THE OVEREXPLOITATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES IN ARID CENTRAL ASIA. THE CASE OF HUNGRY STEPPE: CAN A COLLAPSE BE A SOLUTION?

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

The paper aims to provide a postdictive answer to why Central Asia is continuously investing or aspiring to invest in irrigation infrastructure and further contributing to the overexploitation of renewable and non-renewable endowments of its steppe zones even when the conventional economic rationale loses its worth.The study devises its analytical

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Modeling Radicalization Phenomena in Heterogeneous Populations.

The phenomenon of radicalization is investigated within a mixed population composed of core and sensitive subpopulations.The latest includes first to third generation immigrants.Respective ways of life may be partially incompatible.In case of a conflict core agents behave as inflexible about the issue.In contrast, sensitive agents can decide either

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