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1 online resource : illustrations (some color) |
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Innovations in landscape research, 2524-5155 |
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Innovations in landscape research 2524-5155
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Foreword.- 1:Background to the natural landscape and the consequences of the ecosystem conversion.- 1.1 Background of the natural landscape.- 1.1.1 The Kulunda-steppe as part of the Eurasian steppe belt (Authors: Silanteva, M.M- Hensen, I.).- 1.1.2 Climate and vegetation gradients: from the forest to the dry steppe (Authors: Lashchinsky, N., Wesche, K.).- 1.1.3 Soils of the Kulunda steppe (Authors: Kudryavcev, A. E., Mizgirev, A., Guggenberger, G., Mikutta, R.).- 1.2 Anthropogenic influences.- 1.2.1 Early Steppe cultures (Authors: Silanteva, M.M., Kudryavcev, A. E.).- 1.2.2 Russian settlements and the beginning of agriculture (Authors: Frühauf, M., Schmidt, G.).- 1.2.3 The virgin land policy (Authors: Frühauf, M., Schmidt, G.).- 1.2.4 Climate change (Authors: Kharlamova, N.).- 1.3. Consequences of the ecosystem conversion.- 1.3.1 Influence of agricultural cultivation on vegetation distribution and biodiversity (Authors: Silanteva, M.M., Hensen, I.) .- 1.3.2 Soil erosion and physical parameters (Authors: Schmidt, G., Illiger, P.,) .- 1.3.3 Soil-water content (Authors: Meißner, R., Belaev, V.I., Stephan, E.) .- 1.3.4 Soil salinization (Authors: Mikutta, R., Reichert, E., Eisold, X.).- 1.3.5 Interaction of agricultural utilization and climate and loss of soil organic matter (Authors: Guggenberger, G., Belaev, I.V., Schmidt, G., Bischoff, N., Illiger, P.).- 1.3.6 Types and occurrence of the ecosystem degradation (Authors: Frühauf, M., Heese, S., Walde, I.).- 1.3.7 Current development tendencies and future perspectives (Authors: Frühauf, M., Guggenberger, G., Belaev, I.V., Bykov, N., Kudryavcev, A. E.,).- Chapter 2: Socio-economic and institutional drivers and impacts of land use change.- 2.1 Socio-economic drivers of social change: 2.1.1 Transition of agriculture in Altai krai: The role of structural change, introduction of modern soil cultivation practices and agricultural policy (Authors: Bavorova, M., Ponkina, E., Herzfeld, T., Immaverdiev, N., Baisakova, N., Ganga, S., Hirschauer, N.,) Abstract available.- 2.1.2. Title: The Role of the Legal Ownership Forms of Farms in Achievement of Efficiency of Cereal and Sunflower Production in Kulunda Steppe of Altai Krai (Authors: Ponkina, E.V. Lobova, S.V.) Abstract available.- 2.2 Institutional drivers of social change.- 2.2 1 The role of institutions in effective policy implementation to fight land degradation in West Siberia (Authors: Theesfeld, I. and L. Jelinek).- 2.2.2 Land relations: actors, institutions and the quality of land use (Author: O. Fadeeva).- 2.3 Social-demographic drivers and impacts of land use change.- 2. 3.1 Geography of demographic and migration processes in the Kulunda steppe of the Altai Kraij (Authors: Bykov, N. Lentz, S., Wust, A.).- 2.3.2 The socio-economic environment of innovative agriculture in Altai Krai.' (Nikulin, N., Sergienko, A., Vinogradskaja, O., Kurakin, A., Lentz, S., Wust, A.).- Chapter 3: Potentials and Strategies of adapted landuse as basis for ecological and social-economic sustainable development of the rural landscape.- 3.1 Demands for modern cropping systems (Authors: Meinel, T.; Grunwald, L.C.).- 3.2 Modern agricultural technology for the conditions of the steppe regions of the Altai-Krai (Authors: Belaev, I.V; Grunwald, L.C. Meinel.T).- 3.3 Testing of technologies with minimal soil tillage for row crops and cereals (Authors: Grunwald, L.C., Meinel, T.; Belaev, I.V, Koshanov, N., Rudev, N.).- 3.4 Improving the efficacy of crop protection measures (Authors: Grunwald, L.C., Meinel, T.).- 3.5 Effects of the modern technologies on the economic efficiency of the cropping systems (Authors: Hiller, K.; Frühauf, M.; Meinel, T.; Tillack, P.).- 3.6. Possibility of re-naturalising of steppes and increases of biodiversity (Authors: Hensen, I., Silanteva, M.M.).- Chapter 4: Change in Regional Development.- 4.1 Contested Concepts.- 4.1.1 The Regional Development Concept Altai 2025 (Authors: Nikulin, A., Theesfeld, I., Sergienko, A. Lentz, S.).- 4.1.2 Changes in Economic Institutions and Policy (Authors: Nikulin, A., Theesfeld, I., Sergienko, A. Lentz, S.).