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" Desert Problems and Desertification in Central Asia "
edited by Agajan G. Babaev.
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BL
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578160
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b407379
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Babaev, Agajan G.
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Desert Problems and Desertification in Central Asia : The Researchers of the Desert Institute /\ edited by Agajan G. Babaev.
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Berlin, Heidelberg :: Springer Berlin Heidelberg,, 1999.
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9783642601286
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: 9783642642685
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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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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.
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Geography.
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Regional planning.
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Ecology.
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Population.
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Regional economics.
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SpringerLink (Online service)
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