LEADER 03449nam 2200469 450 001 9910447259703321 005 20211005234200.0 010 $a3-030-61266-X 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-030-61266-5 035 $a(CKB)4100000011781629 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-030-61266-5 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6511417 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL6511417 035 $a(OCoLC)1241449107 035 $a(PPN)25472261X 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000011781629 100 $a20211005d2021 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurnn|008mamaa 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe geography of Central Asia $ehuman adaptations, natural processes and post-Soviet transition /$fIgor Jelen [and four others] 205 $a1st ed. 2020. 210 1$aCham, Switzerland :$cSpringer,$d[2021] 210 4$dİ2021 215 $a1 online resource (XXXII, 358 p. 128 illus., 101 illus. in color.) 225 1 $aWorld Regional Geography Book Series,$x2363-9083 311 $a3-030-61265-1 327 $aPreface -- Acknowledgement -- Chapter 1. Premise: a land of extremes -- Chapter 2. The geographical setting and physical environment -- Chapter 3. Geo biology, botanic and biodiversity -- Chapter 4. Ecological base and environmental constraints -- Chapter 5. Modernization and correspondent ecological/ human ruptures -- Chapter 6. Environmental challenges in globalization and post-modern times -- Chapter 7. A historical periodization: from nature to early stages of human settlement, to classic age -- Chapter 8. Modern era and modernization processes until the soviet collapse -- Chapter 9. The geographical mosaic -- Chapter 10. From culture to material aspects -- Chapter 11. The material ?container?: structural and infra-structural aspects -- Chapter 12. Economics, from micro to macro -- Chapter 13. Institutions and politics -- Chapter 14. Political geography and geopolitics -- Chapter 15. Final comments. 330 $aThis book provides a profound geographical description and analysis of Central Asia. The authors take a synthetic approach in a period of critical transformation in the post-soviet time. The monograph analyzes comprehensively the physical and human geography as well as human-nature interactions of Central Asia with focus on Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan. Natural processes are described at a systemic scale, focusing on ecological impacts and consequences and contemporary human adaptations and organization. It also discusses in which ways the human organizations try to apply solutions for their needs such as security, territorial management and resources renewability, material and functional needs, identity elaborations, culture and communication. The Geography of Central Asia appeals to scientists and students of regional geography and interested academics from other areas such as social, political, economic and environmental studies within the context of Central Asia. The book is also a very useful resource for field trips into this area. 410 0$aWorld Regional Geography Book Series,$x2363-9083 607 $aAsia, Central$xGeography 676 $a327.58 700 $aJelen$b Igor$0141746 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910447259703321 996 $aThe geography of Central Asia$91906158 997 $aUNINA