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Water and Development: The Troubled Economic History of the Arid Tropics
Roy, Tirthankar (Professor, Professor, London School of Economics)
Water and Development: The Troubled Economic History of the Arid Tropics
Roy, Tirthankar (Professor, Professor, London School of Economics)
Explores the idea that the economic emergence of societies in arid and semi-arid tropical regions depended on their ability to extract and recycle water and, in turn, on manipulating the environment in certain ways. The process has been politically tense and has tested federal democracies.
Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
To be released | September 4, 2025 |
ISBN13 | 9780197802397 |
Publishers | Oxford University Press Inc |
Pages | 312 |
Dimensions | 155 × 229 × 25 mm · 590 g |
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