Integrated Water Resources Management: From Concept to Implementation
Edited by Cecilia Tortajada, 2015, Routledge, London, 267 pages.… Read More
Viewpoint: Korean World Water Forum in retrospect
The focus of the Forum was very appropriate since future water security of the world is a critical issue. Equally, the Forum, which is the world’s largest water meeting, is an appropriate platform to debate the future global issues robustly from multidisciplinary, multi-sectoral, multi-issue and multi-country perspectives.… Read More
Built Infrastructure is Essential
By Mike Muller, Asit K. Biswas, Roberto Martin-Hurtado and Cecilia Tortajada, 2015. Article published in Science, Volume 349, Issue 6248, pages 585-586.… Read More
Local Perspectives on Water
By J.G. Hering, D.L. Sedlak, C. Tortajada, A.K. Biswas, C. Niwagaba and T. Breu, 2015. Article published in Science, Volume 349, Issue 6274, pages 479-480.… Read More
Aid management and institutional capacity in Nepal
July 31, 2015
The Nepalese government showed leadership in the aftermath of the quake, but faces serious long-term challenges.… Read More
Smart cities: Asia’s new frontier?
July 30, 2015
From London to Lahore, cities around the world are competing to be crowned as ‘the world’s smartest city’, led by a firm belief in the power of technology to make urban centres more innovative, efficient and liveable than they already are.… Read More
Tackling challenges in the water sector
July 29, 2015
In a country like India, the main problem with water management is not lack of money, availability of technology or capacity. India has all these to have one of the best urban water management in the world.… Read More
Time to overhaul Hong Kong’s water supply system, as lead contamination is only part of the problem
July 20, 2015
Hong Kong’s per capita GDP is US$40,169, higher than Japan’s, Italy’s or Spain’s. However, even for such a developed region, its water management practices are light years behind a place like Costa Rica, whose per capita GDP is about one-quarter that of Hong Kong.… Read More
Europe’s Airpocalypse
July 17, 2015
European policymakers like to lecture the rest of the world on air pollution. Asia, and China in particular, is a favorite target for criticism. However, Europe might consider doing less talking and more listening.… Read More
PUB and urban water management: A retrospective assessment
July 13, 2015
In the 50th anniversary of Singapore’s independence, a major issue that has received inadequate attention is how Singapore improved its water management from a below average Asian developing city in 1965, to one of the best in the world within about two decades.… Read More