2. TMU: TRUST FOR MUTUAL RAMAPO COLLEGE OF NEW JERSEY AND
SAMARKAND STATE ARCHITECTURAL
UNDERSTANDING AND CIVIL ENGINEERING INSTITUTE
Funded by the Trust for
Mutual
Understanding, we
embarked on the first
leg of an exchange
that, in its second
phase, led to this
conference.
3. IN MAY 2011 A JOINT TEAM SET OUT IT WAS A LONG TRIP ACROSS
FROM SAMARKAND TO FIND THE MUCH OF THE COUNTRY OF
ARAL SEA UZBEKISTAN
Along the Way New Dimensions of the Disaster Appeared
4. Searching for the
Vanished Sea
The Aral Sea was, until
fifty years ago, the
world’s fourth largest
inland body of water.
Today it is nearly gone.
How could that happen?
Where did it go?
What were the causes?
What are the
consequences?
What can be done now?