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The Aralkum Situation Under Climate Change Related to Its Broader Regional Context

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Aralkum - a Man-Made Desert

Part of the book series: Ecological Studies ((ECOLSTUD,volume 218))

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The situation in the Aralkum region is basically a consequence of problems and complex processes having their seeds outside the region. They crucially influenced the development of the Aralkum region in the past. One of the most important influencing factors is the national and regional management of water resources and its association with aspects of energy supply as well as with agricultural and pastoral production. The impact of climate change has to be added. In all Central Asian countries land degradation processes lead to negative socioeconomic problems such as increasing poverty and negative population shifts, reduced food security and life expectancy, increase in healthcare costs, social, economic and political instability, and deterioration in environmental quality. The causes and consequences of desertification and possible solutions for combating desertification in the Aral Sea region and the international relations are analysed. This chapter shows how the Aralkum situation is related to a broader regional context, and which general conclusions can be drawn with regard to the future development of the area in relation to the overall development of the Central Asian countries.

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  1. Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit GmbH, CCD-Projekt, Tulpenfeld 2, Bonn, Germany

    G. Winckler & E. Kleinn

  2. Department of Ecology, University of Bielefeld, Bielefeld, Germany

    S-W. Breckle

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  1. Fakultät für Biologie, Abteilung 3 - Ökologie, Universität Bielefeld, Bielefeld, Germany

    Siegmar-W. Breckle

  2. Michael Succow Foundation, University of Greifswald, Grimmer Str. 88, Greifswald, Germany

    Walter Wucherer

  3. Institute of Botany and Phytointroductio, Timiryazeva Str. 36-D, Almaty, 050040, Kazakhstan

    Liliya A. Dimeyeva

  4. CRS@GIS „Terra“, Zhabaeva Str. 83, Almaty, 050010, Kazakhstan

    Nathalia P. Ogar

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Winckler, G., Kleinn, E., Breckle, SW. (2012). The Aralkum Situation Under Climate Change Related to Its Broader Regional Context. In: Breckle, SW., Wucherer, W., Dimeyeva, L., Ogar, N. (eds) Aralkum - a Man-Made Desert. Ecological Studies, vol 218. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-21117-1_18

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