民国广州河涌治理对当今水环境整治的借鉴

Some Enlightenment from the Experience in Creek Regulation in Guangzhou during the Period of the Republic of China

利用民国时期档案,运用历史地理学方法,对民国时期的广州河涌治理进行初步探讨,总结出一些可资今日借鉴的经验:在治理力量上,应进一步合众之力举公益之事;在治理方略上,应按部就班循环治理,注意治水与治人并举;在资金运用上,若能因地制宜注重环保地开展治理,或可有效节流。

The paper aims at giving advices on the project of ＂the comprehensive improvement of urban water environment＂. In perspective of historical geography, the author studies the regulation and management of the urban brooks during the Republic of China by consulting historical archives. It is concluded that some historical experiences are still useful in today’s improvement engineering： First, public attention should be paid to the work for it can benefit the public; Second, it’s very important to consider the long-term maintaining work as well as the short-term regulation and to develop the harmonious relationship between human beings and brooks. Third, the government funds for water control should be combined with the private funds. The paper also suggests that protecting the riverbank’s original ecological environment could save costs of the project efficiently.