Christopher Conrad

Biographic Data

ID3707725
NAMEChristopher Conrad
GIVEN NAMESChristopher
FAMILY NAMEConrad
SIGNATURECONRAD C
AFFILIATIONSMartin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
ORCID0000-0002-0807-7059
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS6
TOTAL CITATIONS0
AUTHOR COUNT6
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2013
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2025
H-INDEX0

  • Future research directions for understanding the interconnections between climate change, water scarcity, and mobility in rural Central Asia

    Open AccessKathleen Hermans, Nodir Djanibekov et al.ARTICLEClimate and Development2025

    Central Asia faces substantial water scarcity due to increasing water demand driven by rapid urbanization, population growth, economic development, and inefficiency of irrigated agriculture. These developments are compounded by the effects of climate change, such as rising temperatures, loss of glacier mass and increased frequency of extreme events, including droughts. The region's escalating water scarcity is causing disputes and straining rural…

  • Mapping socio-environmental vulnerability to assess rural migration in Ghana

    Open AccessAlina Schürmann, Janina Kleemann et al.ARTICLEApplied Geography2024

    Rural communities in Ghana, dependent on agriculture and lacking resources and infrastructure, are highly vulnerable to climate and environmental change. Internal migration is often considered as a strategy to mitigate local livelihood constraints. Understanding the challenges of rural communities requires knowledge of local conditions. As only few studies have mapped vulnerable areas in the context of migration in Ghana at a spatially explicit a…

  • Groundwater-dependent ecosystems at risk – global hotspot analysis and implications

    Open AccessAndreas Link, Léonard El-Hokayem et al.ARTICLEEnvironmental Research Letters2023

    Many land-based ecosystems are dependent on groundwater and could be threatened by human groundwater abstraction. One key challenge for the description of associated impacts is the initial localisation of groundwater-dependent ecosystems (GDEs). This usually requires a mixture of extensive site-specific data collection and the use of geospatial datasets and remote sensing techniques. To date, no study has succeeded in identifying different types …

  • Migration in West Africa: A Visual Analysis of Motivation, Causes, and Routes

    Open AccessAlina Schürmann, Janina Kleemann et al.ARTICLEConservation Ecology2022

    Migration in West Africa has been taking place for centuries for different reasons. Many dimensions of migration remain insufficiently documented and poorly understood. In particular, factors of migration in destination areas and areas of origin are still lacking comprehensive analysis. In this paper, we bring a new perspective to the model of push and pull factors of migration in West Africa by reviewing and analyzing interview-based case studie…

  • Object-based identification of vegetation cover decline in irrigated agro-ecosystems in Uzbekistan

    Olena Dubovyk, Gunter Menz et al.ARTICLEQuaternary International2013

  • Spatial targeting of land rehabilitation: A relational analysis of cropland productivity decline in arid Uzbekistan

    Open AccessOlena Dubovyk, Gunter Menz et al.ARTICLEErdkunde2013

    Irrigated croplands in Central Asia are highly prone to land degradation due to their environmentally fragile physical settings and intensive agricultural practices. This study: (i) assesses the state of croplands in irrigated areas in northern Uzbekistan, based on the time series of MODIS-NDVI imagery; (ii) analyzes relationships between the identified trend of cropland degradation and soil quality, terrain characteristics, population density, a…