India’s biofuel policies: Progress or boondoggle?
In biofuels, the country has a ray of hope in providing energy security”: National policy on biofuels, Ministry of New & Renewable Energy, Government of India.… Read More
Water Resources: An Evolving Landscape
January 1, 2014
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TW Centre
By Cecilia Tortajada, Chapter of the book: International Development: Ideas, Experience, and Prospects, edited by B. Currie-Alder, R. Kanbur, D. M. Malone, and R. Medhora, 2014, Oxford University Press, New York, pages 448-462.… Read More
Shale Gas for Energy Security in India: Perspectives and Constraints
January 1, 2014
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TW Centre
By Asit K. Biswas and Julian Kirchherr, Chapter of the book: Global Water: Issues and Insights, edited by R. Quentin Grafton, Paul Wyrwoll, Chris White and David Allendes, 2014, Australian National University Press, Australia, pages 147-152.… Read More
For Resilience, Return to the Human City
December 10, 2013
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TW Centre
December 10, 2013
An old business management adage says, “You can’t manage what you can’t measure.” This also applies to urban planning.… Read More
O preço da agua
December 2, 2013
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TW Centre
Dezembro 2013
Podemos resolver problema de fornecimento de água e de alimentos para 9.2 bilhões de pessoas em 2050 com uma gestão eficiente.… Read More
Water quality and sustainable development in India and across the world
December 2, 2013
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TW Centre
Water will be an important critical resource issue for the social and economic development of the world in this century. However, increasing global demands for water and poor management practices over decades have already caused significant damages to the environment. A report by Peter Brabeck-Letmathe and Asit K. Biswas.… Read More
Volume 29, Issue 4
December 1, 2013
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TW Centre
December 2013… Read More
What India and China can take away from Singapore’s water story
November 13, 2013
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TW Centre
November 13, 2013
In India, the country’s pollution watchdog noted last month that water from half of the its 445 rivers is unfit for human consumption because nearly all major Indian cities discharge domestic wastewater, mostly without treatment.… Read More
Concerns for secondary cities
November 12, 2013
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TW Centre
November 12, 2013
Urbanization is vital to China’s development over the next decade. In fact, the secondary cities will be just as important as the first-tier cities, if not more so, because they will play a key role in fueling China’s inland growth.… Read More
Why India’s secondary cities are the future
November 7, 2013
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TW Centre
November 7, 2013
The Indian city of Nagpur is familiar with being at the center of things: Its statue of four horses, known as the Zero Mile Stone, marks the center of India.… Read More