Water Management in 2020 and Beyond
Edited by Asit K. Biswas, Cecilia Tortajada and Rafael Izquierdo, Springer, Berlin, 2009, 268 pages.… Read More
Water crisis: Myth or reality
The water problems of the world are management-related and not supply-related. There is no question that the current and future water problems can be solved with existing knowledge, technology and adoption of good practices. We need ‘business unusual’ approaches.… Read More
Impacts of Megaconferences on the Water Sector
Edited by Asit K. Biswas and Cecilia Tortajada, Springer, Berlin, 2009, 276 pages.… Read More
Assessing the impacts of large dams
The global energy demands will continue to increase in the future, and with them the search for cost-effective alternatives to meet them. The importance of hydropower for electricity generation should not be underestimated, since it is a renewable source of energy and, as such, an alternative for a cleaner environment.… Read More
Fundamental changes needed in water governance
If some of the Asian countries face a water crisis in the future, it will not be because of physical scarcity of water, but because of inadequate or inappropriate water governance, including management practices, institutional arrangements, and sociopolitical conditions.… Read More
Water and the OECD: Towards a symbiotic relationship
Water is a growing challenge for all countries, and a fresh, more coherent approach to tackling it is now needed.… Read More
Water management for an increasingly complex and interrelated world
In an uncertain and unpredictable future world, knowledge generation, synthesis and dissemination, as well as knowledge application, will play increasingly important roles to ensure efficient and equitable water management and development.… Read More
Water: How to manage a vital resource
Hughlights of the OECD Forum 2007, Innovation, Growth and Equity.… Read More
Singapore as a global water knowledge hub
April, 2007
One of the world’s leading authorities on water, Professor Asit K. Biswas is also the President of the Third World Centre for Water Management in Mexico. Speaking to Ethos, he argues that Singapore has the know-how and track record to position itself as the water hub of the world.… Read More

