Oriental Water Control Culture and the co-construction of Community of Life between man and nature

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Issue		SHS Web Conf. Volume 163, 2023 2023 8^th International Conference on Social Sciences and Economic Development (ICSSED 2023)


Article Number		04006
Number of page(s)		5
Section		Social Economics and Welfare Distribution
DOI		https://doi.org/10.1051/shsconf/202316304006
Published online		28 April 2023

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