Environmental problems of Central Asia and their economic, social and security impacts / edited by Jiaguo Qi and Kyle T. Evered.

"Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Environmental Problems of Central Asia and their Economic, Social and Security Impacts, Tashkent, Uzbekistan, 1-5 October 2007"--T.p. verso.

1.An overview of environmental issues in Central Asia / Jiaguo Qi and Rashid Kulmatov --
2.Modern problems in using, protecting, and managing water and land resources of the Aral Sea basin / Rashid Kulmatov --
3.Using satellite remote sensing to study and monitor the Aral Sea and adjacent zone / Philip Micklin --
4.Monitoring arid land surfaces with Earth observation techniques: examples of intense and extensive land uses / Richard Escadafal and A. Ghani Chehbouni --
5.Biodiversity of the Aral Sea and its importance to the possible ways of rehabilitating and conserving its remnant water bodies / Nick Aladin, Philip Micklin, and Igor Plotnikov --
6.Water scarcity in the Aral Sea drainage basin: contributions of agricultural irrigation and a changing climate / Jerker Jarsjö ... [et al.] --
7.Use of biosensors to detect and monitor chemicals commonly used in agriculture and terrorist weapons with the goal of preventing dangerous environmental consequences / Nickolaj F. Starodub --
8.Monitoring rangeland ecosystems with remote sensing: an example from Kazakhstan / Lyubov Lebed, Jaiguo Qi, and Philip Heilman --
9.Possible changes in agriculture under the influence of climate change in Kazakhstan / Lyubov Lebed --
10.Constructing model-based climate change scenarios for southeastern Kazakhstan and the possibilities for impact assessment / Irina B. Yesserkepova --
11.Climate change and possible changes in the water regime of crops in northern Kazakhstan / Zh. K. Akhmadiyeva --
12.Estimating agricultural adaptation to climate change through cloud activation for northern Kazakhstan / Alexey Cherednichenko --
13.Dynamics and structure of total ozone content over the Republic of Kazakhstan in conditions of global warming / Alexey Cherednichenko and Vera Rakova --
14.The challenge of water provision for pasture lands: a restrictive factor for livestock breeding development in Kazakhstan / Almaz T. Bazarbeyev and Margulya K. Bayekenova --
15.Ecology and modern socio-economic conditions in Kazakhstan / Margulya K. Bayekenova and Almaz T. Bazarbeyev -- 16.Introducing water pricing among agricultural producers in Khorezm, Uzbekistan: an economic analysis / Nodir Djanibekov -- 17.Water scarcity impacts on northern Cyprus and alternative mitigation strategies / Elkiran Gozen and Aysen Turkman -- Economic evaluation of farmers' alternatives during irrigation water deficit / Andrey A. Zaikin and Walter R. Butcher --
18. An evaluation of irrigation water re-use in water drainage and collection networks in Karakalpakstan, Uzbekistan / Madina I. Khalmirzaeva, A. Salohiddinov, and O. R. Ramazanov --
19.The role of the Amu Darya dams and reservoirs in future water supply in the Amu Darya basin / Oliver Olsson ... [et al.] -- 20.Poppy ecologies and security in Eurasia: lessons from Turkey's past and present / Kyle T. Evered --
21.Distributive constraints on environmental policy in Central Asia / Timo Goeschl --
22.Governing of environmental problems and impacts in Bulgarian agriculture - lessons for Central Asian countries / Hrabrin Bachev --
23.Irrigation of the Amu Darya banks and its role as a potential solution for the poppy problem / Tsuneo Tsukatani --
24.Using a value chain approach for economic and environmental impact assessment of cotton production in Uzbekistan / Inna Rudenko, Ulrike Grote, and John Lamers --
25.Strategic environmental assessment in the Republic of Belarus: status, problems and perspectives / Viktoryia Misiuchenka and Ludmila Ivashechkina --
26.Monitoring urban greenery for sustainable urban management / Natalya G. Akinshina and Azamat A. Azizov.