In the Maoist years the North China Plain was re-engineered to use every drop of water for irrigation and hydroelectricity. As David Pietz shows, China's urban growth, industrial expansion, and agricultural intensification rested on compromised water resources, with effects that cast a long shadow over China's future course as a global power.
- ISBN13 9780674736108
- Publish Date 5 January 2015
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country AU
- Imprint British and Foreign Bible Society in Australian National Headquarters
- Format eBook
- Pages 330
- Language English
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