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
A Review of Alternative Water Supply Systems in ASEAN
By Cecilia Tortajada, Kristopher Hartley, Corinne Ong, Ojasvee Arora, 2024. Article published in Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Environmental Science.… Read More
Read MoreReused Water as a Source of Clean Water and Energy
By Cecilia Tortajada, 2024. Article published in Nature Water. … Read More
Read MoreGroundwater: an unseen, overused and unappreciated resource
By Asit K. Biswas and Cecilia Tortajada, 2024. Article published in International Journal of Water Resources Development, Volume 40, Number 1, pages 1-6.… Read More
Read MoreWater Woes: The Institutional Challenges in Achieving SDG 6
By Jaivime Evaristo, Yusuf Jameel, Cecilia Tortajada, Raymond Yu Wang, James Horne, Howard Neukrug, Carlos Primo David, Angela Maria Fasnacht, Alan D. Ziegler and Asit...
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Water security crucial for a beautiful and green China
China accounts for nearly 21 percent of the global population but has only 6 percent of the world's freshwater, and per capita water availability in...
Read MoreFloods are the new normal – maybe it’s time for a ‘new normal’ on how we deal with them
According to the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), in 2014, damages from a single flood in India were estimated at US$16.9 billion. Damages from floods were...
Read MoreAt the front of world’s energy transition
November 27, 2023 A vast number of people around the world are aware that China is among the world's largest energy consumers and emitters of...
Read MoreProblem solving in Brahmaputra Valley
November 7, 2023 For almost as long as India has been independent, its north-eastern region (NER) has struggled with issues of disasters and development, often...
Read MoreBuilding Sustainability
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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New and forthcoming titles in the Series
Two of the world’s leading journals in this area, the International Journal of Water Resources Development (sponsored by the Third World Centre for Water Management, Mexico) and Water International (the official journal of the International Water Resources Association), contribute to this special issues series, aimed at disseminating new knowledge on the policy and governance of water resources to a very broad and diverse readership all over the world.
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
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