The Yellow River : The Problem of Water in Modern China /
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 politica...
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge, MA :
Harvard University Press,
[2015]
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Tabla de Contenidos:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Figures, Maps, and Tables
- Introduction
- 1. On the Ecological Margins
- 2. Management and Mismanagement in the Imperial Period
- 3. Transforming the Land of Famine
- 4. Making the Water Run Clear
- 5. Creating a Garden on the North China Plain
- 6. Managing Legacies, Managing Growth
- Notes
- Acknowledgments
- Index