GEOGRAPHY of SIBERIA
Edited by
ALEXANDER N. ANTIPOV (Director)
V.B. Sochava Institute of Geography
Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Irkutsk, Russia
2006 Edition : Pages viii + 230 (Hard Cover), Color figures, tables
Size: 6 x 9” ISBN: 978-81-904362-0-5
Price: US$75.00 (Outside India) Rs. 2200.00 (For India Only)
Siberia is a unique natural entity, having no equal worldwide as regards its size, ultra-continental climatic conditions, extremely low population density, including aboriginal ethnoses, as well as its immense natural resources. Such a combination of natural, social and economic conditions lends an unprecedented aspect to the scenery of this region that might be still scantily known to the international reader. This book presents the results from geographical studies of Siberia. Its sections outline the uniqueness of this giant region characterized by ultracontinental climatic conditions, high biodiversity, the preservation of cultures of the indigenous peoples, and by a world level of natural resource potential.
Over the past five decades, the scientists of the V.B. Sochava Institute of Geography SB RAS have been engaged with the study of the natural phenomenon. Their research builds on a state-of-science theoretical foundation, the doctrine of geosystems, and on high-technology investigation methods. In the volume, emphasis is given to the advancement of cartographic representation using GIS technologies and remotely sensed data.
The book is intended primarily for the international reader, specialist geographers, economists, policy-makers, as well as for all those, who are seeking for a new knowledge of the world surrounding us.
Contents
• From the Editor and Compiler
PART I : INTRODUCTION
• Siberia and its geographical research (free
sample chapter available online)
PART II : PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY
• Geomorphological research on Siberia • Trends of exogenous relief-formation regimes in southern Siberia in the second half of the 20th century • Landscape-hydrological analysis of a territory • Landscape and landscape-geochemical research • Landscape-geochemical monitoring in the Baikal region • Cartographic study of the biota in southern East Siberia
PART III : SOCIO - ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY
• Siberian macro-region in the economy of Russia - History, characteristics and objectives of geographical resources science in Russia • Natural economic regionalization of the Asian part of Russia • Typological analysis of the degree of Siberia development • Problems of population geography and human ecology in Asian Russia • A geographical understanding of the ethnicity • The pivotal role of the Baikal region in the development of Siberia • Geographical problems of management at a local level
PART IV : METHODOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF GEOGRAPHY
• Landscape planning in Siberia • Thematic mapping of Siberia • Geosystems analysis of Siberia's landscapes using remote sensing • Geographical science and ecological education as conditions of development of a civil society
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