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Why Study the History of Water Conservancy in China: A Discussion on the Natural and Cultural Attributes of Water Conservancy
Received date: 2024-07-31
Online published: 2025-05-20
From the perspective of water conservancy history, this paper elucidates the historical and cultural significance of water conservancy, as well as its interactions and constraints with politics, economy, and the natural environment, through milestone events in water conservancy and ancient water conservancy projects that have continued to the present day. The origin, development, or decline of water conservancy depends on the political and economic environment of the region in the corresponding period. However, the creation, inheritance, management, and decline of water conservancy projects are based on deep interactions with politics, economy, and science and technology. The construction and operation of water conservancy projects will reshape the natural environment for decades or even centuries. Culture, in this interplay and mutual constraint, also determines the values of water resource utilization, the ideas of water control, and the direction of technological development in different historical periods.
Tan Xuming . Why Study the History of Water Conservancy in China: A Discussion on the Natural and Cultural Attributes of Water Conservancy[J]. Historical Geography Research, 2025 , 45(1) : 115 -122 . DOI: 10.20166/j.issn.2096-6822.L20240310
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