May 9, 2018
In the last 50 years, China has experienced rapid economic transformation. It is now poised to assume membership among the world’s most developed economies. Its strategies on issues like urbanisation and infrastructure are widely studied and occasionally copied.… Read More
By James Horne, Cecilia Tortajada and Larry Harrington, 2018. Article published in International Journal of Water Resources Development, Volume 34, Issue 4, pages 475-489.… Read More
May 2018
Special Issue on Water Resources Research in China in the Context of Climate Change and Anthropogenic Activity… Read More
By Asit K. Biswas and Cecilia Tortajada, Chapter of the book: Univer-Cities: Strategic Dilemmas of Medical Origins and Selected Modalities—Water, Quantum Leap & New Models, edited by Anthony SC Teo, 2018, World Scientific, Singapore, pages 129-149.… Read More
April 27, 2018
On the latest Policy Forum Pod, one of the world’s leading water and environment experts provides his short answer to a very big question: how can we create a world without hunger?… Read More
April 9, 2018
Many developing nations have targeted poverty alleviation and improved living standards as ultimate policy goals. While China has achieved poverty alleviation on an historic scale, policy obstacles remain. These include bureaucratic inefficiency and failed policy implementation. India has likewise made progress in alleviating poverty though it lags significantly behind China.… Read More
March 22, 2018
Every year World Water Day aims to bring attention to the water problems confronting the world. Currently, up to 3.0 billion people in the developing world do not have access to clean water that is safe to drink. Even in developed countries, people are increasingly losing trust in the quality of water that is supplied by their water utilities.… Read More
By Martin Stavenhagen, Joost Buurman and Cecilia Tortajada, 2018. Article published in Cities, Volume 79, 187-195.… Read More
March 12, 2018
Building a beautiful China and an ecological civilization has been written into the country’s Constitution to reconcile economic development and ecological protection, fill the gaps in terms of environmental governance and comply with people’s aspirations and wishes. The move was in response to serious air, water and air pollution that affected China because of rapid economic growth.… Read More
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