哈桑论世界水历史及其启示——《面向我们时代的水历史》述评

Hassan's Argument on the Water History of the World and its Enlightenment——A Review of Water History for Our Times

哈桑是联合国相关机构2000年就开始筹划的《水史和文明》系列丛书主编。该书在概述全球水管理发展历程和模式演变的基础上,讨论了水政治和水治理中的一些基础问题,分析了水伦理和水文化遗产在解决当代水问题中的重要作用,是我们了解世界水历史发展历程和西方当代水历史研究现状的难得佳作。

Hassan is the editor-in-chief of the book series Water History and Civilization initialed by the relevant orga- nization of UN in 2000. The book proposes an overview of the developing progress and model evolution of global water man- agement, discusses some basic issues existing in water politics and water governance, and analyzes the significant role of water ethics and cultural water heritage in resolving contemporary water issues; it is a rare and valuable work for us to understand the development of the global water history and the status quo of contemporary western researches on water history.