Sustainable Land Use in Deserts

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xxiv

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2. Introduction

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Deserts, Land Use and Desertification

      • Siegmar-W. Breckle, Maik Veste, Walter Wucherer

      Pages 3-13

   3. River Diversion, Irrigation, Salinization, Desertification — an Inevitable Succession

      • Dietmar Keyser

      Pages 14-23

3. The Aral Sea Crisis

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 25-25

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   2. The Aral Sea Crisis Region

      • Siegmar-W. Breckle, Walter Wucherer, Okmir Agachanjanz, Boris Geldyev

      Pages 27-37

   3. Flora of the Dry Sea Floor of the Aral Sea

      • Walter Wucherer, Siegmar-W. Breckle, Liliya Dimeyeva

      Pages 38-51

   4. Vegetation Dynamics on the Dry Sea Floor of the Aral Sea

      • Walter Wucherer, Siegmar-W. Breckle

      Pages 52-68

   5. Methods of Conservation and Restoration of Vegetation Cover on the Aral Sea Coast

      • Liliya A. Dimeyeva

      Pages 69-73

   6. Vegetation Dynamics on the Syrdarya Delta and Modern Land Use

      • Natalia P. Ogar

      Pages 74-83

   7. Ecological Basis for Botanical Diversity Conservation Within the Amudarya and Syrdarya River Deltas

      • N. M. Novikova

      Pages 84-94

   8. The Tugai Forests of Floodplain of the Amudarya River: Ecology, Dynamics and Their Conservation

      • Sergey Y. Treshkin

      Pages 95-102

   9. Soil Crusts in the Amudarya River Delta: Properties and Formation

      • Arieh Singer, Amos Banin, Lev Poberejzsky, Moshe Gilenko

      Pages 103-114

   10. Irrigation and Land Degradation in the Aral Sea Basin

       • Nicolai Orlovsky, Michael Glantz, Leah Orlovsky

       Pages 115-125

   11. Ecology of the Aqueous Medium in the Area Surrounding the Aral Sea

       • G. A. Lyubatinskaya

       Pages 126-131

   12. Potable Water: Research into Seasonal Changes and Conditions in the Aral Sea Region

       • S. Sokolov

       Pages 132-135

4. Salt Stress

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 137-137

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   2. Halophytes on the Dry Sea Floor of the Aral Sea

      • Siegmar-W. Breckle, Anja Scheffer, Walter Wucherer

      Pages 139-146

   3. Halophytes: Structure and Adaptation

      • A. A. Butnik, U. N. Japakova, G. F. Begbaeva

      Pages 147-153

   4. Environmental State and an Analysis of Phytogenetic Resources of Halophytic Plants for Rehabilitation and Livestock Feeding in Arid and Sandy Deserts of Uzbekistan

      • Ch. N. Toderich, R. I. Goldshtein, W. B. Aparin, K. Idzikowska, G. Sh. Rashidova

      Pages 154-165

Changing desert areas for land use implies a lot of ecological problems. These and related ones are dealt with in this book covering various interdisciplinary and international aspects. Large areas in arid and semi-arid regions are already polluted in various ways. One of the biggest problems is the anthropogenic salinization by inadequate means of agriculture and irrigation. Additionally, most arid areas in the world are dramatically overgrazed. Methods and practices of a sustainable land use in deserts are urgently needed in many arid regions. This book gives a broad survey on some of the affected regions of the world as well as some case studies from elsewhere (Aral Sea, Negev desert, Namib desert etc.). Thus, basic and applied sciences are brought together. Water management in deserts, grazing systems or reclamation of desertified areas are among the topics of this book, as well as social and economic aspects.

• Aral Sea
• China
• Deegradation
• Desertification
• Desertifikation
• Drought
• Landgewinnung
• desert
• development
• ecology
• ecosystems
• land amelioration
• morphology
• soil
• toxicity

• Department of Ecology, University of Bielefeld, Bielefeld, Germany

  Siegmar-W. Breckle, Maik Veste, Walter Wucherer

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