Evolution and Management of the Yangtze River Channel (Series of Technical Books on Large and Medium-sized Water Conservancy and Hydropower Engineering)

Author: Yu Wenchou, Editor-in-Chief
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Publish Date: 2005-08-01
Features: Since the 1950s, the Changjiang River Water Conservancy Commission has conducted extensive research on sedimentation, channel evolution, and management of the Yangtze River. This book, guided by the Technical Committee of the Changjiang River Water Conservancy Commission and written by professionals in relevant fields, aims to compile the achievements of river research over half a century and summarize the experiences in channel regulation. The book consists of four parts, divided into 16 chapters, covering topics such as: the natural geographical characteristics of the Yangtze River Basin, geological and geomorphological conditions of the channel, water and sediment supply conditions, hydrological and sediment characteristics of the channel, flow and sediment movement in bends and branches, characteristics of suspended and bedload transport, channel morphology and channel-scale relationships, the formation and development of the Yangtze River channel, the main stem channel, lakes, and estuary evolution, classification and formation of river types in tributaries and main stem channels, planning for channel regulation and regulation of channel trends in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, bank protection engineering, channel cutoff projects, branch channel regulation, estuary regulation, navigation regulation in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, bank regulation and tributary regulation in the Three Gorges Reservoir area, as well as channel observation, hydraulic model research methods, and mathematical model research methods. This book can serve as a reference for river researchers, channel regulation engineers, and students and teachers in relevant fields at colleges and universities.