The Yellow River 1st Edition by David Pietz ISBN 0674058240 9780674058248

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ISBN 10: 0674058240
ISBN 13: 9780674058248
Author: David Pietz

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.

The Yellow River 1st Edition Table of contents:

Chapter 1: The River’s Origins

• Geography and Topography

• Early Human Settlements

Chapter 2: Historical Significance

• The River in Ancient China

• The Yellow River and Imperial Power

Chapter 3: The Ecology of the Yellow River

• Flora and Fauna

• Environmental Challenges

Chapter 4: Water and Politics

• The River’s Role in Governance

• Managing the Yellow River: Policies and Challenges

Chapter 5: Floods and Disasters

• Catastrophic Flooding through History

• Responses to Flooding

Chapter 6: Modern Challenges and Solutions

• Industrialization and Agriculture

• Environmental Degradation and Restoration Efforts

Chapter 7: The Yellow River in Culture and Identity

• The River in Chinese Literature and Art

• Symbolism and National Identity

Conclusion: The Future of the Yellow River

Appendix

• Maps of the Yellow River

• Timeline of Key Events

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