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 Volume 34, Issue 3

Special Issue: Water Resources Research in China in the Context of Climate Change and Anthropogenic Activity

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Current Projects

 Integrated River Basin Management

Integrated river basin management, irrespective of the national and international rhetorics, has made limited progress in the region. Integrated planning of river basins should be based on a dynamic methodology which can be adapted no [...]

Research and Policy Publications

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Dams and Human Development: Changing Societal Perceptions

Asit K. Biswas and Cecilia Tortajada, 2018, Hydropower & Dams Journal, pages 8-9

Societal perceptions on any issue change with time. Thus, it is no surprise that the overall attitudes and perceptions of the contributions of large dams to human development over the past 100 years have changed significantly, at national and internation [...]

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Transboundary Aquifers between Chihuahua, Coahuila, Nuevo Leon and Tamaulipas, Mexic [...]

Rosario Sanchez, Laura Rodriguez and Cecilia Tortajada, 2018, Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies

Study region: Chihuahua, Coahuila, Nuevo Leon and Tamaulipas, Mexico; Texas, USA. Study focus: The objective of this study is to identify and classify the transboundary hydrogeological units shared between Chihuahua, Coahuila, Nuevo Leon and Tamaulipas, [...]

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Towards Global Water Security: A Departure from the Status Quo?

Cecilia Tortajada and Victor Fernandez, Chapter of the book 'Global Water Security', World Wat [...]

Water resources are, and have always been, a multidimensional resource that crosses all social and economic sectors. Globally, growing population and urbanisation have increased the pressure to meet the water, energy, and food demands of larger populatio [...]

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Quest for Water Security in Singapore

Cecilia Tortajada and Cheryl Wong, Chapter of the book ‘Global Water Security’, World Water Co [...]

For decades, the main goal of Singapore in terms of water resources has been to become water-secure. As a result, water availability, accessibility, and affordability have traditionally been decided at the highest political level. Singapore’s overall dev [...]

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Building Sustainability

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  • Clean Water for an Increasingly Thirsty Urban World

    Lecture of Prof Asit K Biswas, Geneva, June 26, 2018

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    • http://explore.tandfonline.com/page/pgas/cijw-editors-choice

  • An Editor’s Choice Collection of top articles

    Collection of top articles of our International Journal

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    • http://lkyspp.nus.edu.sg/

  • Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy

    National University of Singapore

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    • http://www.springer.com/gp/book/9789811066948

  • Assessing Global Water Megatrends

    The first book highlighting the future megatrends in water sector.

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    • http://www.routledge.com/books/series/WATER/

  • Routledge Special Issues on Water Policy and Governance

    New and published books of the Series.

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    • http://explore.tandfonline.com/page/pgas/high-impact-geography-planning-urban

  • Routledge Geography, Planning & Urban Studies

    Browse a selection of articles from some of our most influential auth [...]

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    • http://www.springer.com/series/7009?detailsPage=titles

  • Series on Water Resources Development and Management

    New and forthcoming titles in the Series

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  • International Water Resources Association

    Editorial Team of the Water International Journal

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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.