Efficient water management requires new knowledge and implementable solutions, as well as synthesis of current experiences from different parts of the world.
The primary objective of the Centre is thus generation, synthesis and application of knowledge, and extensive global dissemination of the related information.
International Journal of Water Resources Development
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Research & Policy Publications
Assessing hydropower for the second quarter of the 21st century
By Asit K. Biswas and Cecilia Tortajada, 2024. Article published in Hydropower & Dams World Atlas.… Read More
Read MoreRiver ethics: Reimagining and redefining human interactions with rivers
By Asit K. Biswas, Cecilia Tortajada and Peng Jing, 2024. Article published in River, pages 1-3.… Read More
Read MoreEnsuring Water Secure Cities: Learnings from Global Best Practices for Mainstream Circular Economy in Wastewater Management
By Saiba Gupta, Cecilia Tortajada, Nitin Bassi, Victor Shinde, Carlos Benítez Sanz, Kartikey Chaturvedi and Ayushi Kashyap, 2024. Policy Brief. G20 Brasil 2024/T20 Brasil 2024/CEBRI/IPEA/Fundação...
Read MoreConsideration of water policies in the urban development plans of Delhi: A collaborative planning perspective
By Maheshwari Gupta, Rabidyuti Biswas, Ashok Kumar and Cecilia Tortajada, 2024. Article published in River, pages 1-17.… Read More
Read MoreLatest Communications & Media
China making the most of a rapidly changing world
November 21, 2024 In a rapidly changing world, the economic and political hefts of the Global South have steadily increased and the West's global dominance...
Read MoreWebinar on Critical water infrastructure and climate change impacts
The seventh webinar will commence on Monday 4th November 2024 at 10.00am (UK Time).… Read More
Read MoreCrisis del agua: Singapur, modelo mundial de gestión hídrica
Octubre 4, 2024 El quinto país más rico del mundo es una de las regiones con mayor escasez de agua. No tiene fuentes naturales de...
Read MoreIndia’s Water Vision 2047: A Pipedream or Achievable?
Asit K. Biswas lecture on India's Water Vision 2047: A Pipedream or Achievable? on Monday, 16th September 2024, at India International Centre, New Delhi, India.…...
Read MoreBuilding Sustainability
This SPECIAL ISSUE on China’s Water Challenges: Present and Future is guest-edited by Professors Asit K. Biswas, Tang Qiuhong and Cecilia Tortajada. This Festschrift honours one of the leading water experts of China, Academician Liu Changming.
The series aim at disseminating new knowledge on the policy and governance of water resources to a very broad and diverse readership all over the world. The series should be of direct interest to all policy makers, professionals and lay readers concerned with obtaining the latest perspectives on addressing the world’s many water issues.
The books of this series will be of direct interest to universities, research institutions, private and public sector institutions, international organisations and NGOs. In addition, all the books will be standard reference books for the water and the associated resource sectors.
This Series identify outstanding cases of truly successful sustainable development from different parts of the world and analyze enabling environments in depth to understand why they became so successful. The case studies will come from the works of public sector, private sector and/or civil society.
A new open access journal presenting the engineering and practical applications of river systems, in addition to research on traditional water-related areas.
River welcomes research spanning the following areas:
– Water resources, water environment, water ecology, water disaster, hydraulics, irrigation
– Geotechnical engineering and dam construction technique
– Estuarine and offshore engineering
– Water culture, policy, and security
XPRIZE Water Scarcity is a $119 million, 5-year global competition designed to drive widespread access to clean water by creating reliable, sustainable, and affordable seawater desalination systems.
How XPRIZE Is Disrupting Desalination Tech to Address the Global Water Crisis
One of the objectives of this webinar series is to discuss and assess the current and future water-related problems and their potential solutions from a multi-disciplinary, multisectoral and multi-issues basis. World’s leading academics working on water-related issues within the framework of sustainable development, senior policymakers from different parts of the world, heads of international and national organisations and senior officials from international institutions will be invited to this webinar series.
Information about the webinar series is available here.
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