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Answer for the clue "The development of industry on an extensive scale ", 17 letters:
industrialisation

Word definitions for industrialisation in dictionaries

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. the development of industry on an extensive scale [syn: industrialization , industrial enterprise ]

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
chiefly British English spelling of industrialization (q.v.); for spelling, see -ize .

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Industrialisation or industrialization is the period of social and economic change that transforms a human group from an agrarian society into an industrial one, involving the extensive re-organisation of an economy for the purpose of manufacturing . As ...

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (label en British spelling) (alternative spelling of industrialization English)

Usage examples of industrialisation.

However, if the population was spread around the new planets (less than a billion each), all of them would have a natural environment, allowing them to keep their present level of consumerist industrialisation and not totally screw up the atmospheres with waste heat.