March 22, 2013
If India continues with its present water and development policies, the country will face an unprecedented water crisis around 2025 the magnitude and extent of which no other earlier generation had to face. … Read More
March 22, 2013
Singapore has not been wedded to one alternative, but to the alternative or sets of alternatives that prove to be the most suitable ones.… Read More
March 21, 2013
As we mark World Water Day on March 22, it is appropriate to reflect on why a critical problem such as water pollution has disappeared from the global agenda and what that means for our future.… Read More
Cecilia Tortajada, Yugal Kishore Joshi and Asit K. Biswas, Routledge, London, 2013, 286 pages.… Read More
March 19, 2013
Changing social attitudes towards water use and conservation is the most important one.… Read More
March 18, 2013
In conversation with TODAY, Asit Biswas and Dr Cecilia Tortajada talk about the key step Singapore needs to take now: Start talking about raising water tariffs.… Read More
March 18, 2013
Singaporeans are high consumers of water, at 152 litres per person per day, while water tariffs have not increased since 2000 — even as household incomes have gone up 61 per cent.… Read More
March 7, 2013
Which instruments encompass the toolkit of a successful policy-maker? Citing the example of Singapore, Asit Biswas and Julian Kirchherr argue that the potential of awareness campaigns is neglected by many governments around the world. A re-appreciation of this supposedly “propagandistic” policy tool is overdue.… Read More
March 4, 2013
The Kishanganga dispute is the symptom of a fraying Indus Waters Treaty.… Read More
March 3, 2013
Despite its extraordinary economic growth in the past three decades, China has not made commensurate progress in planning and managing its water resources.… Read More