A review of water pollution arising from agriculture and mining activities in Central Asia: Facts, causes and effects

Y Liu, P Wang, B Gojenko, J Yu, L Wei, D Luo… - Environmental …, 2021 - Elsevier
Central Asia is one of many regions worldwide that face severe water shortages;
nevertheless, water pollution in this region exacerbates the existing water stress and …

The role of Remote Sensing in land degradation assessments: opportunities and challenges

O Dubovyk - European Journal of Remote Sensing, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Land degradation (LD) is one of the biggest global challenges for the people's livelihoods
and environment. Remote Sensing plays an unprecedented role in LD map** …

[HTML][HTML] Managing salinity for sustainable agricultural production in salt-affected soils of irrigated drylands

KP Devkota, M Devkota, M Rezaei, R Oosterbaan - Agricultural Systems, 2022 - Elsevier
CONTEXT Declining water quantity and quality and poor land, water, and crop management
practices are leading to increasing soil salinity, land degradation, desertification, and …

Conjunctive use of groundwater and surface water to reduce soil salinization in the Yinchuan Plain, North-West China

P Li, H Qian, J Wu - International Journal of Water Resources …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Poor water resource management is an important factor in soil salinization in arid areas. In
this study, the status of soil salinization and its controlling factors are summarized for the …

Monitoring the long-term desertification process and assessing the relative roles of its drivers in Central Asia

L Jiang, G Jiapaer, A Bao, A Kurban, H Guo… - Ecological …, 2019 - Elsevier
Desertification is one of the main ecological environmental problems in Central Asia. To
prevent and eradicate this problem, it is extremely urgent to monitor the long-term …

Regional land cover map** and change detection in Central Asia using MODIS time-series

I Klein, U Gessner, C Kuenzer - Applied Geography, 2012 - Elsevier
In Central Asia major alterations in land use and land cover occurred in the past decades
due to political collapse of the Soviet Union, human forces, and climate change. In this …

Soil salinity development in the yellow river delta in relation to groundwater dynamics

X Fan, B Pedroli, G Liu, Q Liu, H Liu… - Land Degradation & …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Yellow River Delta occupies an important position in the global ecosystem
because of its valuable wetland habitat resources for migratory birds on the Eastern Pacific …

Per-field irrigated crop classification in arid Central Asia using SPOT and ASTER data

C Conrad, S Fritsch, J Zeidler, G Rücker, S Dech - Remote Sensing, 2010 - mdpi.com
The overarching goal of this research was to explore accurate methods of map** irrigated
crops, where digital cadastre information is unavailable:(a) Boundary separation by object …

Spatial distribution and variability of soil salinity in film-mulched cotton fields under various drip irrigation regimes in southern **njiang of China

X Hou, Y **ang, J Fan, F Zhang, W Hu, F Yan… - Soil and Tillage …, 2022 - Elsevier
In addition to the shortage of water resources, the sustainable development of agriculture is
also largely limited by soil salinization in arid and semi-arid regions of China. However, the …

Assessment of soil salinization based on a low-cost method and its influencing factors in a semi-arid agricultural area, northwest China

J Wu, P Li, H Qian, Y Fang - Environmental Earth Sciences, 2014 - Springer
An investigation of soil salinization was carried out in the Nanshantaizi area (Northwest
China) with WET Sensor. This device can measure such soil parameters as bulk soil …