Sustainable Land Management in Greater Central Asia

An Integrated and Regional Perspective

AvVictor Squires,Lu Qi

Häftad, Engelska, 2019

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Beskrivning

Greater Central Asia encompasses a vast area that includes deserts, natural grasslands, steppes, shrublands and alpine regions. Many of these land types are degraded and productivity is falling at a time when human populations and livestock inventories are on the rise. Ecosystem stability and biodiversity are under threat and there is an urgent need to develop more sustainable land management regimes. This book uses an integrated regional approach to provide a comprehensive exploration of sustainable land development in Central Asia. An interdisciplinary team of experts analyses the economic, ecological, sociological, technological and political factors surrounding sustainable land and water management in the region, sharing potential problems and solutions. As international concern about desertification grows, the book concludes by asking how the region is likely to develop in the future. This book will be of value to scholars, students, policy makers and NGOs with an interest in sustainable development in Central Asia.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2019-12-12
Mått:156 x 234 x 18 mm
Vikt:453 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Routledge Studies in Asia and the Environment
Antal sidor:336
Förlag:Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN:9780367872663

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Victor R. Squires is a Guest Professor in the Institute of Desertification Studies, Beijing and an Adjunct Professor at the University of Arizona, Tucson, USA.Lu Qi is Director and Chief Researcher of the Institute of Desertification Studies, Chinese Academy of Forestry, China.

Innehållsförteckning

Part I: Introduction1. Greater Central Asia: its peoples and their history and geography 2. Biogeography and natural resources of Greater Central Asia: an overview3. Managing the commons in the post-Soviet transition: what are the challenges of institutional change in pastoral systems in Uzbekistan?Part II: Sustainable land management: a dream or an economic and ecological imperative4. Sustainable land management: a pathway to sustainable development 5. The future we want: putting aspirations for a land degradation neutral world into practice in the GCA region6. Barriers to sustainable land management in Greater Central Asia: with special reference to the five former Soviet republicsPart III: The nature and extent of land degradation in Greater Central Asia7. Assessment of land degradation processes and identification of long-term trends in vegetation dynamics in the drylands of Greater Central Asia8. Land degradation indicators: development and implementation by remote sensing techniques9. Mitigation of desertification and land degradation impacts and multilateral cooperation in Greater Central AsiaPart IV: Thematic issues of SLM in Great Central Asia10. Water in Central Asia: a cross-cutting management issue11. Water from the mountains of Greater Central Asia: a resource under threatPart V: Consolidating and summarizing findings: the way forward12. Greater Central Asia as the new frontier in the twenty-first century13. Greater Central Asia: China, Russia or multilateralism? 14. Unifying perspectives on land, water, people, national development and an agenda for future social-ecological research