LEADER 05181oam 2200721I 450 001 9910788907903321 005 20230207215848.0 010 $a1-317-79337-4 010 $a1-317-79336-6 010 $a1-315-81071-9 024 7 $a10.4324/9781315810713 035 $a(CKB)3710000000072664 035 $a(EBL)1574830 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001192679 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11831546 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001192679 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11227855 035 $a(PQKB)11578542 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1574830 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1574830 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10813789 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL762358 035 $a(OCoLC)869091979 035 $a(OCoLC)864898882 035 $a(FINmELB)ELB137392 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000072664 100 $a20180331d2003 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe post-Soviet decline of Central Asia $esustainable development and comprehensive capital /$fEric W. Sievers 210 1$aLondon ;$aNew York :$cRoutledgeCurzon,$d2003. 215 $a1 online resource (565 p.) 225 1 $aCentral Asia research forum 300 $aSimultaneously published in the USA and Canada. 311 $a0-415-40606-4 311 $a0-7007-1660-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages [207]-244) and index. 327 $aCover; 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 environment 327 $aLingering 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 globalization 327 $aFormal 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 capital 327 $aEpistemic 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; Desertification 327 $aRegional 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; Index 330 $aSievers draws on his experience of Central Asia to take on the task of explaining the remarkable economic declines of the post-Soviet Central Asian states (Kazakhstan, Kyrgystan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan) in the past decade, and the turn of these states towards despotism. 410 0$aCentral Asia research forum series. 606 $aSustainable development$zAsia, Central 606 $aPost-communism$zAsia, Central 607 $aAsia, Central$xEconomic conditions$y1991- 607 $aAsia, Central$xSocial conditions$y1991- 615 0$aSustainable development 615 0$aPost-communism 676 $a338.958/07/09049 686 $a83.30$2bcl 700 $aSievers$b Eric$f1970,$01523915 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910788907903321 996 $aThe post-Soviet decline of Central Asia$93764283 997 $aUNINA