Sustainable management of river oases along the Tarim river / China (SuMaRiO) / Bernd Cyffka, Markus Disse, Florian Betz (editors).

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bernd Cyffka

Contributor:

Cyffka, Bernd, editor.

Disse, Markus, 1963- editor.

Betz, Florian, 1978- editor.

Series:

Konzepte fu¨r die nachhaltige Entwicklung einer Flusslandschaft ; Band 13.

Konzepte für die nachhaltige Entwicklung einer Flusslandschaft = Concepts for sustainable river landscape development ; Band 13

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Climatic changes.

Climatic changes--China--Tarim River Watershed.

Irrigation--China--Tarim River Watershed.

Irrigation.

Sustainable agriculture--China--Tarim River Watershed--Management.

Sustainable agriculture.

Ecosystem management--China--Tarim River Watershed.

Ecosystem management.

Tarim River (China).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (222 pages)

Place of Publication:

E. Schweizerbart'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung oHG 2020

Stuttgart, Germany : E. Schweizerbartsche Verlagsbuchhandlung (Nägele u. Obermiller), [2021]

Summary:

This book discusses approaches to sustainable management of river oases along the Tarim River located in Xinjiang (northwest China).The Tarim Basin is one of the most arid regions in the world. Surrounded by the high mountain of Tian Shan, Kunlun and Pamir, the Taklamakan Desert dominates the landscape. The Tarim River originating from the snow and glacier melt in the mountains is the only relevant source of freshwater in this extreme environment; both for anthropogenic needs in agriculture Sustainable Management of River Oases and urban areas and the natural ecosystems of the Tarim River floodplains.Since the 1960s, the Chinese government has been promoting the development of the western provinces of China. Demographic development and socio-economic changes led to a rapid change of land use, which has substantially affected the quantity and quality of arable land, surface and ground water and impaired natural ecosystems and their ability to provide relevant ecosystem services. In particular, presently there is a conflict between water demand for agricultural irrigation and natural riparian vegetation; a conflict that might intensify in future due to climate change. Against this background, 11 German and 6 Chinese universities and research institutes have formed the SuMaRiO consortium (Sustainable Management of River Oases along the Tarim River) to investigate sustainable water management and land use strategies. Here, the authors of the SuMaRiO project summarize the key results of 5 years of interdisciplinary research conducted by this consortium within the Sustainable Land Management program of the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research. They present specific results from the different work packages on climatology, hydrology, ecology, agricultural sciences, social sciences and economics. Furthermore, this book introduces the interdisciplinary research approach of the entire consortium, which has resulted in comprehensive policy recommendations for sustainable water- and land management and a decision support system, which represents the results of the study. The authors present an example of how interdisciplinary aspects and international cooperation are able to contribute to sustainable development in complex socio-ecological environments.

Contents:

Cover

Title

Copyright

Preface to the SuMaRiO book

List of Authors

Table of contents

1 Introduction

1.1 Setting the stage / Florian Betz, Bernd Cyff ka, Markus Disse

1.2 Geographical overview of the Tarim Basin / Florian Betz, Tayierjiang Aishan, Martin Kuba, Ümüt Halik, Bernd Cyffka

1.2.1 General situation

1.2.2 Climate

1.2.3 Hydrology of the Tarim River

1.2.4 The natural riparian ecosystems along the Tarim River

1.2.5 The socio-economic domain

1.2.6 Environmental problems along the Tarim River

2 Transdisciplinary research

2.1 Transdisciplinary knowledge integration for assessing ecosystem services / Petra Döll, Tuck Fatt Siew, Sina K. Zacharias

