Cotton, Water, Salts and Soums Economic and Ecological Restructuring
This book summarizes results from a long-term research project addressing land and water use in irrigated areas of the Aral Sea basin. In an interdisciplinary approach, natural and human sciences are combined to elucidate challenges of economic transition
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Preface
4HISBOOKREPORTSONTHElRSTYEARSOFRESEARCHINALONG TERMSCIENCEANDCAPACITY BUILDING PROJECT IN THE +HOREZM REGION OF 5ZBEKISTAN LOCATED IN THE HEART OF #ENTRAL!SIA4HISPROJECTOFTHE#ENTEROF$EVELOPMENT2ESEARCH:%& 5NIVERSITY OF"ONN ANDTHE5NIVERSITYOF5RGENCH 5ZBEKISTANISFUNDEDSINCETHEYEAR BYTHE 'ERMAN &EDERAL -INISTRY OF 2ESEARCH AND (IGHER %DUCATION "-"& and carried out under endorsement of the Ministry of Agriculture and Water 2ESOURCESOF5ZBEKISTAN4HEPROJECTALSOBENElTSFROMACLOSECOLLABORATIONWITH THE5NITED.ATIONS%DUCATIONAL 3CIENTIlCAND#ULTURAL/RGANIZATION5.%3#/ THE'ERMAN3PACE!GENCY$,2 4HISBOOKSUMMARIZESTHElNDINGSINNATURAL ANDSOCIALSCIENCEDISCIPLINESDURINGTHEPERIODn 4HIS PROJECT TAKES A LONG TERM INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH APPROACH TO ADDRESS LAND AND WATER USE IN IRRIGATED AREAS OF THE !RAL 3EA BASIN AND SEEKS OPTIONS TO RESTRUCTURETHEREGIONINECOLOGICALANDECONOMICTERMS)TCOMBINESNATURALAND HUMANSCIENCESTOJOINTLYELUCIDATEPROBLEMSOFECONOMICTRANSITIONINPOST 3OVIET countries. This transition affects the use of land, water and biological resources, ecological sustainability, economic efficiency and the livelihoods of the people of the region. The environmental problems are reflected in the increasing land degraDATION WHICHISMAINLYCAUSEDBYEXCESSWATERUSEANDSUBSEQUENTSOILSALINIZATION in an area dominated by cotton, wheat and rice production. These unsolved resource management problems threaten food security, agricultural incomes, rural livelihoods and thus, human security. 4HE RESEARCH PROGRAM IS FOCUSED ON +HOREZM A REGION IN 5ZBEKISTAN SITTING AMIDSTTHE+YZYLKUMAND+ARAKUMDESERTS)TRECEIVESALLTHEWATERITNEEDSFORITS MAIN ECONOMIC ACTIVITY AGRICULTURE FROM THE !MUDARYA RIVER THE ANCIENT /XUS +HOREZM IS A REGION WHICH PROBAB
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