Water and Food Security in Central Asia

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Madramootoo, Chandra (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Dukhovny, Victor (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2011.
• Σειρά: NATO Science for Peace and Security Series C: Environmental Security,
• Θέματα: Life sciences.; Environmental management.; Agriculture.; Ecology.; Private international law.; Conflict of laws.; International law.; Comparative law.; Water pollution.; Agricultural economics.; Life Sciences.; Water Policy/Water Governance/Water Management.; Agricultural Economics.; Waste Water Technology / Water Pollution Control / Water Management / Aquatic Pollution.; Private International Law, International & Foreign Law, Comparative Law.

Central Asia is vulnerable to water scarcity because it is located in semiarid and arid vegetation zones and large parts of its economy depend on water for irrigation and energy. Climate-change scenarios predict temperature increases and a rising number of extreme weather events, which will exacerba...