Geographic Perspectives on Soviet Central Asia (Hardcover)

In a unique survey, based on new census data, "Geographic Perspectives on Soviet Central Asia" highlights the region's geographic, economic and ecological problems since 1945. Painting a grim picture, this book investigates how the combination of rapid population growth and declining per capita investment is causing economic conditions to slide in rural areas and encouraging an ecological catastrophe. The authors discuss the effects of low rural out-migration, and show that at current growth rates the rural working-age population will double with each generation. Unprecedented in a developed country, this is causing the region to become more rather than less rural. Soviet Central Asia is an area of low productivity, and the book considers the lack of support from Soviet central government to the region. Wishing to maximize their return to capital and labour, the government is concentrating its investment in the European West and directing insufficient funds for a growing workforce in Central Asia. Soviet Central Asia also faces grave ecological problems; the declining level of the Aral Sea, extensive soil salinization and water pollution. This book should be of interest to undergra

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	April 1992
First published:	1992
Editors:	Robert Lewis
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 27mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	344
ISBN-13:	978-0-415-07592-3
Categories:	Books > Earth & environment > Geography > Regional geography Books > Humanities > History > European history > General Books > Humanities > History > Asian / Middle Eastern history > General Books > Business & Economics > Economics > Macroeconomics > General Books > Earth & environment > Geography > Human geography > Economic geography Books > Humanities > History > World history > From 1900 > Postwar, from 1945 Books > History > Asian / Middle Eastern history > General Books > History > European history > General Books > History > World history > From 1900 > Postwar, from 1945 Promotions
LSN:	0-415-07592-0
Barcode:	9780415075923

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