The Aral Sea Basin

Preface.- I: Overview of the Aral Problem.- ‘Introductory Remarks on the Aral Issue’.- ‘Review of the Scientific and Environmental Issues of the Aral Sea Basin’.- II: The Aral Sea.- ‘Changes in the Water-Level and Hydrological Balance of the Aral Sea’.- ‘Changes in the Form and Biota of the Aral Sea Over Time’.- ‘The Aral Sea: A Limnological Perspective’.- III: Ecological Changes Around the Aral Sea.- ‘Current Changes in the Vegetation of the Amu Dar’ya Delta’.- ‘The Ecological Restoration of Delta Areas of the Aral Sea’.- ‘Ecosystem Changes in the Northern (Kazakhstan) Area of the Former Aral Sea (Priaralie)’.- IV: Climatic and Hydrologic Changes Around the Aral Sea.- ‘Dust and Salt Transfer from the Exposed Bed of the Aral Sea and Measures to Decrease its Environmental Impact’.- ‘Climatic and Ecological Effects of the Environmental Changes in the Aral Sea Zone on Karakalpakstan’.- V: Water Management Issues.- ‘The Problem of Water Resources Management in Central Asia with Regard to the Aral Sea Situation’.- ‘Hydrochemistry of River, Collector and Drainage Waters in the Aral Sea Basin’.- ‘Transferability of Environmental Assessments in the Salton Sea Basin, California, and Other Irrigated Areas in the Western United States to the Aral Sea Basin, Uzbekistan’.- VI: Contemporary Technologies for Studying the Aral Problem.- ‘Environmental and Landscape Changes in the Aral Sea Region as Detected from Remote Sensing’.- ‘Monitoring of Recent Area and Volume Changes of the Aral Sea and Development of an Optimized Land and Water Use Model for the Amu Dar’ya Delta’.- ‘Water Resources Monitoring in the Aral Sea Basin’.- ‘Real-time Monitoring of the Changing Environment of the Aral Sea Region: the Role forLow-cost, Local Reception of Satellite Data’.- ‘Problems of Space and Satellite Monitoring of the Aral Sea Basin’.