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The Yellow River : the problem of water in modern China /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Pietz, David Allen (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2015.
Subjects:
Yellow River (China)
North China Plain (China)
Water > Pollution > China.
Water > Purification > China.
Economic development > Environmental aspects > China.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • On the ecological margins
  • Management and mismanagement in the imperial period
  • Transforming the land of famine
  • Making the water run clear
  • Creating a garden on the North China Plain
  • Managing legacies, managing growth.