- 4.1.3 Changes in the Educational System and Cross Sectional Co-operation (Authors: Nikulin, A., Theesfeld, I., Sergienko, A. Lentz, S.).- 4.1.4 Long-term trends (Authors: Nikulin, A., Theesfeld, I., Sergienko, A. Lentz, S.).- 4.2 Current practices of transformation.- 4.2.1 Practices and constraints of further education of farmers in the Kulunda Steppe (Authors: Chizhov, V.N., Ryzhkova, N.A, Liebelt, P.).- 4.2.2 Fielddays for technology transfer and perceptions of dealers and farmers (Authors: Belajew, D., Koshanov, N., Meinel, T.; Grunwald, L.C.).- 4.2.3 Technology learning and transfer of knowledge -- practices and lessons learned from the German Degree Programm in Bernaul (Authors: Schmidt, G., Kolander, R. Frühauf, M., Liebelt).- Chapter 5: Summary and outlook (short).- 5.1 Zukunftsvisionen: Die Kulunda-Steppe: Modellregion für nachhaltige Landnutzung, Motor der Regionalentwicklung und neuer "Weltbrotkorb'? (Author: Frühauf, M.).- 5.2 Herausforderungen, Hemmnisse und Potenziale für klimaangepasste LU und zukünftige Rolle des Gebietes angesichts "globaler Herausforderungen' (Author: Frühauf, M.).- 5.3 Neue Herausforderungen durch Veränderung globaler Rahmenbedingungen (Politik, Ernährung, Klimawandel) (Author: Frühauf, M.).- Chapter 6: Acknowledgement |
| Summary |
This book focuses on a representative example and one of the world?s largest steppe conversions, and provides a detailed overview of the results of the BMBF-funded research project KULUNDA. As part of the Siberian virgin land policy, the Kulunda steppe was transformed into agricultural land from 1954 to 1965. In the course of the project, a multidisciplinary research team conducted a natural, social-economic and agro-scientific cause-and-effect analysis of (agro- )ecosystem destabilisation, as well as various field trials covering tillage and crop rotation options in their socio-economic context. The ecologically and economically sound findings offer strategies for combining climate smart land utilization, ecosystem restoration and sustainable regional development, and can readily be applied to other virgin land conversion efforts. In addition, the findings on the Eurasian steppes will expand the current conversion literature, which mainly consists of the?Dust Bowl? literature of the North American plains. Given its scope, the book will appeal to scientists, professionals, and students in the environmental, geo- and climate sciences |
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Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed October 22, 2019) |
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Reclamation of land -- Russia (Federation) -- Kulunda Steppe
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Land capability for agriculture -- Russia (Federation) -- Kulunda Steppe
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Sustainable agriculture -- Russia (Federation) -- Kulunda Steppe
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Steppe ecology -- Russia (Federation) -- Kulunda Steppe
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Land capability for agriculture
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Reclamation of land
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Steppe ecology
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Sustainable agriculture
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Russia (Federation) -- Kulunda Steppe
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Frühauf, Manfred, editor
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Guggenberger, Georg, editor
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Meinel, Tobias, editor
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Theesfeld, Insa, editor
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Lentz, Sebastian, editor.
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| ISBN |
9783030159276 |
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3030159272 |
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3030159264 |
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9783030159269 |
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9783030159283 |
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3030159280 |
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9783030159290 |
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3030159299 |
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