附註:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Perspectives water environment management / Juha I. Uitto -- Central Eurasian water perspectives and arid land studies / Iwao Kobori -- Major environmental problems in world lakes / Tatsuo Kira -- Creeping environmental problems in the Aral Sea Basin / Michael H. Glantz -- The Aral Sea and socio-economic development / Tsuneo Tsukatani -- Satellite image maps of the Aral Sea and Central Asia / Toshibumi Sakata -- Word on Aral / O. Abdirakhmanov -- The role of academic research in solving ecological problems of the Aral Sea Region / U.M. Sultangazin -- Iranian strategies in Central Asia / Modjtaba Sadria -- Environmental policy-making for sustainable development of the Caspian Sea Area / Genady N. Golubev -- Iranian perspectives on the Caspian Sea and Central Asia / Pirouz Mojtahed-Zadeh -- Principles for confidence-building measures in the Jordan River watershed / Aaron T. Wolf -- Alternative strategies in the inter-state regional development of the Jordan Rift Valley / Masahiro Murakami -- The role of international organizations in the integrated management of international water bodies : the activities of the UNU, UNEP, and the World Bank in the Middle East / Mikiyasu Nakayama.