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.
This book explores historical water projects in these regions, presenting technologies used at the time, including calculation and forecasting methods, measurement, material, labor, methodologies, and even water culture. It is expected that the old Asian wisdom of "reviewing the old and learning the new" would be realized to a certain extent in modern planning and practice of water projects.
This book will enable the reader to understand historical water projects and technologies in the Asian region. It can be used as a one-stop resource to source notable Asian water projects and their relevance to modern-day technology. In this regard, this book is expected to be of interest to a variety of audiences, including the corresponding Asian regions and other international audiences interested in Asian water history from an engineering perspective.
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1 A historical review of the relationship between human society and water in Asia - an engineering perspective: An introduction |
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PART I Historical water projects and traditional water technologies in China |
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2 The Chinese water culture: An analytical literature review |
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3 Sustainability of Chinese civilization and historical irrigation projects |
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4 Dujiangyan irrigation system and its over 2, 200 years of sustainable development |
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5 Zhuji Shadoof Irrigation System and heritage values |
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6 Introduction of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal and analysis of its heritage values |
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7 Tuoshan Weir: An ancient estuarial river regulation project |
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PART II Historical water projects and traditional water technologies in Japan |
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8 Civil Engineering Heritage Award in Japan |
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9 Sustainable development of Sayama-ike reservoir: The historical value in East Asia |
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10 Why all the tributaries of the Chikugo River flow into the old main streambed even after the cut-off channels were constructed |
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11 Effect of open dyke for flood disaster mitigation in Kyoto |
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12 Flood control strategy in Japan during the Edo period (the early 17th to mid-l9th century) |
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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 |
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14 Teizan Canal: History and its effectiveness for tsunami energy reduction |
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15 Major restorations in main channels and the inverted siphon of Tatsumi Aqueduct |
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PART III Historical water projects and traditional water technologies in Korea |
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16 Kingdom age irrigation for paddy farming under monsoon in Korea |
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17 Reconstruction of the 1855 extreme flood and historical flood mitigation projects in the capital of Joseon Dynasty, Korea |
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18 Technographical review of embankments for dams and levees in Joseon Dynasty (1392-1910), Korea |
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19 The ancient instrumental hydrological measurement device, Chugugi and Supyo, in Joseon Dynasty, Korea |
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PART IV Historical water projects and traditional water technologies in South Asia |
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20 An overview of irrigation practices in Punjab |
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21 Water heritage of ancient Sri Lanka |
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22 Physical modeling of flow in the ancient inlet sluice barrel of Nuwara wewa reservoir, Sri Lanka |
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PART V Historical water projects and traditional water technologies In Southeast Asia |
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23 Water use of flood in Cambodia |
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24 From irrigation perspective to disaster risk reduction using nature-based solution: The Rangsit Canal, Chao Phraya River basin, Thailand |
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Phruetthiphong Thatanchuleekun |
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25 Agriculture irrigation development in Kedah, Malaysia: Strengthen the linkage between national food and water security |
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26 Subak irrigation system: A heritage of a sustainable hydro-environment |
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27 (Special contribution) Water culture of the people in Uzbekistan: Ancient traditions, structures, and modern global problems |
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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.
