Section Two The Aral Disaster in Historical Perspective

Abstract

Having established multiple disasters now radiating from the core loss of the Aral Sea, we turn to the volume's theme of Disaster by Design in Section Two. Neither the trunk nor the branches was a natural process; all took root in the hands of humans intent on altering nature to serve humans.

Citation

Edelstein, M.R. (2012), "Section Two The Aral Disaster in Historical Perspective", Edelstein, M.R., Cerny, A. and Gadaev, A. (Ed.) Disaster by Design: The Aral Sea and its Lessons for Sustainability (Research in Social Problems and Public Policy, Vol. 20), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 75-76. https://doi.org/10.1108/S0196-1152(2012)0000020015