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The Overexploitation of Natural Resources in Arid Central Asia. The Case of Hungry Steppe: Can a Collapse be a Solution? Cover

The Overexploitation of Natural Resources in Arid Central Asia. The Case of Hungry Steppe: Can a Collapse be a Solution?

By: Iroda Amirova  
Open Access
|Jun 2022

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/ijc.1144 | Journal eISSN: 1875-0281
Language: English
Submitted on: Aug 11, 2021
Accepted on: Apr 23, 2022
Published on: Jun 17, 2022
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