Abstract
Landdegradation aroundwateringpoints has beenwell observedby satellite images in many drylands around the world. It can be recognized as radial brightness belts fading as a function of the distance from the wells. The primary goal of this study was to characterize the spatial and temporal land degradation/rehabilitation in Ust-Urt plateau, Kazakhstan, in terms of vegetation and soil patterns, during different key historic periods, with respect to socio-economic changes before and after the collapse of the Soviet Union.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Recent Advances in Remote Sensing and Geoinformation Processing for Land Degradation Assessment |
| Editors | Achim Roeder, Joachim Hill |
| Place of Publication | London |
| Publisher | CRC Press |
| Pages | 313-322 |
| Number of pages | 10 |
| Edition | 1 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9780429206818 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9780415397698, 9780367385750 |
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| State | Published - Apr 2009 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Earth and Planetary Sciences
- General Engineering