Research and Policy Publications

Objective Case Studies of Successful Urban Water Management

Cecilia Tortajada and Asit K. Biswas, 2019, Editorial, International Journal of Water Resource [...]

Good, reliable and objective case studies of successful urban water systems in developing world are conspicuous by their absence. Such studies are needed to understand contextual and replicable aspects of why a few utilities have succeeded while others h [...]

Large Dams: Long Term Impacts on Riverine Communities and Free Flowing Rivers

Asit K. Biswas, Foreword of the book 'Large Dams: Long Term Impacts on Riverine Communities an [...]

Over the past three decades, mention of large dams often brings very different reactions from water and environment professionals. Water professionals generally consider dams as necessary structures, which are essential to ensure water, food and energy s [...]

Understanding Emergent Participation Practices in Water Governance

Arwin van Buuren, Ingmar van Meerkerk and Cecilia Tortajada, 2019, International Journal of Wa [...]

This introductory article discusses the proliferation of different forms of participation in water governance. It is argued that creating public value through participation can only succeed when effective cocreation between public authorities and communi [...]

India’s National Water Policy: ‘Feel Good’ Document, Nothing More

Chetan Pandit and Asit K. Biswas, 2019, International Journal of Water Resources Development, March

Three versions of the National Water Policy (NWP) have failed to make any perceptible difference in improving water management in India. The excuse that water is a state subject and thus central government cannot do much is not valid. States have always [...]

Building Sustainability

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