Environmental Development in Central Asia: towards Sustainability?
This article deals with the environmental development of the post-socialist countries of Central Asia, Mongolia, and Afghanistan. We aimed at such targets and indicators used in the seventh Millennium Development Goal that have been documented with consistent and comparable data from the United Nati...
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| author | Krepl Vladimír Kment Petr Vališ Zdeněk |
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| description | This article deals with the environmental development of the post-socialist countries of Central Asia, Mongolia, and Afghanistan. We aimed at such targets and indicators used in the seventh Millennium Development Goal that have been documented with consistent and comparable data from the United Nations, namely carbon dioxide emissions and energy use and improved water sources and facilities. The countries of interest cannot be considered as significant global CO2 emitters, however, the steady tendency towards industrialization and urbanization can be seen in the data. The data on proportion of the population using improved drinking water sources and sanitation facilities are optimistic even on a global scale. However, the regional specifics of Central Asia discover further significant dimensions of the water problem, especially water pollution. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-c89994f4dff74be28d7a96011278aca52023-05-29T10:54:38ZengSciendoAgricultura Tropica et Subtropica1801-05712013-06-01462737810.2478/ats-2013-0012Environmental Development in Central Asia: towards Sustainability?Krepl Vladimír0Kment Petr1Vališ Zdeněk2Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Faculty of Tropical AgriSciences, Department of Sustainable Technologies, Kamýcká 129, 165 21, Prague, Czech Republic, tel: (+420) 224 382 174Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Faculty of Economics and Management, Department of Humanitie, Prague, Czech RepublicMinistry of Industry and Trade, Na Františku 32, 110 15 Prague 1, Czech RepublicThis article deals with the environmental development of the post-socialist countries of Central Asia, Mongolia, and Afghanistan. We aimed at such targets and indicators used in the seventh Millennium Development Goal that have been documented with consistent and comparable data from the United Nations, namely carbon dioxide emissions and energy use and improved water sources and facilities. The countries of interest cannot be considered as significant global CO2 emitters, however, the steady tendency towards industrialization and urbanization can be seen in the data. The data on proportion of the population using improved drinking water sources and sanitation facilities are optimistic even on a global scale. However, the regional specifics of Central Asia discover further significant dimensions of the water problem, especially water pollution.https://doi.org/10.2478/ats-2013-0012central asiaafghanistanmongoliaenvironmentmillennium development goals |
| spellingShingle | Krepl Vladimír Kment Petr Vališ Zdeněk Environmental Development in Central Asia: towards Sustainability? Agricultura Tropica et Subtropica central asia afghanistan mongolia environment millennium development goals |
| title | Environmental Development in Central Asia: towards Sustainability? |
| title_full | Environmental Development in Central Asia: towards Sustainability? |
| title_fullStr | Environmental Development in Central Asia: towards Sustainability? |
| title_full_unstemmed | Environmental Development in Central Asia: towards Sustainability? |
| title_short | Environmental Development in Central Asia: towards Sustainability? |
| title_sort | environmental development in central asia towards sustainability |
| topic | central asia afghanistan mongolia environment millennium development goals |
| url | https://doi.org/10.2478/ats-2013-0012 |
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