The publication of this Handbook was supported by the Russian Federation

Khuzhanazarov, Temur Mukhiddinovich – Doctor of  Technical Sciences, Samarkand State 
University (SSU) (Samarkand, Uzbekistan), Kyoto University (Water Resources Research Centre, 
Regional Ecosystem Research Laboratory) (Kyoto, Japan), specialist in the field of  water resource 
management, hydrology, adaptation to climate change and agroecosystem modelling. E-mail: 
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Konyushkova, Maria Valerievna – Candidate of  Agricultural Sciences, M.V. Lomonosov 
Moscow State University (Faculty of  Soil Science, Eurasian Centre for Food Security) (Moscow, 
Russia), specialist in the field of  GIS, digital soil mapping, soil genesis, soil geography, mapping 
Solonetz complexes within the Caspian Lowland, computer image analysis. E-mail: mkon@inbox.
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