Kristopher D. White
Keywords : Regional and economic geography of Central Asia Aral Sea crisis Population and economic change in Kazakhstan
Country : Kazakhstan
Organization : The Kazakhstan Institute of Management, Economics and Strategic Research
Department :
Email : kwhite@kimep.kz
ResearchGate profile : https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Kristopher_White2
Biography :
Associate Professor
Education:
Ph.D. Geography, University of Connecticut (Storrs, CT, USA) 2002
M.A. Geography, University of Connecticut (Storrs, CT, USA) 1996
B.A. Geography, Clark University (Worcester, MA, USA) 1992
Courses taught at KIMEP:
The Aral Sea Crisis: A Geographical Perspective
Introduction to Geography
Population and Environment
Oil and Gas Policy
Oil Geopolitics
Introduction to Environmental Studies
Political Geography
Research Reading and Writing
Research Interests:
Regional and economic geography of Central Asia, Aral Sea crisis, Population and economic change in Kazakhstan
Selected Recent Publications:
White, K.D. 2014. Nature and Economy in the Aral Sea Basin. In The Aral Sea: The Devastation and Partial Rehabilitation of a Great Lake Micklin, Philip; Aladin, N.V.; Plotnikov, Igor (Eds.) Springer Earth System Sciences series, Chapter 12 pp. 301-335. (Berlin Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag).
White, K.D. 2013. A geographical perspective on the Aral Sea crisis: Three interpretations of an image. Bulletin of Geography Socio-economic Series 21: 125-132.
White, K.D. 2013. Nature-Society Linkages in the Aral Sea Region. Journal of Eurasian Studies 4(1): 18-33.
White, K.D. 2011. A preliminary spatial examination of post-independence population dynamics in Kazakhstan. Asia Research Institute Working Papers Series (No. 163): 1-12.
White, K.D. 2011. Location Vital For Economic Development. In World Geography: Understanding a Changing World (Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO).
White, K.D. 2010. Geography, policy, and barriers to international trade in Central Asia. Central Asia Business Journal 3: 39-49.
White, K. 2010. Kazakhstan. Encyclopedia of Global Resources. (Pasadena, CA: Salem Press).
White, K.D. 2009. A Reconsideration of the Geography of Economic Development in Central Asia. Journal of Central Asian and Caucasian Studies 4(8): 71-94.
Contact information:
Phone: +7(727) 270-42-87
Office: #314/VB