The Cool Water Effect - 9783031818608

The Cool Water EffectThe Geo-Climatic Source of Western Exceptionalism\nAuthor(s): Christian Welzel, Stefan Kruse, Lennart Brunkert, Steven A. Brieger\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Springer International Publishing AG, Switzerland\nImprint: Palgrave Macmillan\nISBN-13: 9783031818608, 978-3031818608\nSynopsis\nThis open access book unravels the geo-climatic source of the Wests emancipatory struggles and why the spirit of these struggles is about to spread around the world beyond its original geo-climatic rootwhich we describe as the Cool Water (CW-) Condition: that is, the combination of mostly cool seasons with steady rain in coastal proximity. What is so special about the CW-Condition? In a nutshell, the CW-Condition makes water and its derivative resources ([url] land usable for hunting, fishery, forestry, crop cultivation and cattle herding) so diffuse that any emerging economy only functions with decentral management of water, land and labor. Decentral management infuses local au.