Flood And Drought Disasters In The Republic Of China And Henan Rural Society

Henan is one of the places of origin of Chinese people, which is situated in the center of China. The most places of Henan are principal agricultural area since ancient times, the place around Luoyang city along the banks of Yellow River is the birthplace of Chinese agricultural civilization.The ecological environment of the plain in Henan began to worsen from ten centuries on because of its earlier and deeper development, the phenomenons are so worse as to make Henan become a area of many floods and droughts. Agriculture is Kenan's main property, its sideline is very poor. The floods and droughts did harm to countryside Henan during Republican Period more seriously and extensively.In thesis, the author studies the question from three parts, including the general situation of the floods and droughts, the steps which people take to deal with the plague and the disaster's effects on the economy and society of countryside Henan. The central and provincial authorities have taken different steps to cope with the plague facing the serious floods and droughts. The floods and droughts do lots of harm to countryside Henan, the suffers' lives are very pitiable. Not only many people are killed, but also more and more disaster victims are forced to leave their hometowns. Many refugees have great influence upon the whole society. The disasters have greater effects on countryside because agriculture is main property of Henan. The floods and droughts not only make the farmland waste, but also affect the tenancy system to some extent.On one hand, the floods and droughts destroy the ecological environment; on the other hand, the sufferers exact the nature at all costs in order to live on, which makes the environment worsen in result. The disasters sometimes cann't be avoided, it wouldn't appear in some degree if people could protect the ecological environment and decrease the behaviors of shortsighted view in normal tunes.