THE NATIONAL ATLAS OF THE REPUBLIC OF KAZAKHSTAN

It consists of three volumes

Natural conditions and resources
Social and economic development
Environment and ecology

Conceptual basis of creation

Atlas is a hierarchically organized system of thematic maps, which the performance of complex assessments (top level maps) involves process of clotting component characteristics (lower level maps), i.e., transition from a set of particular indicators to one generalized.

The integration of environmental indicators (temporal, territorial, between the ingredients, inter component, between the factors) is based on the principles of quality control, where any property of quality is defined by two numerical parameters - the relative significance and importance.

The Atlas contains three types of thematic maps:

inventory, that display elements of the environment and sources of human impact;
inventory and assessment, that describe the reaction medium on the human impacts;
complex estimates, containing ecology assessment, describing the condition of individual components and environment in general.
For mapping of territorial units used:

political and administrative division;
landscape and geographical regionalization;
basin zoning;
selective territorial division;
absence of territorial units (contours methods)

Atlas published in kazakh, russian and english languages

1	Preface	4 maps
2	Geophysical conditions tectonics, seismicity	14 maps
3	Geological setting, mineral resources	5 maps
4	Hydrogeology, groundwater resources	9 maps
5	Relief	3 maps
6	Climate, agroclimatic resources	27 maps
7	Hydrology surface water resources	17 maps
8	Glaciation, geocryology	2 maps
9	Soils, land resources	3 maps
10	Animals	9 maps
11	Vegetation	7 maps
12	Landscapes, physical-geographical regionalization	17 maps

VOLUME 2. SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (142 maps)

Sections

1	Preface	1 maps
2	Population	13 maps
3	Social sphere	15 maps
4	Industry	15 maps
5	Agriculture	33 maps
6	Transport	10 maps
7	Tourism	3 maps
8	History, archeology	36 maps
9	Economic and social sphere of the regions	15 maps
10	External relations	4 maps

VOLUME 3. Environment and ecology

Sections

1	Introduction	1 maps
2	Factors of anthropogenic impact on the environment	7 maps
3	The ecological state of the natural systems	35 maps
4	Dangerous natural processes and emergencies	20 maps
5	Desertification and land degradation	13 maps
6	Human ecology	11 maps
7	Ecological conditions of the regions	15 maps
8	Nature conservation	14 maps
9	Environmental safety	9 maps