The impact of clearance and irrigation on the environment in the Lake Erhai catchment from the Ninth to the Nineteenth Century
Elvin, Mark, Crook, Darren, Ji, Shen, Jones, Richard and Dearing, John (2002) The impact of clearance and irrigation on the environment in the Lake Erhai catchment from the Ninth to the Nineteenth Century. East Asian Studies, 23, 1-60.
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Description/Abstract
Differences in microenvironments—defined by geology, geomorphology,
and hydrology—led to major differences in the nature of the environmental
problems created by economic development in different parts of the Erhai
catchment in southwestern China during the premodern period. In particular
we show that the second half of the eighteenth century was the critical period
for the onset of rapid environmental degradation in the northern part of the
catchment. From this it is established that premodern Chinese irrigated
farming cannot be defined as indefinitely ‘sustainable’ without major qualifications.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| ISSNs: | 1036-6008 (print) |
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| Subjects: | G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > G Geography (General) G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GE Environmental Sciences G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GB Physical geography |
| Divisions: | University Structure - Pre August 2011 > School of Geography > Environmental Processes and Change |
| Item ID: | 55641 |
| Date Deposited: | 04 Aug 2008 |
| Last Modified: | 02 Mar 2012 13:54 |
| Contributors: | Elvin, Mark (Author) Crook, Darren (Author) Ji, Shen (Author) Jones, Richard (Author) Dearing, John (Author) |
| Date: | June 2002 |
| Status: | Published |
| Contact Email Address: | J.Dearing@soton.ac.uk |
| URI: | http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/55641 |
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