Sustainable land management in greater Central Asia : an integrated and regional perspective / edited by Victor R. Squires and Lu Qi.

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Online Access: Full Text (via Taylor & Francis)
Other Authors: Squires, Victor R., 1937- (Editor), Lu, Qi, 1963- (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Routledge, 2018.
Series:Routledge studies in Asia and the environment ; 6.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Greater Central Asia : its peoples and their history and geography
  • Biogeography and natural resources of greater Central Asia : an overview
  • Managing the commons in the post-soviet transition : what are the challenges of institutional change in pastoral systems in Uzbekistan
  • Sustainable land management : a dream or an economic and ecological imperative
  • Sustainable land management : what do we want to sustain?
  • Sustainable land management in greater Central Asia in a land degradation neutral context
  • Barriers to sustainable land management in greater Central Asia : with special reference to the five former soviet republics
  • The nature and extent of land degradation in greater Central Asia
  • Assessment of land degradation process and identification of long-term trends in vegetation dynamics in the drylands of greater Central Asia
  • Land degradation indicators : development and implementation by remote sensing techniques
  • Mitigation of desertification and land degradation impacts and multilateral cooperation in greater Central Asia
  • Thematic issues of SLM in great Central Asia
  • Water in greater Central Asia : a cross-cutting management issue
  • Water from the mountains of greater Central Asia : a resource under threat
  • Consolidating and summarizing findings
  • Greater Central Asia as the new frontier in the twenty-first century
  • Greater Central Asia : China, Russia or multilateralism?
  • Unifying perspectives on land, water, people, development and an agenda for future social-ecological research.