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
The Holy See and the Global Environmental Movements
By Theodore Lai and Cecilia Tortajada, 2021. Article published in Frontiers in Communications, Volume 6, 715900.… Read More
Read MoreCompounding focusing events as windows of opportunity for flood management policy transitions in Singapore
By Cecilia Tortajada, Rachel Koh, Ishaan Bindal and Wee-Kiat Lim, 2021. Article published in Journal of Hydrology, Volume 599, 126345.… Read More
Read MoreProviding Clean and Safe Water to All: A Global Perspective
By Asit K. Biswas and Cecilia Tortajada, Chapter of the book: Univer-Cities Reshaping Strategies to Meet Radical Change, Pandemics and Inequality Revisiting the Social Compact?,...
Read MoreAn Assessment of the 2015–2017 Drought in Windhoek
By Pierre van Rensburg and Cecilia Tortajada, 2021. Article published in Frontiers in Climate.… Read More
Read MoreLatest Communications & Media
Expert: Extreme weather requires nations to improve response
July 23, 2021 Prof Asit K. Biswas podcast at China Daily on impacts of of global warming.… Read More
Read MoreParty has led people to prosperity
The 1920s were not a good time for China. Its 400 million people mainly lived in rural areas, mired in poverty. The government of the...
Read MoreWhat the coronavirus vaccine roll-out says about innovation in an age of geopolitical rivalry
June 30, 2021 While competition can foster innovation, in the current global crisis, concerns about intellectual property protection and efforts to cultivate diplomatic loyalties through...
Read MoreTalking trash: No time to waste
June 16, 2021 The United States and China are the largest solid waste producers. At a regional level, East Asia and the Pacific produce almost...
Read MoreBuilding Sustainability
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.
Session of the inspirational story of how Phnom Penh Water Supply Authority (PPWSA) transformed itself into an efficient and progressive water utility.
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