Desert Problems and Desertification in Central Asia

1. Front Matter

   Pages I-VIII

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2. Introduction

   • A. G. Babaev

   Pages 1-3

3. The Natural Conditions of Central Asian Deserts

   • A. G. Babaev

   Pages 5-19

4. People in Deserts

   • A. G. Babaev, A. A. Arnageldyev

   Pages 21-31

5. Population and Settlement

   • A. B. Batyrov

   Pages 33-48

6. Desertification, Its Consequences and Control Strategy

   • A. G. Babaev, I. S. Zonn

   Pages 49-58

7. The Monitoring and Forecast of Desertification Processes

   • A. M. Babaev, N. G. Kharin

   Pages 59-75

8. Genetic Types of Deserts in Central Asia

   • A. P. Jumashov

   Pages 77-87

9. The Mapping of Desertification Processes

   • T. A. Babaeva

   Pages 89-100

10. The Technology of Desert Pasture Improvement

    • G. M. Mukhammedov, M. K. Durikov, N. T. Nechaeva

    Pages 101-114

11. The Agrometeorological Foundations for Prediction of Pasture Yields

    • M. N. Nurberdiev

    Pages 115-124

12. Modeling the Development of Desert-Pastural Cattle Breeding

    • V. N. Nikolaev, V. V. Nikolaev, M. D. Nepesov

    Pages 125-133

13. Plant Growing on Near-Oasis Sand

    • A. O. Ovezliev, O. P. Kurbanov, A. I. Ibragimov

    Pages 135-142

14. The Fixation of Drifting Sands

    • S. K. Veisov, V. P. Cherednichenko, I. P. Svintsov

    Pages 143-153

15. Plant Development on Takyr Soils

    • N. K. Lalymenko

    Pages 155-165

16. The Reclamation of Saline Soils

    • P. E. Esenov, K. R. Redjepbaev

    Pages 167-177

17. Precipitation Use

    • M. A. Nepesov, T. P. Vitkovskaya, B. T. Kirsta

    Pages 179-187

18. The Technology of Making Lenses of Fresh Underground Water in Deserts

    • I. D. Mamieva

    Pages 189-199

19. The Use of Drainage Water

    • M. V. Kolodin, G. I. Rabochev

    Pages 201-210

20. The Drinking Water Supply

    • V. V. Jarkov

    Pages 211-223

Since 1962 the Desert Institute of the former Academy of Science of the USSR has been conducting research work in the arid and semi-arid zones of central Asia. This outstanding experience in desert and desertification problems, and the possibilities of sustainable land use under difficult environmental conditions is summarized here. The book also gives an overview of the Institute's consulting work within the framework of international projects. This is the first publication allowing readers outside the Russian-speaking world to obtain concise information about the specific constraints and development possibilities of central Asian drylands.

• Desert Institute
• Drainage
• Fundament
• Geography
• Geosciences
• Monitoring
• biosphere
• desert research
• irrigation
• land degradation
• wind
• landscape/regional and urban planning

• Desert Institute, Ashgabat, Turkmenistan

  Agajan G. Babaev

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