Squires / Lu Sustainable Land Management in Greater Central Asia

An Integrated and Regional Perspective
Erscheinungsjahr 2017
ISBN: 978-1-317-39405-1
Verlag: CRC Press
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 334 Seiten

Reihe: Routledge Studies in Asia and the Environment

Greater Central Asia encompasses a vast area that includes deserts, natural grasslands, steppes, shrublands and alpine regions. Many of these land types are degraded and productivity is falling at a time when human populations and livestock inventories are on the rise. Ecosystem stability and biodiversity are under threat and there is an urgent need to develop more sustainable land management regimes. This book uses an integrated regional approach to provide a comprehensive exploration of sustainable land development in the nine countries that are in Greater Central Asia. An interdisciplinary team of experts analyses the economic, ecological, sociological, technological and political factors surrounding sustainable land and water management in the region, sharing potential problems and solutions. As international concern about desertification grows, the book concludes by asking how the region is likely to develop in the future. This book will be of interest to scholars, students, policy makers and NGOs with an interest in sustainable development in Central Asian region.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Squires, Victor R.

Squires, Victor

Lu, Qi

Fachgebiete

• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Entwicklungsstudien
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Internationale Wirtschaft Entwicklungsökonomie & Emerging Markets

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part 1 1. Central Asia sens lat.: An Overview 2. Central Asia from Pre-Soviet Times to the Mid Part of the Twenty-first Century 3. Land Degradation in Central Asia: Extent and Severity and Mitigation Efforts 4. Central Asia as a New Frontier in the Twenty-first Century: Problems, Opportunities and Prospects Part 2 5. Sustainability in the Context of Central Asia: What do we Want to Sustain? 6 Land Use Practices as a Barrier to Sustainable Land Management 7. Sustainable Land Management in Central Asia in a Zero Net Gain Context 8. Water: A Cross Cutting Issue that Affects Sustainable Land Management throughout Central Asia 9. People and Place: Key Factors in Success of Measures to Prevent Land Degradation Part 3 10. Mongolia: Country Profile 11. Western China: Xinjiang and Tibet: Case Study on Successful Strategies 12. Kazakhstan: Country Profile 13. Kyrgyzstan: Country Profile 13. Tajikistan: Country Profile 14. Uzbekistan: Country Profile 15. Turkmenistan: Case Study Part 4 16. Sustainable Land Management in Central Asia: A Response to the Zero Net Land Degradation Initiative 17. A Vision for the Future of the Region and how this Vision is Likely to be Shaped through the Current and Future Transport and Energy Projects 18. The New Silk Economic Road: Agenda, Strategy and Geopolitics 19. Unifying Perspectives: Land, Water, People and Development in Central Asia

Über Autor(innen)

Victor R. Squires is a Guest Professor in the Institute of Desertification Studies, Beijing and an Adjunct Professor at the University of Arizona, Tucson, USA

Lu Qi is Director and Chief Researcher of the Institute of Desertification Studies, Chinese Academy of Forestry, China