Michael Gentile 2005
The main traits of the population geography of the Central Asian Republics of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistanare are outlined, and attempts are made to establish if particular regional and local demographies show inter-linkages with the specific socio-economic and/or cultural settings that they are embedded in. The variations are striking and suggest that they will face distinctly spatially differentiated challenges.
