%0 Dataset
%T Natural conditions and resources of Soviet deserts and their rational utilization
%J Arid Land Ecology and Resources Science Data Center
%I Arid Land Ecology and Resources Science Data Center(data.dcxjegi.cn)
%U https://data.dcxjegi.cn/portal/metadata/90f6f047-f663-4b35-8e0f-3cbe595c1d20
%W NCDC
%R 10.12389/ariddc.02246
%A Documentation Information Center
%K Quicksand management;Desertification control
%X In October 1981, the Fourth All-Union Scientific Conference on the Integrated Study, Development, and Protection of Deserts was held in Ashgabat. Participants included representatives of the Soviet scientific community, design and planning organizations, industrial enterprises, institutions of higher education, and various ministries involved in the study and development of natural resources in desert regions. A previous All-Union scientific conference on this subject had been held in Ashgabat in 1976. During the period between the two conferences, significant economic changes took place in the republics located within the desert zone. New oil and gas fields were developed, large irrigation canals and reservoirs were constructed, mineral resources in desert regions were discovered and intensively exploited, and both crop production and animal husbandry expanded.The conference summarized the achievements of five years of research on desert-related problems and, in accordance with the resolutions of the 26th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, identified the priority tasks for future work.This volume contains reports in five major areas.I. Natural Climatic Conditions, Regionalization, and Nature Conservation in DesertsThe intensive exploitation of natural resources, large-scale irrigation construction in deserts, and other forms of human economic activity have demonstrated that, under modern conditions, anthropogenic factors have become an important force in landscape formation. A number of papers examine the impacts of irrigation canals and reservoirs on desert climate, soils, and landscapes. They also address issues of regional natural-resource utilization and the protection of natural complexes under conditions of active economic development.II. Aerospace Methods for the Study of Natural Conditions and ResourcesAs is well known, humanity’s entry into outer space stimulated the development of new scientific disciplines. Among these, space geoscience