Desert Problems and Desertification in Central Asia
General Material Designation
[Book]
Other Title Information
The Researchers of the Desert Institute /
First Statement of Responsibility
edited by Agajan G. Babaev.
EDITION STATEMENT
Edition Statement
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.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Berlin, Heidelberg :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Springer Berlin Heidelberg,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
1999.
CONTENTS NOTE
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Introduction -- Natural Conditions of Central Asian Deserts -- Social Conditions of Inhabitants of Desert -- Population and Settlement -- Desertification, its Consequences and Control Strategy -- Monitoring and Forecast of Desertification Processes -- Genetic Types of Deserts of Central Asia -- Mapping of Desertification Processes -- Technology of Desert Pasture Improvement -- Agrometeorological Foundations for Predication of Pasture Yields -- Modelling of Desert-Pastural Cattle-Breeding Development -- Plant Growing on Near-Oasis Sands -- Fixation of Drifting Sands -- Plant Development of Takyr Soils -- Reclamation of Saline Soils -- Precipitation Use -- Technology of Making Lenses of Fresh Underground Waters in Desert -- Use of Drainage Waters -- Drinking Water Supply -- Application of Solar and Wind Energy -- Problems of the Aral and Caspian Seas -- Repetek International Biosphere Reserve -- International Cooperation in Desertification Control -- Consulting Experience of the Desert Institute.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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Since 1962 the Desert Institute of the former Academy of Science of the USSR has been conducting research work in the arid and semi-arid zones of central Asia. This outstanding experience in desert and desertification problems, and the possibilities of sustainable land use under difficult environmental conditions is summarized here. The book also gives an overview of the Institute's consulting work within the framework of international projects. This is the first publication allowing readers outside the Russian-speaking world to obtain concise information about the specific constraints and development possibilities of central Asian drylands.