The Yellow River: A Natural And Unnatural History Ruth Mostern Yale University Press Αγγλικά Βιβλία World

A Three-Thousand-Year History Of China’s Yellow River And The Legacy Interactions Between Humans Natural Landscape “No Other Scholar Has Produced Such Systematic Comprehensive Account Long-Term Changes In River’s Function Structure I Consider It To Be Definitive Work On Topic Date ”—Peter C Perdue Author China Marches West: Qing Conquest Central Eurasia From Neolithic Times Present Day Its Watershed Have Both Shaped Been By Human Society Using Illustrate Effects Environmentally Significant Activity Ruth Mostern Unravels Long Relationship With Water Soil Consequences At Disastrous Ecological Transformations That Resulted Decisions As Follows Through Three Millennia She Underlines How Governments Consistently Ignored Dynamic Interrelationships Varied Ecosystems—Grasslands Riparian Forests Wetlands Deserts—And Cultural Impacts Their Policies An Interdisciplinary Approach Informed Archival Research Gis (Geographical Information System) Records This Groundbreaking Volume Provides Unique Insight Into Patterns Devastating Ruptures Throughout Offers Profound Conclusions About Way We Continue Affect Systems Upon Which Depend Σελίδες: 376 Έτος Έκδοσης: 1123 Διαστάσεις: 17 8X17 8Cm