2016
DOI: 10.2458/v23i1.20177
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Irrigation in the Khorezm oasis, past and present: a political ecology perspective

Abstract: The Khorezm oasis sits at the epicenter of an environmental disaster. Since the late 19 th century, the continual expansion of irrigation in this region has altered the natural hydrology of the Amu Darya delta, leading to widespread desertification and the near total disappearance of the world's fourth largest lake, the Aral Sea. The situation is widely acknowledged as an environmental catastrophe of unprecedented scale, and yet it is not the first irrigation crisis in Khorezmian history. Numerous events of ir… Show more

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“…Water use is a major theme in political ecology, which often focuses on power and justice in management decisions over water (Radonic and Kelly-Richards 2015). Aggressive and neglectful environmental policies can undermine socioeconomic development of a region, as happened in the oasis of Khorezm (Brite 2016), in present-day Uzbekistan, with the reduction of the Aral Sea. Interactions among human activity and the physical and social environment related to water flows define hydrosocial territories (Ženko and Uležić 2019).…”
Section: A Political Ecology Approachmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Water use is a major theme in political ecology, which often focuses on power and justice in management decisions over water (Radonic and Kelly-Richards 2015). Aggressive and neglectful environmental policies can undermine socioeconomic development of a region, as happened in the oasis of Khorezm (Brite 2016), in present-day Uzbekistan, with the reduction of the Aral Sea. Interactions among human activity and the physical and social environment related to water flows define hydrosocial territories (Ženko and Uležić 2019).…”
Section: A Political Ecology Approachmentioning
confidence: 99%