Role of businesses in water conservation
June 5, 2019
MNCs such as Unilever and Nestle have decided that if they want to survive and thrive, water conservation has to be a priority consideration.… Read More
India’s Development Cooperation in Bhutan’s Hydropower Sector: Concerns and Public Perceptions
By Udisha Saklani and Cecilia Tortajada, 2019. Article published in Water Alternatives, Volume 12, Issue 2, pages 734-759.… Read More
Volume 35, Issue 3
May 2019
Special Issue on Understanding Emergent Participation Practices in Water Governance… Read More
India’s demographic dividends could be a boon – or bane
April 17, 2019
With India’s working age population reaching 65% by 2030, it has to resolve its jobs crisis, the scale of which has never been seen before in human history.
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In India, job creation the biggest issue in voters’ minds
April 11, 2019
India will go to the polls between April 11 and May 19 for the election of representatives to the country’s lower house Lok Sabha.
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Understanding Emergent Participation Practices in Water Governance
By Arwin van Buuren, Ingmar van Meerkerk and Cecilia Tortajada, 2019. Article published in International Journal of Water Resources Development, Volume 35, Issue 3, pages 367-382.… Read More
Just feel good documents: Successive national water policies have had no impact whatsoever on India’s water management
March 22, 2019
Today is World Water Day. It is imperative that politicians and general public do some soul searching on the impacts of poor water management for decades on the country’s future social and economic development.… Read More
How to make water issues matter to world leaders
March 19, 2020
In December 1992, the UN General Assembly declared 22 March World Water Day, to be celebrated each year. With increasing populations and economic activities, many countries face water scarcity – which in turn limits their economic development.… Read More
Urban Resilience to Droughts and Floods: The Role of Policies and governance
Edited by Cecilia Tortajada, James Horne, Larry Harrington, 2019, Routledge, Abingdon, 244 pages.… Read More