2.1.1 Introduction

2.1.2 Concepts

2.1.3 TDKI methods

2.1.4 Results

2.1.5 Lessons learnt about design of TDKI in China

2.2 Stakeholder management / Martin Welp, Yiliminuer

2.2.1 Sino-German research context

2.2.3 Selection of stakeholders

2.2.4 Dialogue formats

2.2.5 Outcomes

2.2.6 Adaptive stakeholder management

2.2.7 Evaluation of stakeholder involvement

2.2.8 Lessons learned

3 Hydrology and climatology

3.1 Climate change and its impacts on Xinjiang / Hui Tao, Buda Su, Shanshan Wen, Jiancheng Qin , Jiang Tong

3.1.1 Datasets and methodology

3.1.2 Observed climate change and its impacts on Xinjiang from 1958-2017

3.1.3 Projected climate change and its impacts on Xinjiang during the 21st century

3.1.4 Impact of climate change on vegetation from 1982-2015

3.1.5 Terrestrial water storage changes across Xinjiang from 2002-2017

3.2 Characteristics and changes of the cryosphere in the Asku-Tarim Basin (Central Tien Shan) / Tobias Bolch, Tino Pieczonka, Juliane Peters, Kriti Mukherjee, Franz Goerlich, Shangguan Donghui, Liu Shiyin, Alishir Kurban, Azamat Osmonov, Bolot Moldobekov, Manfred F. Buchroithner.

3.2.1 Introduction

3.2.2 Snow cover

3.2.3 Permafrost and permafrost-related landforms

3.2.4 Glacier characteristics and changes

3.2.5 Discussion and conclusions

3.3 Hydrology of the Upper Tarim River / Doris Duethmann, Shaochun Huang, Michel Wortmann, Valentina Krysanova, Sergiy Vorogushyn

3.3.1 The Upper Tarim River Basin

3.3.2 Potential impacts of future climate change on water resources and analysis of adaptation strategies

3.4 Interaction of groundwater and surface in the mesoscale catchment Yingbazar / Patrick Keilholz, Markus Disse

4 Biosphere

4.1 Ecology of riparian forests / Frank M. Thomas, Petra Lang

4.1.1 Distribution, composition and life history of the riparian forests

4.1.2 Performance of Populus euphratica under the environmental conditions of the Tarim Basin

4.1.3 Conclusions

4.2 Drivers of fl oodplain vegetation growth in the lower reaches of the Tarim River / Birgit Kleinschmit, Alexandra Singleton, Philipp Gärtner

4.2.1 Introduction

4.2.2 Material and methods

4.2.3 Results

4.2.4 Discussion

4.2.5 Conclusion

4.3 Ecosystem Services of riparian forests / Florian Betz, Martin Kuba, Tayierjiang Aishan, Ümüt Halik, Bernd Cyff ka

4.3.1 The ecosystem service approach

4.3.2 Carbon storage in natural riparian forests as ecosystem service

4.3.3 Sand drift mitigation as ecosystem service

4.3.4 Discussion and conclusion

5 Anthroposphere

5.1 Agriculture and irrigation in the Tarim Basin / Hussein Othmanli, Shamaila Zia-Khan, Joachim Müller, Chengyi Zhao, Karl Stahr

5.1.1 Introduction

5.1.2 Soil and Land Information System for the Tarim Basin (SLISYS-Tarim)

5.1.3 Spatial estimation of cotton yield and above-ground biomass

5.1.4 Crop yield simulation with EPIC

5.1.5 Eff ect of plastic mulch.

5.2 Sustainable land-use alternatives for the Tarim Basin / Aihemaitijiang Rouzi, Ümüt Halik, Bernd Cyff ka, Martin Welp, Niels Thevs, Tayierjiang Aishan

5.2.1 Introduction

5.2.2 Materials and methods

5.2.3 Results

5.2.4 Discussion

5.2.5 Conclusions

6 Results and Recommendations

6.1 Decision support system / Andreas Brieden, Xi Chen, Markus Disse, Marie Hinnenthal, Philipp Huttner, Yang Yu

6.1.1 Introduction

6.1.2 Materials and methods

6.1.3 Results and discussion

6.1.4 Conclusions

6.2 Policy recommendations / Petra Döll, Tobias Bolch, Bernd Cyffka, Markus Disse, Reiner Doluschitz, Ümüt Halik, Shaochun Huang, Yiliminuer, Benno Kügel, Valentina Krysanova, Karl Stahr, Frank M. Thomas, Martin Welp

6.2.1 Introduction

6.2.2 Policy recommendations

7 SuMaRiO project highlights / All authors

7.1 SuMaRiO project fi ndings

References.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-208).

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

3-510-65521-4

OCLC:

1378392407