Landscape Dynamics of Drylands across Greater Central Asia: People, Societies and Ecosystems

Preface.- Multiple Perspectives on Eurasian Drylands.- Dry Land Belt of Northern Eurasia: Contemporary Environmental Changes.- Recent Land Surface Dynamics in Greater Central Asia.- Quantifying the Anthropogenic Signature in Drylands of Central Asia and Its Impact on Water Scarcity and Dust Emissions.- The Complexity and Challenges of Central Asia's Water-Energy-Food Systems.- Assessment of the influences of dust storms on cotton production in Tajikistan.- Population and Urban Dynamics in Drylands of China.- Hydrology and Erosion Risk Parameters for Grasslands in Central Asia.- A Conceptual Framework for Ecosystem Stewardship Based on Landscape Dynamics: Case Studies From Kazakhstan and Mongolia.- Social-Ecological Systems across the Asian Drylands Belt (ADB).- Index.

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• Sistemas de informação geográfica (GIS) e observação remota
• Planeamento urbano e municipal
• Ciência ecológica, a biosfera
• Ecologia das plantas
• Meteorologia e climatologia

Landscape dynamics;ecology key concepts;ecosystem services;Eurasia;Environmental and Society transition;remote sensing/photogrammetry