China S Sorrow
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China S Sorrow
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Author : Lynn Pan
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2004
China S Sorrow written by Lynn Pan and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with Yellow River Region (China) categories.
The Yellow River
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Author : David A. Pietz
language : en
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Release Date : 2015-01-05
The Yellow River written by David A. Pietz and has been published by Harvard University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-01-05 with Business & Economics categories.
Flowing through the heart of the North China Plain—home to 200 million people—the Yellow River sustains one of China’s core regions. Yet this vital water supply has become highly vulnerable in recent decades, with potentially serious repercussions for China’s economic, social, and political stability. The Yellow River is an investigative expedition to the source of China’s contemporary water crisis, mapping the confluence of forces that have shaped the predicament that the world’s most populous nation now faces in managing its water reserves. Chinese governments have long struggled to maintain ecological stability along the Yellow River, undertaking ambitious programs of canal and dike construction to mitigate the effects of recurrent droughts and floods. But particularly during the Maoist years the North China Plain was radically re-engineered to utilize every drop of water for irrigation and hydroelectric generation. As David A. Pietz shows, Maoist water management from 1949 to 1976 cast a long shadow over the reform period, beginning in 1978. Rapid urban growth, industrial expansion, and agricultural intensification over the past three decades of China’s economic boom have been realized on a water resource base that was acutely compromised, with effects that have been more difficult and costly to overcome with each passing decade. Chronicling this complex legacy, The Yellow River provides important insight into how water challenges will affect China’s course as a twenty-first-century global power.
A Historical Survey Of The Yellow River And The River Civilizations
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Author : Jianxiong Ge
language : en
Publisher: Springer Nature
Release Date : 2021-01-04
A Historical Survey Of The Yellow River And The River Civilizations written by Jianxiong Ge and has been published by Springer Nature this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-01-04 with Social Science categories.
This book explores the relationship between rivers and ethics in China, with a particular focus on the health of the Yellow River and China’s sustainable development. Though the book falls into the category of East Asian History, it is an interdisciplinary academic work that addresses not only history, but also culture, human geography and physical geography. It traces the changes in the Yellow River over time and examines the origin and developmental course of Chinese civilization, which has always been closely intertwined with the Yellow River. It also draws comparisons between the Yellow River and the Yangtze, Nile, Tigris, Euphrates and Indus rivers to provide insights into how they have contributed to civilizations. At the same time, it discusses the lessons learned from people’s taming the Yellow River. Most significantly, the book explores the relationship between humans and the environment from an ethical standpoint, making it an urgent reminder of the crucial role that human activities play in environmental issues concerning the Yellow River so as to achieve a sustainable development for China’s “mother river.” The intended audience includes academic readers researching East Asian and Chinese history & culture, geography, human geography, historical geography, the environment, river civilizations, etc., as well as history and geography lovers and members of the general public who are interested in the Yellow River and the civilization that has evolved around it.
The River The Plain And The State
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Author : Ling Zhang
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2016-09-09
The River The Plain And The State written by Ling Zhang and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-09-09 with History categories.
This book explores the human-engineered flooding of China's Yellow River, and how it affected the state, environment, and inhabitants of the region.
Water Management In The Yellow River Basin Of China
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Author : Charles Greer
language : en
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Release Date : 2014-07-03
Water Management In The Yellow River Basin Of China written by Charles Greer and has been published by University of Texas Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-07-03 with Technology & Engineering categories.
Throughout history the Yellow River, or Huang Ho, has repeatedly broken through its levees to rampage over the densely populated North China Plain. In spite of its importance as the major river of China, little has been written on the Yellow River and its management. Charles Greer fills this gap with his comprehensive and thoroughly researched book. This work deals with the technological problems faced by the Chinese in taming the destructive river and also focuses on cultural attitudes that have governed the Chinese response to nature. For example, water control was not highly regarded by the Taoists, who preferred to let nature take its course; but the Buddhists sought to harness the river against devastating floods and also to benefit their crops. Greer traces water use and management in the Yellow River Basin through Chinese history and discusses early Western interest in the flood problem and Soviet assistance in Yellow River development. He analyzes traditional methods of control as well as newer strategies and their implications. The author of this book is one of a small number of social scientists able to master the original Chinese-language historical materials necessary to this undertaking. He has also examined Chinese water management methods first-hand as part of a delegation of water management specialists in 1976. In addition to geographers and conservationists, China scholars will find this book valuable because of the axial role the control of the Yellow River plays in the fundamental economic health of the People’s Republic of China. Water management engineers will find much useful comparative material.
