Environment, technology and sustainability: the development and management of well-irrigation in Guanzhong Plain in Qing China

This paper presents a case study of the well irrigation in Guanzhong Plain during the Qing dynasty. The paper analyses the scales and results of well irrigation campaigns sponsored by the government in the mid-eighteen century and the late nineteenth century. Limited by the natural environment and t...

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Main Authors: Gao Shengrong, Ding Xiaohui
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sciendo 2019-07-01
Series:Miscellanea Geographica: Regional Studies on Development
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.2478/mgrsd-2019-0003