Environmental Crises in Central Asia by Eric Freedman
Environmental conditions do not exist in a vacuum. They are influenced by science, politics, history, public policy, culture, economics, public attitudes, and competing priorities, as well as past human decisions. In the case of Central Asia, such Soviet-era decisions include irrigation systems and physical infrastructure that are now crumbling, mine tailings that leach pollutants into soil and groundwater, and abandoned factories that are physically decrepit and contaminated with toxic chemicals.
Environmental Crises in Central Asia highlights major environmental challenges confronting the region’s former Soviet republics: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan. They include threats to the Caspian and Aral seas, the impact of climate change on glaciers, desertification, deforestation, destruction of habitat and biodiversity, radioactive and hazardous wastes, water quality and supply, energy exploration and development, pesticides and food security, and environmental health. The ramifications of these challenges cross national borders and may affect economic, political, and cultural relationships on a vast geographic scale. At the same time, the region’s five governments have demonstrated little resolve to address these complex challenges.
This book is a valuable multi-disciplinary resource for academics, scholars, and policymakers in environmental sciences, geography, political science, natural resources, mass communications, public health, and economics.
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Participatory Networks and the Environment
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Multidimensional Climate Change Communication in Asia
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Environmental Ethics and Film
- A Critical Introduction to Environmental Communication
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Multi-Stakeholder Contribution in Asian Environmental Communication
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Environmental Communication and Community
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Toxic Media Ecologies
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Environmental Communication Pedagogy and Practice
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Climate Change and Post-Political Communication
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Public Perception of Climate Change
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Environmental Communication and Travel Journalism
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Discourses of Global Climate Change
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Culture, Development and Petroleum
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The Troubled Rhetoric and Communication of Climate Change
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Environmental Advertising in China and the USA
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Communicating Climate Change
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Journalism, Politics, and the Dakota Access Pipeline
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Reporting Climate Change in the Global North and South
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Environmental Literacy and New Digital Audiences
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Communicating Endangered Species
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The Anthropocene in Global Media
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Essential Concepts of Environmental Communication
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Participatory Media in Environmental Communication
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Environmental Pollution and the Media
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Theory and Best Practices in Science Communication Training
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The Discourses of Environmental Collapse
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Environmental Advertising
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Climate Change Journalism
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Competing Discourses on Japan’s Nuclear Power
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Extreme Sustainability Rhetoric and Sustainable Development
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9781138597532 |
| ISBN 10 | 1138597538 |
| Title | Environmental Crises in Central Asia |
| Author | Eric Freedman |
| Series | Routledge Studies In Environmental Communication And Media |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Routledge |
| Year published | 2018-04-25 |
| Number of pages | 214 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |