Central Eurasian water crisis : Caspian, Aral, and Dead seas / edited by Iwao Kobori and Michael H. Glantz.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Foreword / Bo Kjellen -- 1. Perspectives on water environment management / Juha I. Uitto -- 2. Central Eurasian water perspectives and arid land studies / Iwao Kobori -- 3. Major environmental problems in world lakes / Tatsuo Kira -- 4. Creeping environmental problems in the Aral Sea basin / Michael H. Glantz -- 5. The Aral Sea and socio-economic development / Tsuneo Tsukatani -- 6. Satellite image maps of the Aral Sea and Central Asia / Toshibumi Sakata -- 7. Voices from the region. A word on Aral / O. Abdirakhmanov. The role of academic research in solving the ecological problems of the Aral Sea region / U. M. Sultangazin. Iranian strategies in Central Asia / Modjtaba Sadria -- 8. Environmental policy-making for sustainable development of the Caspian Sea area / Genady N. Golubev -- 9. Iranian perspectives on the Caspian Sea and Central Asia / Pirouz Mojtahed-Zadeh -- 10. Principles for confidence-building measures in the Jordan River watershed / Aaron T. Wolf --

11. Alternative strategies in the inter-state regional development of the Jordan Rift Valley / Masahiro Murakami -- 12. The role of international organizations in the integrated management of international water bodies: The activities of the UNU, UNEP, and the World Bank in the Middle East / Mikiyasu Nakayama.

"Central Eurasian Water Crisis" refers to the awareness by the global community that, in the 21st century, people in various regions around the world will likely face problems of water quality and water quantity. These problems have already surfaced in several locations, and this volume focuses on three of them: the Dead Sea region, the Aral Sea region, and the Caspian Sea region.

Researchers from a variety of physical and social science disciplines seek to identify the water-related problems and the prospects for resolving them. This volume attempts to raise as many questions as it might answer about Eurasian water crises. To others around the world, let these cases serve as lessons of actions to be taken ... or not taken.