05181oam 2200721I 450 991078890790332120230207215848.01-317-79337-41-317-79336-61-315-81071-910.4324/9781315810713 (CKB)3710000000072664(EBL)1574830(SSID)ssj0001192679(PQKBManifestationID)11831546(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001192679(PQKBWorkID)11227855(PQKB)11578542(MiAaPQ)EBC1574830(Au-PeEL)EBL1574830(CaPaEBR)ebr10813789(CaONFJC)MIL762358(OCoLC)869091979(OCoLC)864898882(FINmELB)ELB137392(EXLCZ)99371000000007266420180331d2003 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe post-Soviet decline of Central Asia sustainable development and comprehensive capital /Eric W. SieversLondon ;New York :RoutledgeCurzon,2003.1 online resource (565 p.)Central Asia research forumSimultaneously published in the USA and Canada.0-415-40606-4 0-7007-1660-2 Includes bibliographical references (pages [207]-244) and index.Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Dedication; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Glossary of terms and abbreviations; Introduction: Central Asia in transition - the capital of sustainable development; Pre-Soviet, Soviet, and post-Soviet Central Asia; Central Asia experienced and abstracted; Sustainable development; Methodology: the dilemma of statistics; Physical and financial capital; Natural capital; Human capital; Organizational capital; Social capital; Sustainable development and international environmental law; 1. Natural capital: the Central Asian human and natural environmentLingering effects of the Soviet military establishmentWater management; Land degradation; Biodiversity; Industrial pollution; Caspian Sea; Hydrocarbons and mining; Evaluating the eras of natural capital in Central Asia; 2. Human capital: health, education, and science in Central Asia; Human capital in health; Educational human capital: basic literacy; Educational human capital: science and technology; The brain drain; Evaluating the eras of human capital in Central Asia; 3. Formal organizational capital: governments and markets; Kaldor-Hicks and globalizationFormal organizations: the democratic administrative stateAsset stripping: the post-Soviet market game; Formal rules: the rule of law state; Evaluating the eras of organizational capital in Central Asia; 4. Social capital: civil society and solidarity; One-shot games; Bridging social capital: social associations and civil society; Bonding social capital: mahalla community associations; Evaluating the eras of social capital in Central Asia; 5. International environmental regimes and international environmental law; The new sovereignty and managed compliance as organizational and social capitalEpistemic communities as human and social capitalEnvironmental administrative agencies as human and organizational capital; Connecting international regimes to natural capital: compliance and effectiveness; 6. Case studies: internationalizing the Central Asian environment; Agenda 21, opening states, and the new era of sustainable development; Into the opening: GEF and the GEF implementors; Biodiversity: embracing CBD dollars and avoiding CITES duties; The transboundary atmosphere: ozone, carbon, and LRTAP; DesertificationRegional ecosystems in the global environment: the Caspian Environment ProgrammeTransboundary watercourse management: the Irtysh river; Beyond thinking globally: local action for the Aral Sea; Evaluating Central Asia and the internationalized environment; Conclusion: prospects for sustainable development in Central Asia; Tracking the decline in comprehensive capital; Accounting for decline; Implications of decline for sustainable development; Notes; IndexSievers draws on his experience of Central Asia to take on the task of explaining the remarkable economic declines of the post-Soviet Central Asian states (Kazakhstan, Kyrgystan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan) in the past decade, and the turn of these states towards despotism.Central Asia research forum series.Sustainable developmentAsia, CentralPost-communismAsia, CentralAsia, CentralEconomic conditions1991-Asia, CentralSocial conditions1991-Sustainable developmentPost-communism338.958/07/0904983.30bclSievers Eric1970,1523915MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910788907903321The post-Soviet decline of Central Asia3764283UNINA