Is China leading the way forward in water management?
June 13, 2019
Rivers are important to the Chinese people, for domestic, agriculture, industrial and recreational uses. Unfortunately, more than three decades of continuous breakneck is creating serious problems of water availability and pollution.… Read More
Cecilia Tortajada in an interview
June 13, 2019
Cecilia Tortajada is the new member of the Millennium Technology Prize’s International Selection Committee. She works on impacts of global changes, water resources, environment, food and energy at National University of Singapore. “I expect this prize to stress the social value of technological development even further and how it has been used to improve the quality of life of human kind”, she says.… Read More
China should lead on air pollution
June 6, 2019
Urbanization cannot be stopped, but this does not excuse governments for failing to address air pollution. … Read More
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