Cotton, water, salts and soums : economic and ecological restructuring in Khorezm, Uzbekistan /

Cotton, water, salts and soums : economic and ecological restructuring in Khorezm, Uzbekistan /

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Imprint:	Dordrecht ; New York : Springer, c2012.
Description:	1 online resource (xv, 419 p.) : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.)
Language:	English
Subject:	Land use -- Uzbekistan -- Khorazm oblasti. Water use -- Uzbekistan -- Khorazm oblasti. Economic development -- Uzbekistan -- Khorazm oblasti. Land use -- Aral Sea Watershed (Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan) Water use -- Aral Sea Watershed (Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan) Economic development -- Aral Sea Watershed (Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan) Economic development. Land use. Water use. Asia -- Aral Sea Watershed. Uzbekistan -- Khorazm oblasti.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/9044773

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Other authors / contributors:	Martius, Christopher.
ISBN:	9789400719637 (electronic bk.) 9400719639 (electronic bk.) 9789400719620 (cloth) 9400719620 (cloth)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. Description based on print version record.
Summary:	"This book summarizes a long-term research project addressing land and water use in the irrigated areas of the Aral Sea basin. In an interdisciplinary approach, natural and human sciences are combined to elucidate the challenges of economic transition that affect the use of land, water and biological resources, ecological sustainability, economic efficiency and the livelihoods of the local population. The research focuses on Khorezm, a region in Uzbekistan, located on the Amudarya river, in the heart of Central Asia. A series of chapters describes the biophysical environment and the aspects of society and institutions that shape land and water use. The book discusses options and tools to improve land and water management, and to reform the economic system management, based on agronomic, hydrological, economic and social studies and modeling. The insights are not only important for Uzbekistan, but for all countries in transitions and irrigated dryland areas elsewhere"--Provided by publisher.
Other form:	Print version: Cotton, water, salts and soums. Springer Verlag, c2012 9789400719620

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Summary:	This book summarizes a long-term research project addressing land and water use in the irrigated areas of the Aral Sea basin. In an interdisciplinary approach, natural and human sciences are combined to elucidate the challenges of economic transition that affect the use of land, water and biological resources, ecological sustainability, economic efficiency and the livelihoods of the local population. The research focuses on Khorezm, a region in Uzbekistan, located on the Amudarya river, in the heart of Central Asia. A series of chapters describes the biophysical environment and the aspects of society and institutions that shape land and water use. The book discusses options and tools to improve land and water management, and to reform the economic system management, based on agronomic, hydrological, economic ans social studies and modeling. The insights are not only important for Uzbekistan, but for all countries in transitions and irrigated dryland areas elsewhere.
Physical Description:	1 online resource (xv, 419 p.) : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.)
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:	9789400719637 9400719639 9789400719620 9400719620