Project
Engineering a State of Nature: Hydraulic Transformations on the North China Plain, 1949-1999
Division of Research Programs
Photo caption
Satellite image of the Yellow River.
Courtesy of Planet Labs, Inc.
Photo caption
Satellite image of the Yellow River.
Courtesy of Planet Labs, Inc.
In The Yellow River: The Problem of Water in Modern China, David Allen Pietz examines how water resources on the North China Plain have been compromised by engineering practices after 1949, as well as the impact of urbanization, industrialization, and population growth on contemporary hydraulic practices and environmental changes.