Monsoon Economies: India's History in a Changing Climate Roy Tirthankar
Monsoon Economies: India's History in a Changing Climate Roy Tirthankar How interventions to mitigate climate-caused poverty and inequality in India came at a cost to environmental sustainability.In…
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Monsoon Economies: India's History in a Changing Climate Roy Tirthankar
How interventions to mitigate climate-caused poverty and inequality in India came at a cost to environmental sustainability.In the monsoon regions of South Asia, the rainy season sustains life but brings with it the threat of floods, followed by a long stretch of the year when little gainful work is possible and the threat of famine looms. But these actions--largely efforts to ensure wider access to water--came at a cost to environmental sustainability. Beginning in the late nineteenth century, a series of interventions by Indian governments and other actors mitigated these conditions, enabling agricultural growth, encouraging urbanization, and bringing about a permanent decrease in death rates.
In Monsoon Economies, Tirthankar Roy explores the interaction between the environment and the economy in the emergence of modern India.Roy argues that the tropical
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