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Dynamics of Rural Settlement Patterns in the Yellow River Delta in Response to River Diversion and Avulsion Since 1855 Cover

Dynamics of Rural Settlement Patterns in the Yellow River Delta in Response to River Diversion and Avulsion Since 1855

Rural Landscapes: Society, Environment, History
Volume 11 (2024): Issue 1
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Figure 1

Settlements, farmland and a levee in the Yellow River Delta. (a) the photo taken on the pontoon bridge near Ningjia village, Kenli District, Dongying City; (b) the photo taken on the Dongying Yellow River Bridge in Kenli District, Dongying City; (c) the photo taken near the Lijin Hydrological Station, in Lijin District, Dongying City.

Figure 2

Yellow River Delta.

Table 1

History of the YRD distributary channels and avulsions since 1855 (Administration Bureau of the Yellow River Estuary, the Yellow River Conservancy Commission, 1995).

NO.AVULSION YEARAVULSION LOCATIONLOCATION OF CHANNEL MOUTHCAUSE OF AVULSIONTIME INTERVAL TO THE NEXT AVULSIONACTIVE TIME
1June 1855TongwaxiangXiaoshenmiao Village and Oyster MouthThe first active river since Tongwaxiang crevasse33 years and 9 months19 years
2March 1889HanjiayuanMaosituoThe breaching due to ice jam in winter8 years and 2 months5 years and 10 months
3May 1897BeilingziSiwangkouThe dyke breaching due to flood7 years and 1 month5 years and 9 months
4June 1904YanwoLao Hu Mouth, Car Ditch, Noodle Ditch, Tao ‘er RiverCrevasse caused by summer flood22 years17 years and 9 months
5June 1926BalizhuangOld DiaokouCrevasse caused by summer flood3 years and 2 months2 years and 11 months
6August 1929JijiazhuangNanwang River; Siwangkou old River Course; Song Chunrong Ditch; QingtuoziArtificial breaking diversion5 years3 years and 4 months
7August 1934No. 1 Dam in closureSweet Water Ditch, Fairy Ditch, Song Chunrong DitchCrevasse caused by summer flood19 years9 years and 2 months
8July 1953XiaokouziFairy DitchThe artificial course diversion10 years and 5 months10 years and 5 months
9January 1964LuojiawuziDiaokou RiverArtificial diversion12 years and 5 months12 years and 5 months
10May 1976West river mouthFresh Water DitchArtificial diversion20 years and 2 months20 years and 2 months
11July 1996Qing 8 RouteArtificial diversionTo date
Figure 3

Course changes in the Yellow River Delta.

Table 2

Data sources of rural settlements in the Yellow River.

REGIONSDATA Source (PLACE NAME AND ESTABLISHMENT YEAR OF RURAL SETTLEMENTS)
Dongying CityGazetteer of Dongying City of Shandong Province (Place Name Committee Office of Dongying, 1992),
Annals of Dongying District (Compilation Committee of Local Historical Records of Dongying District, Dongying City, 2000).
Kenli CountyAnnals of Kenli County (Compilation Committee of Local Historical Records of Kenli County, 1997),
Annals of Kenli County (1986~2002) (Compilation Committee of Local Historical Records of Kenli County, 2004).
Lijin CountyAnnals of Lijin (Compilation Committee of Local Historical Records of Lijin County, Shandong Province, 1990).
Hekou DistrictAnnals of Hekou District (Compilation Committee of Local Historical Records of Hekou District, Dongying City, 2002).
Zhanhua CountyToponymy of Zhanhua County, Shandong Province (Geographical Names Committee Office of Zhanhua County, 1988),
Annals of Zhanhua County (Compilation Committee of Local Historical Records of Zhanhua County, Shandong Province, 1995).
Figure 4

Changes in the number of villages in the Yellow River Delta.

Figure 5

Spatial pattern of villages in the Yellow River Delta.

Table 3

The number and proportion of newly added villages along the Yellow River during each flow period *.

RIVER COURSE 1RIVER COURSE 2RIVER COURSE 3RIVER COURSE 4RIVER COURSE 5RIVER COURSE 6RIVER COURSE 7RIVER COURSE 8RIVER COURSE 9RIVER COURSE 10THE NUMBER OF NEW VILLAGES ALONG THE COURSES IN EACH PERIODTHE TOTAL NUMBER OF NEW VILLAGES IN EACH PERIOD
1855–1889N**383848
P***79%79%
1889–1897N12152732
P37%47%84%
1897–1904N610102636
P16%28%28%72%
1904–1926N513116493107
P5%12%10%60%87%
1926–1929N103901317
P6%0%18%53%0%77%
1929–1934N12431244451
P2%4%8%60%4%8%86%
1934–1953N751087155627207217
P3%2%5%40%7%26%12%95%
1953–1964N21041115938182
P2%1%0%5%14%1%72%4%99%
1964–1976N3104216101818
P16%6%0%22%11%6%33%6%0%100%
1976–1996N10010172001213
P8%0%0%8%0%8%54%15%0%0%93%
The total number of new villages along each channel764738200306399600

[i] * Villages within 5 km of each river course are counted as coastal villages of each old route

** The number of newly added villages along each course.

*** The proportion of newly added villages along courses to the total number of new villages in the period.

Figure 6

Density distribution of newly added villages in the Yellow River Delta during different periods after 1855.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.16993/rl.100 | Journal eISSN: 2002-0104
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Language: English
Page range: 2 - 2
Submitted on: Jun 14, 2023
Accepted on: Jun 26, 2024
Published on: Jul 16, 2024
Published by: Stockholm University Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Keywords:
environmental change,
historic settlements,
rural living environment,
diversion of the Yellow River

© 2024 Yuting Liu, Yu Ye, Chang Jiang, Jinfeng Jiang, Fahao Wang, Jun Li, Xiangping Zhang, published by Stockholm University Press
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