Water and development: the troubled economic history of the arid tropics
Auteur :
Roy, Tirthankar
Éditeur :
Oxford University Press Inc
ISBN :
9780197802397
Date de publication :
4 sept. 2025
Dimensions :
22,9 x 15,5 x 2,5 cm
Poids :
590 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
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.