LEADER 05354nam 22009735 450 001 9910782900503321 005 20200702135412.0 010 $a3-540-85088-0 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-540-85088-5 035 $a(CKB)1000000000715270 035 $a(EBL)645324 035 $a(OCoLC)318545500 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000768135 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12329861 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000768135 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10759057 035 $a(PQKB)10746423 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000412037 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11274634 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000412037 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10365902 035 $a(PQKB)11033175 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-540-85088-5 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC645324 035 $a(PPN)132874067 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000715270 100 $a20100301d2009 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe Aral Sea Encyclopedia$b[electronic resource] /$fby Igor S. Zonn, M. Glantz, Aleksey N. Kosarev, Andrey G. Kostianoy 205 $a1st ed. 2009. 210 1$aBerlin, Heidelberg :$cSpringer Berlin Heidelberg :$cImprint: Springer,$d2009. 215 $a1 online resource (296 p.) 225 1 $aEncyclopedia of Seas,$x2626-1383 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a3-642-09877-0 311 $a3-540-85086-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $aA -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z. 330 $aThe situation of the Aral Sea is known as one of the worst man-made environmental crises of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Many have seen the satellite photos evidencing the startling shrinkage and deterioration of the sea, as it was a few decades ago and how it appears today. Whereas the Aral Sea was the world?s fourth-largest inland body of water in 1960, it has now shrunk to a small fraction of that within three increasingly saline and polluted parts, primarily due to the diversion of waters for agricultural irrigation. The Aral Sea Encyclopedia is devoted to the remarkable phenomenon of the possibility of Aral Sea?s imminent disappearance from the Earth in the time span of a single human generation. It first describes the sea before it started drying-out, and then the actions and efforts of the Central Asian countries, as well as the international community, to mitigate the socioeconomic and environmental hazards caused by this desiccation and increasing salinity. This comprehensive reference not only addresses the key environmental issues and presents national and international programs. It also documents the history of the related research studies, the involvement of prominent historical figures, and the chronology of events over three centuries, which became the milestones in the economic development of the Aral Sea and its subsequent diminution. The publication of the Aral Sea Encyclopedia initiates a group of similar valuable references that gather multi-disciplinary perspectives on the world's seas, including planned volumes on the Caspian and Black Seas and the Sea of Japan. 410 0$aEncyclopedia of Seas,$x2626-1383 606 $aHistorical geology 606 $aPhysical geography 606 $aRegional planning 606 $aUrban planning 606 $aEcology  606 $aGeoecology 606 $aEnvironmental geology 606 $aEcotoxicology 606 $aHistorical Geology$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/G17020 606 $aPhysical Geography$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/J16000 606 $aLandscape/Regional and Urban Planning$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/J15000 606 $aEcology$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/L19007 606 $aGeoecology/Natural Processes$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/U21006 606 $aEcotoxicology$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/U25001 607 $aAral Sea (Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan)$vEncyclopedias 607 $aAralsee$2swd 615 0$aHistorical geology. 615 0$aPhysical geography. 615 0$aRegional planning. 615 0$aUrban planning. 615 0$aEcology . 615 0$aGeoecology. 615 0$aEnvironmental geology. 615 0$aEcotoxicology. 615 14$aHistorical Geology. 615 24$aPhysical Geography. 615 24$aLandscape/Regional and Urban Planning. 615 24$aEcology. 615 24$aGeoecology/Natural Processes. 615 24$aEcotoxicology. 676 $a333.91641609587 676 $a363.7009587 700 $aZonn$b Igor S$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut$0909880 702 $aGlantz$b M$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut 702 $aKosarev$b Aleksey N$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut 702 $aKostianoy$b Andrey G$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910782900503321 996 $aThe Aral Sea Encyclopedia$93777458 997 $aUNINA