Flood Control and Management in China

Author: China National Committee on Irrigation and Drainage
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Publish Date: 2005-09-01
Features: This book systematically introduces China's floodwaters and the causes, types, distribution, and characteristics of flood disasters, as well as the significant changes of contemporary flood control trends with social and economic development. It expatiates on the gradually in-depth process of China's flood control and disaster relief ideologies and the adjustment of contemporary water harnessing strategies; introduces China's current flood control system and future development directions, and enumerates various flood control examples since the foundation of P.R. China, attempting to help readers have a good understanding of the challenges and complexities of China's flood control and flood water management.