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
Challenges the Global Status Quo on Water
May 10, 2006
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TW Centre
May 10, 2006
Professor Asit K. Biswas, a tireless water proponent who constantly challenges the “status quo” and who helped foster a critical re-think among United Nations agencies, national governments, and others how to improve delivery of water and sanitation services and management, is the 2006 Stockholm Water Prize Laureate.… Read More
“A secure water future is our biggest challenge”
May 1, 2006
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TW Centre
May, 2006
On August 24, during the World Water Week in Stockholm, Professor Asit K. Biswas will receive the 2006 Stockholm Water Prize from the hands of HRH Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden. The Prize marks a high water mark – one of many during his long and distinguished career – for this most worldly of citizens.… Read More
Urban water management in Singapore
April 3, 2006
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TW Centre
Singapore’s water management policies have been of interest to many countries around the world. This article is based on a paper prepared for the 2006 Human Development Report.… Read More
Gestión de la calidad de aguas en América Latina: Situación actual y perspectivas de futuro
April 3, 2006
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TW Centre
El mundo está atravesando una seria crisis debido a la falta de gestión apropiada de los recursos hídricos en la mayoría de los países. Si esta crisis se agrava en un futuro cercano, será principalmente debido a la inapropiada gestión del recurso agua con el creciente deterioro de su calidad, y no a su escasez física, tal y como se dice en la actualidad.… Read More
Entrevista Asit Biswas: Me impresiona cómo Aragón plantea su política ambiental a largo plazo
April 3, 2006
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TW Centre
Julio 23, 2006
En ninguna parte del mundo se paga de manera justa por el agua.… Read More
Rainwater management: Past, present and future
January 2, 2006
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TW Centre
While much has been said and written about the water crisis in recent years, the real crisis stems not from an absolute scarcity of water but from inadequate water management process and practices.… Read More
¿Qué país en el mundo tiene el manejo de agua más eficiente?
December 1, 2005
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TW Centre
Diciembre 1, 2005
Latinoamérica enfrenta muchos problemas en materia de administración de los recursos hídricos. El más grave: saneamiento de las aguas.… Read More
Farewell to general solutions
October 3, 2005
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TW Centre
The new InWEnt programme for the water sector in the Middle East and North Africa focuses on countries with similar social, economic, legal and cultural conditions, brings together stakeholders from government, academia, private sector and NGOs, and will constitute a mutual learning endeavour for all concerned.… Read More
The future of global water
July 1, 2005
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TW Centre
Two initiatives of the Third World Centre for Water Management. A project report to Sasakawa Peace Foundation.… Read More