Novel Measurement and Assessment Tools for Monitoring and Management of Land and Water Resources in Agricultural Landscapes of Central Asia

ISBN-13: 9783319377247 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 716 str.

Lothar Mueller; Abdulla Saparov; Gunnar Lischeid

Opis

This book details methods for measuring, assessing, forecasting and controlling processes in agricultural landscapes. It proposes solutions for initiating sustainable development and focuses on methodologies with application potential for Central Asia.

Spis treści

Land and Water Resources of Central Asia, their Utilisation and Ecological Status.- Soil Resources of the Republic of Kazakhstan: Current Status, Problems and Solutions.- Long-Term Monitoring and Water Resource Management of the Republic of Kazakhstan.- Trends in Agriculture of Central Asia and Implications for Rangelands and Croplands.- Landscape Hydrology of Rural Areas: Challenges and Tools.- Productivity Potentials of the Global Land Resource for Cropping and Grazing.- Novel Method for Quantifying Soil Hydraulic Properties.- Advanced Technologies in Lysimetry.- 3rd Generation Lysimetry – Scientific Engineered Monitoring Systems.- Field Method to Quantify Deep Seepage and Solute Leaching.- Simple Field Methods for Measurement and Evaluation of Grassland Quality.- Impact Assessment for Multifunctional Land Use.

Blurb

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.