Novel Methods for Monitoring and Managing Land and Water Resources in Siberia, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2016 Springer Water Series

This book presents an analysis of land and water resources in Siberia, initially characterizing the landscapes, their ecosystems, crucial processes, human impacts on soil and water quality, and the status quo of available research. Further chapters deal with modern monitoring and management methods that can lead to a significant knowledge shift and initiate sustainable soil and water resources use. These include soil hydrological laboratory measurement methods; process-based field evaluation methods for land and water quality; remote sensing and GIS technology-based landscape monitoring methods; process and ecosystem modeling approaches; methods of resource and process evaluation and functional soil mapping; and tools for controlling agricultural land use systems. More than 15 of these concrete monitoring and management tools can immediately be incorporated into research and practice. Maintaining the functions of great landscapes for future generations will be the reward for these efforts.

Focuses on Siberia, a vast region of superlatives including the largest permafrost region in the Northern Hemisphere

Delivers an up-to-date, comprehensive analysis of the ecosystem status of Siberian land and water

Addresses the implications of wasteful resource use and climate change for local and global processes

Includes data based on Russian studies and previously unavailable in English

Accessible for a broad readership, including scientists, planners, students, lecturers, decision-makers and advanced farmers

Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras