Description

• Title:
  A geographical perspective on the Aral Sea crisis: three interpretations of an image
• Creator:
  White, Kristopher D.
• Description:
  The Aral Sea crisis has gained global notoriety as a human-induced environmental disaster. This paper contextualizes this crisis within a broad geographical framework. Three interpretations of a single photographic image emblematic of the desiccation of the Aral Sea are related to general foci within the academic discipline of geography. These interpretations serve to guide a framing of the Aral Sea crisis within a geographical context. This is presented as a geographical problem, incorporating elements and processes salient to physical geography, human geography, and human-environment interaction. With ecological and societal sustainability in the immediate Aral Sea region still a pressing concern, geographers are well positioned to contribute relevant, research-driven insights.
• Object availability:
  free access
• Date:
  2013.08.07
• Type:
  info:eu-repo/semantics/article;
  info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
• Language:
  English
• Source:
  Bulletin of Geography. Socio-economic Series; No. 21 (2013): September; 125-132;
  Bulletin of Geography. Socio-economic Series; Nr 21 (2013): September; 125-132;
  2083-8298;
  1732-4254
• Format:
  application/pdf
• Publisher:
  Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń
• Relation: https://apcz.umk.pl/BGSS/article/view/bog-2013-0026/1238
• Subject:
  Aral Sea;
  geography;
  image interpretation;
  Central Asia
• Identifier: https://apcz.umk.pl/BGSS/article/view/bog-2013-0026
• Data provider:
  Akademicka Platforma Czasopism
• Can I use it?:
  seek permission
• Type:
  text