Climate and the economy in India, 1850-2000

Roy, Tirthankar ORCID: 0000-0002-4183-2781 (2019) Climate and the economy in India, 1850-2000. Economic History Working Papers (302). London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK.

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This article says that climate shaped the long-term pattern of economic change in India and that the climatically conditioned economic change generated a distinct set of environmental consequences in the region. From the nineteenth century, political and economic processes that made scarce and controlled water resources more accessible to more people, enhanced welfare, enabled more food production and sustained urbanization. The same processes also raised water stress. These propositions carry lessons for comparative economic history and the conduct of discourses on sustainability in the present times.

Item Type:	Monograph (Working Paper)
Official URL:	http://www.lse.ac.uk/Economic-History/Working-Pape...
Additional Information:	© 2019 The Author
Divisions:	Economic History
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HC Economic History and Conditions H Social Sciences > HT Communities. Classes. Races G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GE Environmental Sciences
JEL classification:	N - Economic History > N5 - Agriculture, Natural Resources, Environment, and Extractive Industries > N50 - General, International, or Comparative N - Economic History > N5 - Agriculture, Natural Resources, Environment, and Extractive Industries > N55 - Asia including Middle East O - Economic Development, Technological Change, and Growth > O1 - Economic Development > O13 - Agriculture; Natural Resources; Energy; Environment; Other Primary Products P - Economic Systems > P4 - Other Economic Systems > P48 - Political Economy; Legal Institutions; Property Rights Q - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics > Q0 - General > Q00 - General
Date Deposited:	22 Nov 2019 10:48
Last Modified:	01 Nov 2024 04:57
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/102589

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