ix, 410 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm
Contents
Challenges and problems -- A geographical review -- Dead earth -- The cost of water is life -- A revival of the will -- The development of flood irrigation -- Irrigation in oases -- Ancient irrigation in Khorezm -- The water empire is the basis for Central Asian economics -- Irrigation in the time of Timur and Timurids -- Progress of science and historical development of irrigation in Central Asia -- The origin and dynamics of the Aral Sea
