Novel measurement and assessment tools for monitoring and management of land and water resources in agricultural landscapes of Central Asia
By: Lothar Mueller, Abdulla Sparov, Gunnar Lischeid, editors
Contributors: Saparov, Abdulla
Series: Environmental science and engineering. Environmental science; Spon's environmental science and engineering series
Publisher: Springer Verlag
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Cham; Heidelberg
Language: eng
Number of pages: 716
ISBN-13: 9783319010168
Subjects: Agricultural landscape management; Water-supply; Management
Description: The book aims to initiate a sustainable use of land and water resources in Central Asia by the transfer of scientific methods. It deals with the most advanced methods worldwide for better monitoring and management of water and land resources. We offer an array of methods of measuring, assessing, forecasting, utilizing and controling processes in agricultural landscapes. These are laboratory and field measurement methods, methods of resource evaluation, functional mapping and risk assessment, and remote sensing methods for monitoring and modeling large areas. The book contains methods and results of data analysis and ecosystem modeling, of bioremediation of soil and water, field monitoring of soils, and methods and technologies for optimizing land use systems as well. The chapter authors are inventors and advocators of novel transferrable methods. The book starts with an analysis of the current state of water and land resources. Finally concrete proposals for the applicability of novel methods are given. --
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Environmental and societal framework for monitoring and management of land and water resources; title: Novel methodologies for measurement of processes and assessment of resources; title: Applications and case studies; title: Executive summary.