Water Policies and Institutions in Latin America
Edited by Cecilia Tortajada, Benedito P.F. Braga, Asit K. Biswas and Luis E. Garcia, 2003, Oxford University Press, New Delhi, 178 pages.… Read More
Rethinking Water Management: Innovative Approaches to Contemporary Issues
Edited by Caroline M. Figuéres, Cecilia Tortajada and Johan Rockström, 2003, Earthscan, London, 242 pages.… Read More
El Recurso Hídrico en México: Análisis de la Situación Actual y Perspectivas Futuras
Centro del Tercer Mundo para Manejo del Agua, 2003, Porrúa, México, 267 páginas.… 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
Aswan dam revisited: The benefits of a much-maligned dam
The Aswan High Dam across the mighty river Nile is perhaps one of the most controversial of the existing big dams in the world. Political, economic and environmental arguments have been raised against it ever since its construction in the early 1960s. Asit K. Biswas, after a careful evaluation of the dam’s impact on Egypt, concludes that it has been overwhelmingly beneficial to the country.… Read More
World Water Forum: In Retrospect
By Asit K. Biswas, 2002. Research Report, Third World Centre for Water Management, 5 pages.… Read More
Sustainable Development: Some Unanswered Questions (Background Paper)
By Asit K. Biswas, 2002. Background Paper for the Workshop: ‘Reassessing Sustainable Development Paradigm in the Context of the Water Sector’, Alexandria, Egypt, 12 pages.… Read More