comments and a call for research

Acknowledgement

References

5. the Aral Sea and socio-economic development

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Introduction

The technical system of cotton monoculture

The cotton swindle

Environmental problems and human health

The problem of pesticide pollution

The environment of the Aral Sea and international cooperation

The future of Central Asia

Recommendations

References

6. Satellite image maps of the Aral Sea and Central Asia

7. Voices from the region

A word on Aral

The role of academic research in solving the ecological problems of the Aral Sea region

References

Iranian strategies in Central Asia

Part III: The Caspian Sea

8. Environmental policy-making for sustainable development of the Caspian Sea area

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Introduction

Morphometry and the principal hydrological features

The water balance and water-level variations

The economic impacts on the Caspian states of the water-level variations

Other development issues requiring international cooperation

Conclusions

Acknowledgement

References

9. Iranian perspectives on the Caspian Sea and Central Asia

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Introduction

Iran's northern geopolitical interests

The issue of lake Hamun and the Hirmand River

Conclusion

Notes

References

Part IV: The Dead Sea

10. Principles for confidence-building measures in the Jordan River watershed

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Introduction

Background

Hydrography

International water rights law

Cooperative watershed development

Technological and management alternatives for the future

Conclusions

Acknowledgements

Notes

References

11. Alternative strategies in the inter-state regional development of the Jordan Rift Valley

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Introduction

Canal schemes for co-generation

The Peace Drainage Canal scheme and eco-political decision-making

The Aqaba hybrid scheme

Techno-political assessment of the Peace Drainage Canal and the Med/Red-Dead Sea canal

Conclusion

Acknowledgements

References

Part V: International organizations and inland seas

12. The role of international organizations in the integrated management of international water bodies: The activities of the UNU, UNEP, and the World Bank in the Middle East

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International water bodies require integrated management

The need for international efforts and a role for international organizations

The UNU: Accomplishments to promote sound management of international waters

Assistance given by UNEP and the World Bank to the Aral Sea programme

Programme for the Caspian Sea basin as an international effort

Conclusions

References

Contributors

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