晚清和民国时期自然灾害对乡村生活环境的破坏——以淮河流域为中心的考察

Damage to Rural Living Environment Caused by Natural Disasters during Late Qing Dynasty and the Republican Period——A Study Centered on the Huaihe Valley

晚清和民国时期,淮河流域水灾、旱灾、蝗灾、震灾、疫灾等灾害发生频率较高,连年不断。这些灾害不仅对淮河流域地区乡村的水、生物、地质等自然环境造成严重破坏,而且也对居住、交通、生产等社会环境造成较大破坏。

During late Qing Dynasty and the Republican period, disasters in the Huaihe River Basin were frequent and persistent, with high frequency of floods, droughts, locusts, earthquakes and epidemics. These disasters not only caused serious damage to the water, biology, geology and other natural environment of Huaihe River Valley villages, but also caused great damage to the social environment such as housing, transportation and production.