The Aral Sea : The Devastation and Partial Rehabilitation of a Great Lake

Chapter 1 Introduction

Chapter 2 Introduction to the Aral Sea and Its Region

Chapter 3 Biological Dynamics of the Aral Sea Before Its Modern Decline (1900–1960)

Chapter 4 Changes of the Aral Sea Level

Chapter 5 Aral Sea Basin Water Resources and the Changing Aral Water Balance

Chapter 6 The New Aquatic Biology of the Aral Sea

Chapter 7 The Present State of the South Aral Sea Area

Chapter 8 Irrigation in the Aral Sea Basin

Chapter 9 Challenges of Transboundary Water Resources Management in Central Asia

Chapter 10 Time Series Analysis of Satellite Remote Sensing Data for Monitoring Vegetation and Landscape Dynamics of the Dried Sea Bottom Adjacent to the Lower Amu Darya Delta

Chapter 11 Aral Sea Hydrology from Satellite Remote Sensing

Chapter 12 Nature and Economy in the Aral Sea Basin

Chapter 13 An Expedition to the Northern Part of the Small Aral Sea (August 29 to September 16, 2011)

Chapter 14 The Biological Future of the Aral Sea

Chapter 15 Efforts to Revive the Aral Sea

Chapter 16 The Siberian Water Transfer Schemes

Chapter 17 Impact of Climate Change on the Aral Sea and Its Basin

Chapter 18 Summary and Conclusions