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Launching CADEX: Measuring the Dust Above Dushanbe
On a spring afternoon in 2016, the mountains above Dushanbe were half-shrouded in a pale, yellow-gray haze. From the rooftops of the capital, one could look west toward the Kafirnigan River valley and watch the sky blur as fine dust drifted in from the deserts beyond. People in the city hardly gave it a second…
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Landslides in Rasht & GBAO: The Slopes Write Their Own Story
Rain begins in the high ridges before sunrise, falling first in whispers, then in cascades of sound. Drops pound the roofs of villages in Rasht and Gorno-Badakhshan. Slopes groan. Where soil is loose, roots thin, and water has soaked deep, there is momentum- not in the way of rivers but in earth itself shifting. In…
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Urban Growth in Dushanbe: Expanding Edges
From the rooftop of an old Soviet apartment block near Rudaki Avenue, the city stretches out in layers. The center hums with traffic, broad boulevards lined with new glass-fronted shops. Beyond, cranes swing above construction sites, and dust rises from the edges where farmland once lay. Dushanbe is changing before its residents’ eyes. The capital…
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