The Yellow River: The Problem of Water in Modern China

The Yellow River: The Problem of Water in Modern China
ISBN-10
0674966929
ISBN-13
9780674966925
Category
History
Pages
314
Language
English
Published
2015-01-05
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Author
David A. Pietz

Description

In the Maoist years the North China Plain was re-engineered to use every drop of water for irrigation and hydroelectricity. As David Pietz shows, China’s urban growth, industrial expansion, and agricultural intensification rested on compromised water resources, with effects that cast a long shadow over China’s future course as a global power.

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