David Pietz ek mashhoor itihaskar hain jo modern China ke environmental history par research karte hain. 2021 tak, woh University of Arizona mein Regents Professor ke roop mein kaam kar rahe the aur UNESCO Chair in Environmental History bhi hain. Unka research primarily pani ke prabandhan (water management) aur natural resources ke istemal par kendrit hai.

Unhone kai important kitaabein likhi hain, jaise:

  • The Yellow River: The Problem of Water in Modern China
  • Engineering the State: The Huai River and Reconstruction in Nationalist China
  • State and Economy in Republican China

2021 mein unki ek aur kitaab Water and Human Societies: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives publish hui thi, jisme unhone bataya hai ki kis tarah se paani aur human societies ke beech sambandh evolve hua hai.

University of Arizona mein woh modern China, East Asia history, environmental history aur globalization jaise topics par lectures dete hain. Unka research kaafi prestigious institutions jaise National Science Foundation, Mellon Foundation, Guggenheim Foundation, aur Carnegie Foundation se funded raha hai.

2021 ke baad bhi woh naye projects par kaam kar rahe hain. Abhi filhal, woh Death and Life on the Yangzi: Extinction, Conservation, and Environmental Change in Modern China naam ki ek research project kar rahe hain, jo China ke Yangzi River ke ecological changes aur conservation efforts ke baare mein hai.

In sabhi kaam ke zariye, Pietz China ke environmental history ko aur achhe tareeke se samajhne aur duniya ke saamne rakhne ki koshish kar rahe hain.