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
Table of Contents:
  • Ch. 1. Cotton, water, salts, and soums - research and capacity building for decision-making in Khorezm, Uzbekistan
  • Ch. 2. Agro-meteorological trends of recent climate development in Khorezm and implications for crop production
  • Ch. 3. Soils and soil ecoogy in Khorezm
  • Ch. 4. Spatial distribution of cotton yield and its relationship to environmental, irrigation infrastructure and water management factors on a regional scale in Khorezm, Uzbekistan
  • Ch. 5. Water management in Khorezm: current situtaion and options for improvement (hydrological perspective)
  • Ch. 6. Farm reform in Uzbekistan
  • Ch. 7. Mapping and anlayzing service provision for supporting agricultural production in Khorezm, Uzbekistan
  • Ch. 8. Politics of agricultural water management in Khorezm, Uzbekistan
  • Ch. 9. Water and sanitation-related health aspects in Khorezm, Uzbekistan
  • Ch. 10. Price and income elasticity of residential electricity consumption in Khorezm
  • Ch. 11. Optimal irrigation and N-fertilizer management for sustainable winter wheat production in Khorezm, Uzbekistan
  • Ch. 12. Groundwater contribution to N fertilization in irrigated cotton and winter wheat in the Khorezm Region, Uzbekistan
  • Ch. 13. Introducing conservation agriculture on irrigated meadow alluvial soils (arenosols) in Khorezm, Uzbekistan
  • Ch. 14. Crop diversification in support of sustainable agriculture in Khorezm
  • Ch. 15. Conservation of degraded cropland to tree plantations for ecosystem and livelihood benefits
  • Ch. 16. Abundance of natural riparian forests and tree plantations in the Amudarya Delta of Uzbekistan and their impact on emissions of soil-borne greenhouse gases
  • Ch. 17. Economic-ecological optimization model of land and resource use at farm-aggregated level
  • Ch. 18. Water patterns in the landscape of Khorezm, Uzbekistan: a GIS approach to socio-physical research
  • Ch. 19. Modeling irrigation scheduling under shallow groundwater conditions as a tool for an integrated management of surface and groundwater resources
  • Ch. 20. Estimation of spatial and temporal variability of crop water productivity with imcomplete data
  • Ch. 21. A computable general equilibrium analysis of agricultural development reforms: national and regional perspective
  • Ch. 22. State order and policy strategies in the cotton and wheat value chains
  • Ch. 23. Prospects of agricultural water service fees in the irrigated drylands downstream of Amudarya.

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