Water Projects and Technologies in Asia (eBook, ePUB)

Historical Perspectives
Redaktion: Woo, Hyoseop; Lu, Juan; de Costa, Gregory; Tanaka, Hitoshi

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This book is a collection of highly refined articles on historical water projects and traditional water technologies of international interest in the Asian region addressing information on past water projects (mostly before the 20th century) in the Asian regions that are technically and culturally of interest and educationally valuable.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 366
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. April 2023
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000850246
• Artikelnr.: 67545337

Autorenporträt

Hyoseop Woo is currently a (Industry-cooperation) Professor at Sejong University, Seoul, Korea. Research interests are river hydraulics, including sedimentation engineering, ecohydraulics, and NbS. He was a co-chair of the special sessions of "Historical water projects and traditional water technologies in the Asian region" in the three IAHR-APD Congresses from 2016 to 2021. Presently working as a Vice President of IAHR Hitoshi Tanaka is presently in the position of President-appointed Extraordinary Professor at Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan. Served as a chairman of IAHR-APD from 2011 to 2014 and a council member of IAHR from 2013 to 2017. Research interests are fluid mechanics such as turbulent wave boundary layers, related sediment movement, and resulting morpho-dynamics in coastal and estuarine environments. Study sites are not limited to Japan but cover other regions worldwide, such as Vietnam, Thailand, Korea, Indonesia, Oman, Bolivia, etc. Gregory De Costa is presently in the position of Principal Academic Engineering, Open Polytechnic of New Zealand, Chartered Engineer, and Fellow of Engineering New Zealand. Research interests are climate change, salinity intrusion, water projects in Sri Lanka and other regions, ancient technologies, and water resources management. Presently working as Chair of IAHR-Asia Pacific Division from 2019. Juan Lu is currently a Professor at China Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Research, Beijing, China. Research interests are water history and culture, flood control and drought reduction, Pesently working as Director of Research Center of flood control and drought disaster reduction, Ministry of Water Resources, China.

Inhaltsangabe

1. A historical review on the relationship between human society and water
in Asia: an engineering perspective: An Introduction. Part 1: Historical
water projects and traditional water technologies in China 2. The Chinese
water culture - an analytical literature review. 3. Sustainability of
Chinese civilization and water conservation. 4. Dujiangyan Irrigation
System and its over 2000 years of sustainable development. 5. Zhuji Shadoof
Irrigation System and heritage values. 6. Introduction of the
Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal and analysis of its heritage values. 7.
Tuoshan Weir: an ancient estuarial river regulation project. Part 2:
Historical water projects and traditional water technologies in Japan 8.
Civil Engineering Heritage Award in Japan. 9. Sustainable development of
Sayama-ike reservoir the historical value in East Asia. 10. Why all the
tributaries of the Chikugo River flow into the old main streambed even
after the cut-off channels were consturcted? 11. Effect of open dyke for
flood disaster mitigation in Kyoto. 12. Flood control strategy in Japan
during the Edo period (from the early 17th to mid-19th century). 13.
Changes in the historical river course and related flood risk in the
Arakawa River basin in Japan and the role of still-existing secondary
embankments in the recent 2019 flooding event. 14. Teizan Canal - history
and its effectiveness for tsunami energy reduction. 15. Innovative
construction techniques of Tatsumi Aqueduct: major restorations in main
channels and the inverted siphon of Tatsumi Aqueduct. Part 3: Historical
water projects and traditional water technologies in Korea 16. Kingdom Age
irrigation for paddy farming under monsoon in Korea. 17. Reconstruction of
the 1855 extreme flood and historical flood mitigation projects in the
capital of Joseon Dynasty, Korea. 18. Technographical review of embankments
for dams and levees in Joseon Dynasty (1392-1910) of Korea. 19. The ancient
instrumental hydrological measurement device, Chugugi, and Supyo, in Joseon
Dynasty, Korea. Part 4: Historical water projects and traditional water
technologies in South Asia 20. An overview of irrigation practices in
Punjab. 21. Water heritage of ancient Sri Lanka. 22. Physical modeling of
flow in the ancient inlet sluice barrel of Nuwara wewa reservoir, Sri
Lanka. Part 5: Historical water projects and traditional water technologies
in Southeast Asia 23. A history of early water engineering development in
Vietnam. 24. Water use of flood in Cambodia. 25. From irrigation
perspective to disaster risk reduction using Nature-based Solution - the
Rangsit Canal, Chao Phraya River basin, Thailand. 26. Agriculture
irrigation development in Kedah, Malaysia: strengthen the linkage between
national food and water security. 27. Subak Irrigation System- a heritage
of a sustainable hydro-environment. 28. Water culture of the people in
Uzbekistan - ancient traditions, structures, and modern global problems.