Widely ignoring recommendations from mainstream economics, the some Central Asian countries have achieved remarkable economic growth rates since their transformational recession in the 1990s. While Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, and Turkmenistan have greatly benefitted from increasing world market...

An overview of environmental issues in Central Asia / Jiaguo Qi and Rashid Kulmatov -- Modern problems in using, protecting, and managing water and land resources of the Aral Sea basin / Rashid Kulmatov -- Using satellite remote sensing to study and monitor the Aral Sea and adjacent zone /...