Geographic usage of the terms middle Asia and Central Asia

被引：86

作者：

Cowan, P. J. ^{[1
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机构：

[1] Sch Croft, Newburgh AB41 6BG, Abeerdeen, Scotland

来源：

JOURNAL OF ARID ENVIRONMENTS | 2007年 / 69卷 / 02期

关键词：

Asia; Central Asia; Former Soviet Union; Central Asian Republics; Soviet Central Asia;

D O I：

10.1016/j.jaridenv.2006.09.013

中图分类号：

Q14 [生态学（生物生态学）];

学科分类号：

071012 ; 0713 ;

摘要：

Usage of the terms Middle Asia and Central Asia and their translation from Russian is discussed. English-language publications have used 'Central Asia' to refer to areas of the former USSR, to areas of China and Mongolia and to areas that cross the former-Soviet/Chinese border. Use of Middle Asia to refer to Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan collectively, avoids this ambiguity. (c) 2006 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

引用

页码：359 / 363

页数：5

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