This 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. TheGeography of Central Asiaappeals
to scientists and students of regional geography and interested academics from other areas
such as social, political, economic and environmental studies within the context ofCentral Asia.
The book is also a very useful resource for field trips into this area
