Landscape Dynamics of Drylands across Greater Central Asia: People, Societies and Ecosystems

Preface1. Multiple Perspectives on Eurasian DrylandsHenebry, Chen, Gutman and Kappas2. Dry Land Belt of Northern Eurasia: Contemporary Environmental ChangesGroisman, Bulygina, Henebry, Speranskaya, Shiklomanov, Chen, Tchebakova, Parfenova, Tilinina, Zolina, Dufour, Chen, John and Fan 3. Recent Land Surface Dynamics in Greater Central Asia Henebry, de Beurs, John, Owsley, Kariyeva, Chymyrov and Mirzoev4. Quantifying the Anthropogenic Signature in Drylands of Central Asia and Its Impact on Water Scarcity and Dust EmissionsSokolik, Shiklomanov, Xi, de Beurs and Tatarskii5. The Complexity and Challenges of Central Asia's Water-Energy-Food SystemsQi, Kulmatov, Bubochova, Tao, Yespolov, Beksultanov and Chen6. Assessment of the influences of dust storms on cotton production in TajikistanAbdullaev and Sokolik7. Population and Urban Dynamics in Drylands of ChinaFan, Ouyang, Chen, Messina, Moore and Qi8. Hydrology and Erosion Risk Parameters for Grasslands in Central AsiaSpaeth, Weltz, Guertin, Qi, Henebry, Nesbit, Yespolov and Beksultanov9. A Conceptual Framework for Ecosystem Stewardship Based on Landscape Dynamics: Case Studies From Kazakhstan and MongoliaKappas, Degener, Klinge, Vitkovskaya and Batyrbayeva10. Social-Ecological Systems across the Asian Drylands Belt (ADB)Chen, Ouyang, John, Henebry, Groisman, Karnieli, Kussainova, Amartuvshin, Tulobaev, Isabaevich, Crank, Kadhim, Qi and GutmanIndex