Research and Policy Publications

Water Scarcity and Regional Security in India – Chapter Summary

This summary is drawn from Water, Security and U.S. Foreign Policy, Chapter 13, by Cecilia Tor [...]

India faces increasing water scarcity as its population and economy grow. By 2050, India is expected to be the world’s most populous country and its economy is projected to be the world’s third-largest by 2030. The middle class is growing and its people [...]

Water Scarcity and Regional Security in India

Cecilia Tortajada, Udisha Saklani, and Asit K. Biswas, Chapter of the book 'Water, Security an [...]

As India’s population has increased, so have its water requirements. Before India was partitioned in 1947 into two countries, its population was around 390 million: 330 million in India and another 60 million in what later became Pakistan. By 2016, the p [...]

Water as a Human Right

Cecilia Tortajada and Asit K. Biswas, 2017, International Journal of Water Resources Developme [...]

During 23–24 February 2017, the Pontifical Academy of Sciences organized a workshop, The Human Right to Water: An Interdisciplinary Focus and Contributions on the Central Role of Public Policies in Water and Sanitation Management, in Vatican City. The r [...]

Mathematical Modelling and Environmental Decision-Making

Asit K. Biswas, 1975, Ecological Modelling, Volume 1, Issue 1, pages 31-48

The primary role of a decision-maker is to make right decisions on the basis of available information and within the allowable time and resources constraints. The two basic types of models used for decision-making, technocratic and incremental, are discu [...]

Building Sustainability

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