This publication, edited by Oktay F. Tanrısever and Halil Burak Sakal, is an academic work focusing on the interrelations of water, energy, and the environment in the Eurasian region. It features contributions from distinguished experts across various fields. The book, published by Cappadocia University Press, seeks sustainable solutions by approaching regional and global environmental challenges from an interdisciplinary perspective.
The Eurasian region has been characterized by growing water, energy, and environmental challenges. This book intends to answer the following key questions: What are the major conceptual issues concerning Eurasia’s water, energy, and environment nexus? What are the key challenges and drawbacks faced by the countries in the Eurasian region in responding to the nexus issues? How could regional cooperation be developed to mitigate nexus-related sustainability problems? What are the future implications of the current challenges for the regional and global environment? This book highlights the analytical benefits of employing the nexus approach in studying Eurasia’s complex dynamics of water, energy, and environment. The nexus approach assumes that the inversely related interdependency between energy and the environment is more evident in water-related issues. The book brings together the original academic contributions of distinguished experts studying various aspects of the Eurasian region’s nexus of water, energy, and the environment, from technical and socio-economic to diplomatic elements. The book is composed of three parts which explore these issues systematically in terms of the employed conceptual framework and the levels of analysis: The first part elaborates on the conceptual framework, the second part focuses on the national level of analysis, and the last part deals with the regional level of analysis.
Oktay F. Tanrisever is Professor of International Relations and the Chairperson of the Center for Black Sea and Central Asia (KORA) at the Middle East Technical University (METU), Ankara-Turkey. He has specialized in energy, water and environmental diplomacy; transnational and regional security and peace-building in Eurasia.
Halil Burak Sakal is an Associate Professor of International Relations at Cappadocia University, Nevşehir, Turkey. His academic work and research interests include water, energy, and the environment; sustainable tourism development; and economic and political issues and historiography in Eurasia.
The editors of this book co-authored Development of Hydropower Sector and Its Impact on Energy-Environment Nexus in Central Asia, published by Akhmet Yassawi University, Eurasian Research Institute in 2017.
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Tanrısever, Oktay F., and Halil Burak Sakal (Eds.). Water, Energy and Environment in Eurasia. Nevşehir: Cappadocia University Press, 2022, 258 p. ISBN: 978-605-4448-22-7
