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28 wrz 2021 · A three-thousand-year history of China’s Yellow River and the legacy of interactions between humans and the natural landscape. “No other scholar has produced such a systematic, comprehensive account of the long-term changes in the river’s function and structure.
28 wrz 2021 · A three-thousand-year history of the Yellow River and the legacy of interactions between humans and the natural landscape. From Neolithic times to the present day, the Yellow River and its...
28 wrz 2021 · A three-thousand-year history of China’s Yellow River and the legacy of interactions between humans and the natural landscape “No other scholar has pro...
28 wrz 2021 · The Yellow River: A Natural and Unnatural History. Ruth Mostern. 4.25. 12 ratings3 reviews. A three-thousand-year history of China’s Yellow River and the legacy of interactions between humans and the natural landscape.
This is an excellent discussion of the historic impact of the Yellow River on Chinese history and governance. It describes the many floods and course changes of the river that have occurred over recorded history, which goes back at least 2500 years.
As she follows the Yellow River through three millennia of history, Mostern underlines how governments consistently ignored dynamic interrelationships among the river&;s varied ecosystems&;grasslands, riparian forests, wetlands, and deserts&;and the ecological and cultural impact of their policies. With an interdisciplinary approach informed by ...
Using the Yellow River to illustrate the long-term effects of environmentally significant human activity, Ruth Mostern unravels the long history of the human relationship with water and soil and the consequences, at times disastrous, of ecological transformations that resulted from human decisions.
