An economic and institutional reading of how two Sonoran Desert cities face the same water stress with different public capacities. The desert as a public auditor The desert does not need speeches to expose a city. It only has to withhold rain, raise temperatures and force governments to reveal whether they govern with data or with delayed reaction. Hermosillo and Tucson are divided by a border, but they share a stronger condition: both face the same desert and the same econo
