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
From discourses to systems—policymaking for adaptive management in the Brahmaputra River basin
By Navarun Varma, Ryan Tan, Robert J. Wasson, Cecilia Tortajada, Raghupratim Rakshit and Abhinandan Saikia, 2025. Article published in Environmental Research Letters, Volume 20, Number...
Read MoreThe State of Climate Change Adaptation Research in Bangladesh: A Systematic Literature Review
By Golam Morshed, Cecilia Tortajada and Md Sarwar Hossain, 2025. Article published in Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change, Volume 30, Issue 5.… Read...
Read MoreForever but not everywhere? Unexpected non-detection of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in major Philippines rivers
By Patrick Byrne, Emma Biles, Loucel Cui, Richard Williams, Decibel V. Faustino-Eslava, Laura Quick, Manilyn Casa, Francis Ian P. Gonzalvo, Maria Regina V. Regalado, Kim...
Read MoreSustainable Water Reuse for Water Security
By Cecilia Tortajada, John C. Radcliffe, Pierre van Rensburg and Francisco González-Gómez, 2025. Article published in Environmental Research Letters, Volume 20, Number 2, pages 1-5.…...
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More publications, more knowledge application
May 23, 2025 Human knowledge had doubled every century until about 1900. Doubling time reduced to 25 years by the end of World War II...
Read MoreA treaty under water
May 16, 2025 Indian Secretary of Jal Sakti wrote to her Pakistani counterpart about seeking modifications of the Indus Water Treaty. This is because fundamental...
Read MoreChina expands pilot water resource fees into a tax reform
March 13, 2025 Water scarcity, uneven water distribution, and frequent droughts have long hampered China’s environmental and economic sustainability. In response to these challenges, China...
Read MoreWebinar on Impacts of Armed Conflicts on Water
This is the 8th Seminar of the University of Glasgow's Water Webinar Series. The Seminar will commence on Monday, 24th February 2025, at 2.00 pm...
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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