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      Two Dams in the Desert: An Environmental and Agricultural History of Water in Sonora, Mexico

      Global Environment
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          This article seeks to address the connections between the development of dams and irrigation systems in the state of Sonora in northwest Mexico with agricultural modernisation in the mid to late twentieth century. It evaluates agricultural, environmental and social results of this water development through the lens of political ecology. It argues that in Mexico a 'hydraulic bureaucracy' emanating from the national capital Mexico City governed water policy and development in Sonora, with environmental and social impacts that were not foreseen.

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          Journal
          Global Environment
          glb environ
          White Horse Press
          1973-3739
          March 01 2019
          March 01 2019
          : 12
          : 1
          : 182-205
          Article
          10.3197/ge.2019.120108
          d36ef8fc-c0d8-4f3e-ab72-ef05393eae69
          © 2019
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