Sustainable Land Use in Deserts Book

	Introduction	1
	Deserts, Land Use and Desertification	3
	River Diversion, Irrigation, Salinization, Desertification - an Inevitable Succession	14
	The Aral Sea Crisis Region	27
	Flora of the Dry Seafloor of the Aral Sea	38
	Vegetation Dynamics on the Dry Seafloor of the Aral Sea	52
	Methods of Conservation and Restoration of Vegetation Cover on the Aral Sea Coast	69
	Vegetation Dynamics on the Syrdarya Delta and Modern Land Use	74
	Ecological Basis for Botanical Diversity Conservation within the Amudarya and Syrdarya River Deltas	84
	The Tugai Forests of Floodplain of the Amudarya River: Ecology, Dynamics and Their Conservation	95
	Soil Crusts in the Amudarya River Delta: Properties and Formation	103
	Irrigation and Land Degradation in the Aral Sea Basin	115
	Ecology of the Aqueous Medium in the Area Surrounding the Aral Sea	126
	Potable Water: Research into Seasonal Changes and Conditions in the Aral Sea Region	132
	Halophytes on the Dry Sea Floor of the Aral Sea	139
	Halophytes: Structure and Adaptation	147
	Environmental State and an Analysis of Phytogenetic Resources of Halophytic Plants for Rehabilitation and Livestock Feeding in Arid and Sandy Deserts of Uzbekistan	154
	Salinity: A Major Enemy of Sustainable Agriculture	166
	Remarkable Difference in Desertification Processes in the Northern and Southern Richtersveld (Northern Namaqualand, Republic of South Africa)	177
	How Grazing Turns Rare Seedling Recruitment Events to Non-Events in Arid Environments	197
	Vegetation Degradation in Northeastern Jordan	208
	Impact of Grazing on the Vegetation of South Sinai, Egypt	218
	Arid Rangeland Management Supported by Dynamic Spatially Explicit Simulation Models	229
	Remote Sensing of Surface Properties. The Key to Land Degradation and Desertification Assessments	243
	Evaluation of Potential Land Use Sites in Dry Areas of Burkina Faso with the Help of Remote Sensing	255
	Degradation of the Vegetation in the Central Kyzylkum Desert (Uzbekistan)	265
	Modern Geomorphological Processes on the Kazakhstanian Coast of the Caspian Sea of Problems of Desertification	269
	Anthropogenic Transformation of Desert Ecosystems in Mongolia	275
	Assessment of the Modern State and Sand-Desert Vegetation in Kazakhstan	281
	Water-Harvesting Efficiency in Arid and Semiarid Areas	289
	The Effects of Landscape Structure on Primary Productivity in Source-Sink Systems	303
	Sedimentary Environments in the Desiccated Aral Sea Floor: Vegetation Recovery and Prospects for Reclamation	310
	Seeding Experiments on the Dry Aral Sea Floor for Phytomelioration	318
	Rehabilitation of Areas of Irrigation Now Derelicted Because of Strong Salinization in Ecologically Critical Zones of Priaralia	323
	Desert Soil Recultivation and Monitoring of (Phyto-) Toxicity: Pilot Project in Three Phases Lasting for 4 Years	329
	Contributions to a Sustainable Management of the Indigenous Vegetation in the Foreland of Cele Oasis - A Project Report from the Taklamakan Desert	343
	The Control of Drift Sand on the Southern Fringe of the Taklamakan Desert - an Example from the Cele-Oasis	350
	The Role of Biological Soil Crusts on Desert Sand Dunes in the Northwestern Negev, Israel	357
	Restoration of Disturbed Areas in the Mediterranean - a Case Study in a Limestone Quarry	368
	Indigenous Agroforestry for Sustainable Development of the Area around Lake Nasser, Egypt	377
	Ziziphus - a Multipurpose Fruit Tree for Arid Regions	388
	Root Morphology of Wheat Genotypes Grown in Residual Moisture	400
	Field Studies in Solar Photocatalysis for Detoxification of Organic Chemicals in Waters and Effluents	405
	Activity of the Consulting Centre to Combat Desertification in Turkmenistan	415
	Desertification in China and Its Control	418
	Environmental Problems of the Southern Region of Kazakhstan	427
	National Strategy and Action Plan to Combat Desertification in Kazakstan	441
	Economic-Demographic Strategies and Desertification: Interactions in Low-Income Countries	451
	Final Remarks	465