Drink More Recycled Wastewater
By Cecilia Tortajada and Pierre van Rensburg, 2020. Article published in Nature, Volume 577, pages 26-28.… Read More
Judging ideas in a changing world: Measuring the social impact of research
December 20, 2019
With the number of academic journals growing endlessly and quality control failing, a new measure for whether research is ‘valuable’ is needed. Unfortunately, a change seems far from certain… Read More
Interactive Approaches to Water Governance in Asia
Edited by Kenji Otsuka, Springer, Singapore, 2019, 225 pages.… Read More
The Evolution of Chinese Corporate Social Responsibility
December 9, 2019
China’s CSR landscape has changed almost as much as its urban skylines over the last decade, but the next ten years should bring even faster progress. China’s people and their leaders are no longer willing to allow companies to ignore their operations’ impact on human and environmental welfare.… Read More
Grow first, develop later? The pitfalls of measuring economic growth using GDP
November 29, 2019
GDP is an imperfect metric. But it continues to be used as a benchmark for national performance and policymaking in an era of social, economic, and environmental disruption.… Read More
A Formal Model Concerning Policy Strategies to Build Public Acceptance of Potable Water Reuse
By Kris Hartley, Cecilia Tortajada and Asit K. Biswas, 2019. Article published in Journal of Environmental Management, Volume 250, 109505.… Read More
Building an ecological civilization
October 29, 2019
The Fourth Plenary Session of the 19th Communist Party of China Central Committee is expected to study several important issues on upholding and perfecting socialism with Chinese characteristics and modernizing the national governance system and governance capability. The plenum is also likely to propose policies to ensure the CPC is governed “in accordance with law”.… Read More
Water Quality Management: A Globally Neglected Issue
By Asit K. Biswas and Cecilia Tortajada, 2019. Article published in International Journal of Water Resources Development, Volume 35, Number 6, pages 913-916.… Read More