The Technical History of China's Grand Canal - Couverture rigide

Tan, Xuming; Li, Yunpeng; Deng, Jun; Wan, Jinhong; Liu, Jiangang

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1945552034 ISBN 13 : 9781945552038

Editeur : World Century, 2019

Synopsis

Based on the past 30-years' research on the technical and cultural values of China's Grand Canal, this book, based on interdisciplinary research, studies the natural and social background of the evolution and development of different sections of the Grand Canal in different historical periods, as well as the interrelations between the Grand Canal and the Chinese politics, economics, and culture. It also assesses the effects of the Grand Canal on the progress of the Chinese civilization, engineering technology achievement, the natural environment, and the society, providing the readers with an understanding of China's Grand Canal from the perspectives of hydraulic engineering and history.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Tan Xuming is Vice-Chief Engineer of China Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Research; Member of Working group on History of Irrigation, Drainage and Flood Control (WG-HIST) of International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage (ICID); Chairman of Committee on Water History of Chinese Hydraulic Engineering Society. Her research interests include history of water conservancy, history of canal technology, flood control, irrigation, river basin water environment evolution, disaster and disaster reduction.

Li Yunpeng is Director of Water History Department of Research Center on Flood and Drought Disaster Reduction of the Ministry of Water Resources; Member of Working Group on History of Irrigation, Drainage and Flood Control (WG-HIST), International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage (ICID). His research interests include history of water structure and water environment, and water heritage protection.

Deng Jun is Senior Engineer of China Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Research. She mainly researches the water conservancy history and water culture, programming and management of water resources and water resource accounting.

Wan Jinhong is Associate Professor of China Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Research. He is mainly engaged in the study of the history of disasters, hydro-social history and water culture.

Liu Jiangang is Senior Engineer of China Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Research (IWHR). His research interests include water conservancy history and water culture, water heritage protection, water resources management and planning, and flood and drought disaster law analysis.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: World Century
• Date d'édition: 2019
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1945552034
• ISBN 13: 9781945552038
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 324
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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