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Content and Structure of the Book
This book summarizes and provides the outcomes of research results and recent
studies related to soil erosion in Central Asia, where current and future trends in
rainfall erosivity and erosivity density are the greatest, and discusses the potential
impact on the environment across the region.
The book has six individual chapters as follows. The first chapter, “Introduction
and Background on Rainfall Erosivity Processes and Soil Erosion”, provides an
overview of background on rainfall erosivity processes and soil erosion. It considers, evaluates and analyses global climate scenario data, the predicted impact of
climate change on rainfall erosion along with the rainfall erosion models.
The second chapter, “Natural Conditions of Central Asia”, provides information
about the topography, climate conditions and description of soils in Central Asia.
The third chapter, “Data Sources and Methodology”, analyses a detailed methodology on the RUSLE model, predicting the impact of climate change on precipitation erosion based on geographic information system GIS and remote sensing (RS)
techniques to assess soil erosion.
The fourth chapter, “Projected Rainfall Erosivity and Soil Erosion in Central
Asia”, provides analyses on projected changes on rainfall erosivity over Central
Asia under RCPs 2.6 and 8.5 for two periods (2030s and 2070s).
The fifth chapter, “Spatio-temporal Variations and Projected Rainfall Erosivity
and Erosivity Density in Kazakhstan”, analyses an annual trend of precipitation erosion in Kazakhstan for the period 1970–2017 and estimates long-term changes in
annual precipitation erosion in Kazakhstan using past and future climate data and
three GCM scenarios and two RCPs for three future periods.
The sixth chapter “Conclusions and Recommendations”, this chapter concludes
the preceding chapters and offers recommendations for carrying out future studies.
Content and Structure of the Book
This book summarizes and provides the outcomes of research results and recent
studies related to soil erosion in Central Asia, where current and future trends in
rainfall erosivity and erosivity density are the greatest, and discusses the potential
impact on the environment across the region.
The book has six individual chapters as follows. The first chapter, “Introduction
and Background on Rainfall Erosivity Processes and Soil Erosion”, provides an
overview of background on rainfall erosivity processes and soil erosion. It considers, evaluates and analyses global climate scenario data, the predicted impact of
climate change on rainfall erosion along with the rainfall erosion models.
The second chapter, “Natural Conditions of Central Asia”, provides information
about the topography, climate conditions and description of soils in Central Asia.
The third chapter, “Data Sources and Methodology”, analyses a detailed methodology on the RUSLE model, predicting the impact of climate change on precipitation erosion based on geographic information system GIS and remote sensing (RS)
techniques to assess soil erosion.
The fourth chapter, “Projected Rainfall Erosivity and Soil Erosion in Central
Asia”, provides analyses on projected changes on rainfall erosivity over Central
Asia under RCPs 2.6 and 8.5 for two periods (2030s and 2070s).
The fifth chapter, “Spatio-temporal Variations and Projected Rainfall Erosivity
and Erosivity Density in Kazakhstan”, analyses an annual trend of precipitation erosion in Kazakhstan for the period 1970–2017 and estimates long-term changes in
annual precipitation erosion in Kazakhstan using past and future climate data and
three GCM scenarios and two RCPs for three future periods.
The sixth chapter “Conclusions and Recommendations”, this chapter concludes
the preceding chapters and offers recommendations for carrying out future studies.