Water and Development: The Troubled Economic History of the Arid Tropics - Roy, Tirthankar (Professor, Professor, London School of Economics) - Books - Oxford University Press Inc - 9780197802397 - August 19, 2025
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Water and Development: The Troubled Economic History of the Arid Tropics


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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.

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Released August 19, 2025
ISBN13 9780197802397
Publishers Oxford University Press Inc
Pages 312
Dimensions 167 × 243 × 25 mm   ·   598 g

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