Yellow River
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Author : Aldo Pavan
language : en
Publisher: National Geographic Books
Release Date : 2007-10-30
Yellow River written by Aldo Pavan and has been published by National Geographic Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-10-30 with Photography categories.
A revealing look at China's people and landscape, as photographed along the famous Yellow River. The Yellow River—the Huang He—flows over 3,300 miles from its headwaters in the Kunlun Mountains to the Bohai Sea. From the Quinghai Province, where the river originates and creates spectacular gorges, it crosses numerous provinces and territories such as Sichuan, Inner Mongolia, Shaanxi, and Henan, and finally, in the Shandong Province, reaches the sea. The Chinese people consider the Yellow River to be the cradle of their civilization, the Mother River. It is along its course that the Han culture—the main ethnic group in China—developed, and not far from here the Xi'an clay army was brought to light. During China's long and rich history, the Yellow River has been considered a blessing as well as a curse and has been nicknamed both "China's Pride" and "China's Sorrow." Over the centuries, the rich yellow sediment that gives the river its color and its name has sometimes blocked the flow, causing devastating flooding in the nearby provinces. Aldo Pavan has traveled the length of the Yellow River and visited local areas of interest. His stunning photographs combine with texts that give insight into everyday life and describe the great variety of cultures, religions, ethnic groups, and landscapes that the traveler encounters along the way. 220 color photographs.
The Ecology Of War In China
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Author : Micah S. Muscolino
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2015
The Ecology Of War In China written by Micah S. Muscolino and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015 with History categories.
This book explores the interplay between war and the environment in Henan Province, a hotly contested frontline territory that endured massive environmental destruction and human disruption during the conflict between China and Japan that raged during World War II. In a desperate attempt to block Japan's military advance, Chinese Nationalist armies under Chiang Kai-shek broke the Yellow River's dikes in Henan in June 1938, resulting in devastating floods that persisted until after the war's end. Greater catastrophe struck Henan in 1942-1943, when famine took some two million lives and displaced millions more. Focusing on these war-induced disasters and their aftermath, this book conceptualizes the ecology of war in terms of energy flows through and between militaries, societies, and environments. Ultimately, Micah Muscolino argues that efforts to procure and exploit nature's energy in various forms shaped the choices of generals, the fates of communities, and the trajectory of environmental change in North China.
The Yellow River
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1993
The Yellow River written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993 with Yellow River (China) categories.
The Yellow River is the most important river in China's history. Although providing water and rich soil for farming it often bursts its banks causing floods. Discusses the methods used by the Chinese to manage and control the river. Suggested level: intermediate, junior secondary.
The Yellow River
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Author : Julia Waterlow
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1993
The Yellow River written by Julia Waterlow and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993 with China categories.
The Yellow River is the most important river in China's history. Although providing water and rich soil for farming it often bursts its banks causing floods. Discusses the methods used by the Chinese to manage and control the river. Suggested level: intermediate, junior secondary.
The Yellow River
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Author : Ruth Mostern
language : en
Publisher: Yale University Press
Release Date : 2021-09-28
The Yellow River written by Ruth Mostern and has been published by Yale University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-09-28 with Nature categories.
A three-thousand-year history of the Yellow River and the legacy of interactions between humans and the natural landscape From Neolithic times to the present day, the Yellow River and its watershed have both shaped and been shaped by human society. Using the Yellow River to illustrate the long-term effects of environmentally significant human activity, Ruth Mostern unravels the long history of the human relationship with water and soil and the consequences, at times disastrous, of ecological transformations that resulted from human decisions. As Mostern follows the Yellow River through three millennia of history, she underlines how governments consistently ignored the dynamic interrelationships of the river’s varied ecosystems—grasslands, riparian forests, wetlands, and deserts—and the ecological and cultural impacts of their policies. With an interdisciplinary approach informed by archival research and GIS (geographical information system) records, this groundbreaking volume provides unique insight into patterns, transformations, and devastating ruptures throughout ecological history and offers profound conclusions about the way we continue to affect the natural systems upon which we depend.