The latest UNESCO-ISI publication on “Controlling the Yellow River: 2000 years of debate on control strategies” authored by Prof. Zhaoyin Wang and Prof. Cheng Liu is now available online in UNESCO Digital Library (https://unesdoc.unesco.org/). The new ISI publication reviews 2000 years of debate on two extremely different strategies on controlling the Yellow River, i.e. the “wide river and depositing sediment” strategy and the “narrow river and scouring sediment” strategy. The levee breaches and flood disasters in the past 2000 yr are analyzed and the results of the two strategies were compared. The “narrow river and scouring sediment” strategy has only short term effects on levee breach control and flood mitigation. The “wide river and depositing sediment” strategy can essentially mitigate flood disasters and reduce levee breaches for a long term period of time. Lessons learned from the past could not only help us to clarify the historical origins of the modern Yellow River control strategy, but also shed light on the efforts for future river management for the Yellow River and other river systems around the world.
“Controlling the Yellow River: 2000 years of debate on control strategies” can be downloaded online at:
UNESCO Digital Library: https://unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/pf0000366591.locale=en
UNESCO-ISI Website: http://isi.irtces.org/isi/Publication/BooksandReports/webinfo/2019/03/1552617672270515.htm
WASER Website: http://www.waser.cn/waser/EL/PapersReports/webinfo/2019/03/1552617671515980.htm
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