February 4, 2018 Water resources are, and have always been, a multidimensional resource that crosses all social and economic sectors. Globally, growing population and urbanisation have increased the pressure to meet the water, energy, and food demands of larger populations … Read More
February 2, 2018 Megatrends can be defined as ‘sequence[s] of events or observed phenomena that have some momentum in a particular direction and some level of durability’ (Rohner, 2018). They are reshaping the future of the world in many known … Read More
January 23, 2018 Currently some 2.5–3.0 billion people do not have access to clean water. To ensure all these people and an additional 2.3 billion people expected by 2050 have access to adequate quantity and quality of water for all … Read More
Edited by Asit K. Biswas, Cecilia Tortajada and Philippe Rohner, 2018, Springer, Singapore, 251 pages.… Read More
Enero 1, 2018 Tras la independencia de Singapur en 1965, pocos pensaban que las cosas irían bien con la limitada superficie terrestre, sin recursos naturales de ningún tipo ni, a primera vista, ninguna ventaja comparativa. Pero, ¿cómo ha conseguido Singapur, … Read More
October 10, 2017 Building resilience to extreme events is very complex. It involves consideration of climatic and non-climatic factors, human and natural environments and their dynamics, and governance systems that include groups with wide-ranging authorities, influence and interests. In this … Read More
October 4, 2017 The rapid development of China’s market economy compels the adoption of water rights and associated market mechanisms to optimize the allocation of water resources. The complexity of understanding and practising Chinese water rights is highlighted by the … Read More
September 20, 2017 Rapidly changing global conditions will make water resources management and provision of services increasingly complex – more than ever before in human history. These changing conditions will be precipitated by issues like population (number and structure), urbanization, … Read More
July 3, 2017 As India’s population has increased, so have its water requirements. Before India was partitioned in 1947 into two countries, its population was around 390 million: 330 million in India and another 60 million in what later became … Read More
May 28, 2017 The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO, 1996) defines food security as a condition “when all people, at all times, have physical and economic access to sufficient safe and nutritious food that meets their … Read More