The Aral Sea crisis and its future: An assessment in 2006

Eurasian Geography and Economics

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 546-567

  Micklin, Philip ^a  

^a WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aral Sea; Brine shrimp industry; Central Asia; Fisheries; Hazardous wastes; Irrigation agriculture; Kazakhstan; Uzbekistan

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT; ECONOMIC ACTIVITY; FISHERY; HAZARDOUS WASTE;

ARAL SEA; ASIA; EURASIA; KAZAKHSTAN; UZBEKISTAN; WEST ASIA;

ANOSTRACA;

EID: 33750282552     PISSN: 15387216     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/1538-7216.47.5.546     Document Type: Article

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