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26 paź 2022 · The book with its holistic approach is particularly relevant at a time of repeated flooding in China’s big river basins under extreme weather events, unprecedented investment in hydro-engineering, and the state’s call for “whole river basin approaches” to managing the Yellow and Yangtze rivers.
28 wrz 2021 · 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.
In this interview, Ruth Mostern discusses her book The Yellow River: A Natural and Unnatural History which was published by Yale University Press in 2021 and was the winner of the 2023 Joseph Levenson Prize from the Association of Asian
24 maj 2024 · The Yellow River: A Natural and Unnatural History, written by Ruth Mostern. Article Type: Book Review. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1163/26669323-20240008. Language: English. Pages: 1–6. In: East Asian Science, Technology, and Medicine. In: Advance Articles. Publisher: Brill. E-ISSN: 2666-9323. Print ISSN:
9 lut 2022 · The idea of writing a river history – described here as a river biography – typically rests on the interplay a river has with nearby land and people touched by it. The Yellow River with its long co...
28 wrz 2021 · 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.
28 wrz 2021 · 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...
