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

Front Matter....Pages i-xxiii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Land and Water Resources of Central Asia, Their Utilisation and Ecological Status....Pages 3-59
Soil Resources of the Republic of Kazakhstan: Current Status, Problems and Solutions....Pages 61-73
Long-Term Monitoring and Water Resource Management in the Republic of Kazakhstan....Pages 75-89
Trends in the Agriculture of Central Asia and Implications for Rangelands and Croplands....Pages 91-105
Landscape Hydrology of Rural Areas: Challenges and Tools....Pages 107-113
Productivity Potentials of the Global Land Resource for Cropping and Grazing....Pages 115-142
Front Matter....Pages 143-143
A Novel Method for Quantifying Soil Hydraulic Properties....Pages 145-158
Advanced Technologies in Lysimetry....Pages 159-173
Third-Generation Lysimeters: Scientific Engineered Monitoring Systems....Pages 175-184
A Field Method for Quantifying Deep Seepage and Solute Leaching....Pages 185-198
Simple Field Methods for Measurement and Evaluation of Grassland Quality....Pages 199-222
Impact Assessment for Multifunctional Land Use....Pages 223-234
The Muencheberg Soil Quality Rating for Assessing the Quality of Global Farmland....Pages 235-248
Use of Pedotransfer Functions for Land Evaluation: Mapping Groundwater Recharge Rates Under Semi-Arid Conditions....Pages 249-262
Nutrient Balances in Agriculture: A Basis for the Efficiency Survey of Agricultural Groundwater Conservation Measures....Pages 263-273
Methods of In Situ Groundwater Quality Monitoring: Basis for the Efficiency Survey of Agricultural Groundwater Conservation Measures....Pages 275-288
Methods in the Exploratory Risk Assessment of Trace Elements in the Soil-Groundwater Pathway....Pages 289-314
Methods for Quantifying Wind Erosion in Steppe Regions....Pages 315-327
Generation of Up to Date Land Cover Maps for Central Asia....Pages 329-346
Estimating Black Carbon Emissions from Agricultural Burning....Pages 347-364
Front Matter....Pages 143-143
Non-Linear Approaches to Assess Water and Soil Quality....Pages 365-378
Using Soil–Water–Plant Models to Improve the Efficiency of Irrigation....Pages 379-387
MONICA: A Simulation Model for Nitrogen and Carbon Dynamics in Agro-Ecosystems....Pages 389-405
Integrated Decision Support for Sustainable and Profitable Land Management in the Lowlands of Central Asia....Pages 407-422
Efficiency of Duckweed ( Lemnaceae ) for the Desalination and Treatment of Agricultural Drainage Water in Detention Reservoirs....Pages 423-440
Conservation Agriculture for Long-Term Soil Productivity....Pages 441-454
Modern Technologies for Soil Management and Conservation in Northern Kazakhstan....Pages 455-464
Enhancing the Productivity of High-Magnesium Soil and Water Resources in Central Asia....Pages 465-474
Advanced Technologies for Irrigated Cropping Systems....Pages 475-489
Multi-Species Grazing on Deer Farms....Pages 491-501
Front Matter....Pages 503-503
Assessing the Soil Quality and Crop Yield Potentials of Some Soils of Eurasia....Pages 505-517
Soils of Kazakhstan, Their Distribution and Mapping....Pages 519-533
Indicators of Land Degradation in Steppe Regions: Soil and Morphodynamics in the Northern Kulunda....Pages 535-548
Erosion Rates Depending on Slope and Exposition of Cropped Chestnut Soils....Pages 549-561
Methodology of Measuring Processes and Evaluation of Water Resources of the Republic of Kazakhstan....Pages 563-575
Model-Based Impact Analysis of Climate and Land Use Changes on the Landscape Water Balance....Pages 577-590
Biotechnological Restoration Methods of Technogenically Disturbed Soils in Kazakhstan....Pages 591-609
Strategy of Sustainable Soil and Plant Resource Management in the Republic of Kazakhstan....Pages 611-619
The Effect of Applying the Microbiofertiliser “MERS” on the Soil Microbial Community and the Productivity of Winter Wheat Under the Conditions of Southeast Kazakhstan....Pages 621-630
Water Treatment Systems for Agricultural Water Supply....Pages 631-640
Front Matter....Pages 503-503
Concentration of Heavy Metals in Irrigated Soils in Southern Kazakhstan....Pages 641-652
Concept and Results of Soil Monitoring in North Kazakhstan....Pages 653-666
Diagnosis and Optimization of Phosphorus Nutrition Conditions of Grain Crops in Northern Kazakhstan....Pages 667-679
Front Matter....Pages 681-681
Executive Summary and Conclusions....Pages 683-714
Back Matter....Pages 715-716