Natural resources in Afghanistan : geographic and geologic perspectives on centuries of conflict /
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...
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| Language: | English |
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San Diego, California :
Elsevier,
2014.
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| Edition: | First edition, 2014. |
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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.