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Desert Problems and Desertification in Central Asia

The Researchers of the Desert Institute

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  • © 1999

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Editors:
  1. Agajan G. Babaev

    1. Desert Institute, Ashgabat, Turkmenistan

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  • The book describes the complex interactions between socio-economic conditions and natural factors which contribute to desertification intensifying each other

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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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Table of contents (25 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-VIII
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  2. Introduction

    • A. G. Babaev
    Pages 1-3

  3. The Natural Conditions of Central Asian Deserts

    • A. G. Babaev
    Pages 5-19

  4. People in Deserts

    • A. G. Babaev, A. A. Arnageldyev
    Pages 21-31

  5. Population and Settlement

    • A. B. Batyrov
    Pages 33-48

  6. Desertification, Its Consequences and Control Strategy

    • A. G. Babaev, I. S. Zonn
    Pages 49-58

  7. The Monitoring and Forecast of Desertification Processes

    • A. M. Babaev, N. G. Kharin
    Pages 59-75

  8. Genetic Types of Deserts in Central Asia

    • A. P. Jumashov
    Pages 77-87

  9. The Mapping of Desertification Processes

    • T. A. Babaeva
    Pages 89-100

  10. The Technology of Desert Pasture Improvement

    • G. M. Mukhammedov, M. K. Durikov, N. T. Nechaeva
    Pages 101-114

  11. The Agrometeorological Foundations for Prediction of Pasture Yields

    • M. N. Nurberdiev
    Pages 115-124

  12. Modeling the Development of Desert-Pastural Cattle Breeding

    • V. N. Nikolaev, V. V. Nikolaev, M. D. Nepesov
    Pages 125-133

  13. Plant Growing on Near-Oasis Sand

    • A. O. Ovezliev, O. P. Kurbanov, A. I. Ibragimov
    Pages 135-142

  14. The Fixation of Drifting Sands

    • S. K. Veisov, V. P. Cherednichenko, I. P. Svintsov
    Pages 143-153

  15. Plant Development on Takyr Soils

    • N. K. Lalymenko
    Pages 155-165

  16. The Reclamation of Saline Soils

    • P. E. Esenov, K. R. Redjepbaev
    Pages 167-177

  17. Precipitation Use

    • M. A. Nepesov, T. P. Vitkovskaya, B. T. Kirsta
    Pages 179-187

  18. The Technology of Making Lenses of Fresh Underground Water in Deserts

    • I. D. Mamieva
    Pages 189-199

  19. The Use of Drainage Water

    • M. V. Kolodin, G. I. Rabochev
    Pages 201-210

  20. The Drinking Water Supply

    • V. V. Jarkov
    Pages 211-223
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  • Desert Institute, Ashgabat, Turkmenistan

    Agajan G. Babaev

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