SOUTH PREARALIE NEW PERSPECTIVES INTRODUCTION I. THE ARAL SEA AND SOUTH PREARALIE II. DEGRADATION OF THE ARAL SEA AND SOUTH PREARALIE III. HYDROLOGY AND HYDRO-GEOLOGY OF THE DELTA IV. BASIC APPOACHES TO SELECTING aLTERNATIVE SOLUTIONS OF PROBLEMS IN THE SOUTH PREARALIE V. HYDROLOGICAL BACKGROUND VI. THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS OF MODELING VII. THE GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM VIII. THE SUDOCHE LAKE IS A PILOT PROJECT IN THE SOUTH PREARALIE IX. FIELD SURVEYS 9.1. The Karadjar lakes 9.2. The Sudoche Wetland 9.3. Muynak Bay 9.4. Ribache Bay 9.5. Makpalkol Lake 9.6. Mezdureche Reservoir 9.7. Djiltirbas Bay 9.8. The ΚΡ-3 Drainage Canal 9.9. The ΚΡ-1 Drainage Canal 9.10. Assessment of the Ecological Situation 9.11. Wetlands Classification 9.12. Environmental Requirements 9.13. Requirements to Ecological Conditions of Wetlands 9. 14. Ecological Importance of Wetlands X. CONSTRUCTION OPTIONS AND THEIR ASSESSMENT 10.1. Introduction 10.2. Scope of Works at the First Phase 10.3. Final Phase of Works XI. MODELING OPTIMAL PARAMETERS OF WATER INFRASTRACTURE 11.1. Characteristics of Simulation Objects 11.2. Identification of Optimal Water Surface Elevation in the Mezdureche Reservoir and Parameters of Outlets 11.4. Possibility to Intercept Peak Flows XII. OPERATION OF WATER INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE DELTA AND ITS MODELING 12.1. The Mathematical Background of Management - Theoretical Aspects 12.2. Development of DSS for Operation of Water Bodies 12.3. Establishing the Basis for Wetlands Management XIII. SOCIO-ECONOMIC EFFECTIVENESS OF PROPOSED MEASURES AFTERWORD SOLUTIONS FOR THE ARAL SEA: A TECHNICAL, ENVIRONMENTAL, ECONOMIC, POLITICAL, AND HUMAN CHALLENGEs |