KULUNDA: Climate Smart Agriculture: South Siberian Agro-steppe as Pioneering Region for Sustainable Land Use: Innovations in Landscape Research
Editat de Manfred Frühauf, Georg Guggenberger, Tobias Meinel, Insa Theesfeld, Sebastian Lentzen Limba Engleză Paperback – 31 oct 2020
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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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9783030159290
ISBN-10: 3030159299
Pagini: 522
Ilustrații: XXVI, 522 p. 202 illus., 164 illus. in color.
Dimensiuni: 155 x 235 mm
Greutate: 0.76 kg
Ediția:1st ed. 2020
Editura: Springer International Publishing
Colecția Springer
Seria Innovations in Landscape Research
Locul publicării:Cham, Switzerland
ISBN-10: 3030159299
Pagini: 522
Ilustrații: XXVI, 522 p. 202 illus., 164 illus. in color.
Dimensiuni: 155 x 235 mm
Greutate: 0.76 kg
Ediția:1st ed. 2020
Editura: Springer International Publishing
Colecția Springer
Seria Innovations in Landscape Research
Locul publicării:Cham, Switzerland
Cuprins
Foreword.- Chapter 1: Background to the natural landscape and the consequences of the ecosystem conversion.- Chapter 2: Socio-economic and institutional drivers and impacts of land use change.- Chapter 3: Potentials and Strategies of adapted land use as basis for ecological and social-economic sustainable development of the rural landscape.- Chapter 4: Change in Regional Development.- Chapter 5: Summary and outlook.- Acknowledgement.
Notă biografică
Prof. Dr.h.c.mult. Manfred Frühauf began his academic career by studying geography. In 1993 he was offered the Professorship (chair) of Geoecology at the Martin Luther University in Halle-Wittenberg, Germany. In the following years his research focused on Environmental Geography; Urban Ecology, Geomorphology and Climate Change. But his main research interest was in investigating the impacts of land-use change as well as climate change on soil degradation, especially in the steppe regions of Russia and Kazakhstan. Until his retirement in autumn 2017 he served several terms as director of the Institute of Geosciences and Geography and as dean of the faculty. In recognition of his achievements in the development of cooperation in research and teaching, he has been awarded honorary doctorates by three Russian universities. Professor Frühauf passed away shortly after completing this book.
Prof. Dr. Sebastian Lentz is Director of the Leibniz Institute for Regional Geography in Leipzig, Germany, and holds the Chair for Regional Geography at the University of Leipzig. His research interests focus on Cultural and Social Geography, Regional Geography of Europe, mainly Eastern Europe, and the successor states of the Soviet Union. Another field of expertise is Cartography, particularly thematic mapping. He is speaker of the Leibniz ScienceCampus “Eastern Europe – Global Area”, serves on the Academic Advisory Board of the Centre for East European and International Studies (Berlin) and is Vice President of the Leibniz Association.
Prof. Dr. Insa Theesfeld (Ph.D.) is a Professor of Agricultural, Environmental and Food Policy and Governance at the Martin Luther University in Halle-Wittenberg, Germany. An agricultural and institutional economist, her research particularly addresses the compatibility between formal institutions and society’s norms and values, an aspect that influences effective policy implementation. In 2019 she was selected as the next president of the International Association for the Study of the Commons (IASC).
Prof. Dr. Tobias Meinel studied geography and geoecology at the University of Halle-Wittenberg, Germany. He obtained his doctorate from the University of Halle, with a thesis on soil degradation in Siberian semiarid steppe regions. Meinel then worked at the Chair of Geoecology in Halle, focusing on the connection between crop farming and soil degradation. In 2007, Meinel took a position at the Amazonen-Werke in Kazakhstan, where he helped develop sustainable crop farming in the steppe regions. In 2012, the Altai State Agricultural University in Barnaul awarded him an honorary professorship in recognition of his achievements.
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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.
Caracteristici
Focuses on climate adaptation and land-use methods Offers tested key solutions for sustainable agriculture in dryland areas of Russia and Kazakhstan Provides a transdisciplinary approach to the under-researched area of steppe conversions A valuable asset for researchers, practitioners, and policymakers alike