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  title info:
    title: Natural resources in Afghanistan
    sub title: geographic and geologic perspectives on centuries of conflict
  name:
    name part: Shroder, John F.
    name part: 1939-
    role:
      role term: creator
  name:
    name part: ScienceDirect (Online service)
  type of resource: text
  genre: bibliography
  genre: Electronic books.
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: cau
    date issued: 2014
    edition: First edition, 2014.
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: remote
    extent: 1 online resource
  abstract: Natural Resources in Afghanistan: Geographic and Geologic Perspectives on Centuries of Conflict details Afghanistan's physical geography - namely climate, soils, vegetation, water, hazards, and basic geologic background and terrain landforms - together with details of its rich natural resources, ethnic problems, and relevant past histories. The book couples these details with the challenges of environmental degradation and new environmental management and protection, all of which are considered finally in both pessimistic and optimistic modes. The reader comes away with a nuanced understanding of the issues that are likely to have great affect for this pivotal region of the world for decades to come. With an estimated $1-3 trillion dollars of ore in the ground, and multiple cross-reinforcing cancellations of big Asian power machinations (China, India, Iran, Pakistan), Afghanistan has an opportunity to gain more economic independence. At the same time, however, historic forces of negativity also pull it back toward the chaos and uncertainty that has defined the country and constrained its economic progress for decades.
  table of contents: Foreword / Thomas Gouttierre -- Preface -- Introduction and historical overview -- PART I. GEOGRAPHY AND GEOLOGY OF AFGHANISTAN. Introduction -- Rock & landform jigsaw puzzles & mosaic -- Terrains of torment -- Soils & vegetation in extremis -- Watersheds of want -- Ethnic patchworks -- Silk road nexus -- Hazards & disasters -- PART II. RESOURCES : BONES OF CONTENTION AND POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS TO INTERMINABLE WAR. Introduction -- Afghanistan border fixing : 19th century -- Lost resource opportunities : 20th century -- Discovery of rich resources : 20th century -- Rich resource exploitation, resource curses, resource wars : 21st century -- Air & space technology in resource delineation, war & peace : 20th-21st centuries -- Resource rushes in Afghanistan -- Resource corridors -- PART III. AFGHANISTAN ENVIRONMENT & DEVELOPMENT. Introduction -- Afghanistan environment and development issues -- Afghanistan environmental degradation -- Afghanistan environmental protection -- Afghanistan water and climate change -- PART IV. AFGHANISTAN IN FUTURE. Introduction -- Pessimistic scenarios : incessant war in Afghanistan -- Optimistic scenarios : resource corridor success.
  note: John F. Shroder.
  note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
  subject:
    geographic code: a-af---
  subject:
    topic: Natural resources
    geographic: Afghanistan
  subject:
    topic: Economic geography
  subject:
    geographic: Afghanistan
    topic: Economic conditions
  subject:
    topic: Agricultural geography
    geographic: Afghanistan
  subject:
    topic: Water-supply
    geographic: Afghanistan
  subject:
    topic: Conservation of natural resources
  subject:
    topic: Conservation of Natural Resources
  subject:
    geographic: Afghanistan
  subject:
    topic: Ressources naturelles
    geographic: Afghānistān
  subject:
    topic: Géographie économique
  subject:
    topic: Géographie agricole
    geographic: Afghānistān
  subject:
    topic: Eau
    topic: Approvisionnement
    geographic: Afghānistān
  subject:
    topic: Conservation des ressources naturelles
  subject:
    topic: BUSINESS & ECONOMICS
    topic: Real Estate
    topic: General
  subject:
    topic: Conservation of natural resources
  subject:
    topic: Agricultural geography
  subject:
    topic: Economic geography
  subject:
    topic: Economic history
  subject:
    topic: Natural resources
  subject:
    topic: Water-supply
  subject:
    geographic: Afghanistan
  classification: HC417.5 .S57 2014eb
  classification: 333.709581
  classification: Online Book
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    title info:
      title: Natural resources in Afghanistan
    name:
      name part: Shroder, John F., 1939-
    origin info:
      edition: First edition, 2014
    identifier: (DLC) 2014005299
    identifier: (OCoLC)871965500
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    record content source: N$T
    record creation date: 140616
    record change date: 20260326204736.4
    record identifier: in00005754574
    language of cataloging:
      language term: eng