Review and Prospect of China's Water Management Strategy

Author: Zhao Chunming
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Publish Date: 2005-08-01
Features: This book is based on the contemporary context, revealing the issue of flood disasters with a pragmatic attitude, drawing scientific insights from the natural philosophy of predecessors, and analyzing the experiences and lessons from foreign engineering and non-engineering flood control and disaster reduction policies and their implementation. It explores the theoretical issues of adjusting China's flood control and disaster reduction strategies in the 21st century. The concept of "disasters having both natural and social attributes, i.e., dual attributes," as elaborated in this book, has had a significant impact on recent strategic research on water issues. This book is suitable for researchers, managers, and faculty and students of middle and higher vocational colleges in the fields of water resources, history, and philosophy.