Is public or private ownership better for water utilities?
March 21, 2024
Higher leakage rates in London than in Phnom Penh underscore a long-running policy argument.… Read More
Malin Falkenmark: an extraordinary water scientist
By Asit K. Biswas, 2024. Article published in International Journal of Water Resources Development, Volume 40, Number 2, pages 149-152.… Read More
Problem solving in Brahmaputra Valley
November 7, 2023
For almost as long as India has been independent, its north-eastern region (NER) has struggled with issues of disasters and development, often looked at separately. The region has seen a range of complex issues related to earthquakes, floods, riverbank erosion, distress migration, violence and poverty.… Read More
World Water Week Daily
August 22, 2006
An exciting and impassioned Opening Session took place on Monday. H.R.H. The Prince of Orange, Stockholm Water Prize Laureate Asit Biswas and Swedish Minister for International Development Carin Jämtin welcomed, challenged and inspired the more than 1,000 audience members.… Read More
A Secure Water Future is Our Biggest Challenge
June 10, 2006
On the eve of this year’s Water Week, Stockholm Water Front took time out to ask the distinguished professor several questions and gain ever greater insight on this great man.… Read More
Impact Evaluation of Greater Colombo Water Supply Project: Field Survey
By Asit K. Biswas and Cecilia Tortajada, 2002. Third World Centre for Water Management at the request of the Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC).… Read More
Earth and Us: Population-Resources-Environment-Development
Edited by Mostafa Kamal Tolba and Asit K. Biswas, 1991, Butterworth-Heinemann, Oxford, 107 pages.… Read More
Environment and Sustained Development in the Third World: A Review of the Past Decade
By Margaret R. Biswas and Asit K. Biswas, 1982. Article published in Third World Quarterly, Volume 4, Number 3, pages 479-491.… Read More
Health Implications of Hydropower Development
By Asit K. Biswas, Invited Paper, International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna, 1982.… Read More