Research Catalog

Title

The Aral Sea Basin / edited by Philip P. Micklin, William D. Williams.

Publication

New York : Springer-Verlag, 1996.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Micklin, Philip P.
• Williams, W. D. (William David)
• North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Scientific Affairs Division.
• NATO Advanced Research Workshop "Critical Scientific Issues of the Aral Sea Basin: State of Knowledge and Future Research Needs" (1994 : Tashkent, Uzbekistan)

Description

xii, 186 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.

Series Statement

NATO ASI series. Partnership sub-series 2, Environment ; vol. 12

Uniform Title

NATO ASI series. Partnership sub-series 2, Environment ; vol. 12.

Subject

• Environmental degradation > Aral Sea Region (Uzbekistan and Kazakstan) > Congresses
• Climatic changes > Aral Sea Region (Uzbekistan and Kazakstan) > Congresses
• Environmental policy > Aral Sea Region (Uzbekistan and Kazakstan) > Congresses
• Climatic changes
• Environmental degradation
• Environmental policy
• Umweltpolitik
• Umweltverschmutzung
• Umweltveränderung
• Climat x Changement > Aral, mer d' > Congrès
• Politique de l'environnement > Aral, Mer d' > Congrès
• Pollution > Aral, Mer d' > Congrès
• Aralsee
• Kasachstan
• Usbekistan
• Taschkent <1994>

Genre/Form

Conference papers and proceedings.

Note

• "Published in cooperation with NATO Scientific Affairs Division."
• "Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop "Critical Scientific Issues of the Aral Sea Basin: State of Knowledge and Future Research Needs", held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, May 2-5, 1994"--T.p. verso.
• Includes index.

Contents

• Introductory Remarks on the Aral Issue / P. P. Micklin -- Review of the Scientific and Environmental Issues of the Aral Sea Basin / Y. N. Ivanov, V. E. Chub, O. I. Subbotina, G. A. Tolkacheva and R. V. Toryhannikova -- Changes in the Water-Level and Hydrological Balance of the Aral Sea / V. N. Bortnik -- Changes in the Form and Biota of the Aral Sea Over Time / N. V. Aladin, I. S. Plotnikov, M. I. Orlova, A. A. Filippov, A. O. Smurov, D. D. Pirulin, O. M. Rusakova and L. V. Zhakova -- Aral Sea: A Limnological Perspective / W. D. Williams -- Current Changes in the Vegetation of the Amu Dar'ya Delta / N. M. Novikova -- Ecological Restoration of Delta Areas of the Aral Sea / D. Keyser -- Ecosystem Changes in the Northern (Kazakhstan) Area of the Former Aral Sea (Priaralie) / L. Ya. Kurochkina and G. B. Makulbekova -- Dust and Salt Transfer from the Exposed Bed of the Aral Sea and Measures to Decrease its Environmental Impact / R. M. Razakov and K. A. Kosnazarov -- Climatic and Ecological Effects of the Environmental Changes in the Aral Sea Zone on Karakalpakstan / S. K. Kamalov -- Problem of Water Resources Management in Central Asia with Regard to the Aral Sea Situation / V. A. Dukhovnyy -- Hydrochemistry of River, Collector and Drainage Waters in the Aral Sea Basin / E. I. Chembarisov -- Transferability of Environmental Assessments in the Salton Sea Basin, California, and Other Irrigated Areas in the Western United States to the Aral Sea Basin, Uzbekistan / R. A. Schroeder -- Environmental and Landscape Changes in the Aral Sea Region as Detected from Remote Sensing / A. Ptichnikov -- Monitoring of Recent Area and Volume Changes of the Aral Sea and Development of an Optimized Land and Water Use Model for the Amu Dar'ya Delta / R. Ressl -- Water Resources Monitoring in the Aral Sea Basin / N. S. Sehmi and S. A. Pieyns
• Real-time Monitoring of the Changing Environment of the Aral Sea Region: the Role of Low-cost, Local Reception of Satellite Data / J. B. Williams -- Problems of Space and Satellite Monitoring of the Aral Sea Basin / E. A. Zakarin.

ISBN

• 354061494X
• 9783540614944

LCCN

96032764

OCLC

• ocm35121763
• 35121763
• SCSB-8873897

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library