The Singapore Water Story: Sustainable Development in an Urban City State
By Cecilia Tortajada, Yugal Joshi and Asit K. Biswas, 2013, Routledge, London, 286 pages.… Read More
Shale gas: Black hole for water
March 29, 2013
Is shale gas’ ecological footprint really favorable? Asit Biswas and Julian Kirchherr argue that its exploitation requires and pollutes massive amounts of water. New and more rigid regulations are needed to preserve America’s water resources.… Read More
Water Quality Policy and Management in Asia
Edited by Cecilia Tortajada, 2013, Routledge, London, 214 pages.… Read More
Roles of water in India’s development
March 22, 2013
If India continues with its present water and development policies, the country will face an unprecedented water crisis around 2025 the magnitude and extent of which no other earlier generation had to face. … Read More
When political vision flows clear
March 22, 2013
Singapore has not been wedded to one alternative, but to the alternative or sets of alternatives that prove to be the most suitable ones.… Read More
Water quality: An ignored global crisis
March 21, 2013
As we mark World Water Day on March 22, it is appropriate to reflect on why a critical problem such as water pollution has disappeared from the global agenda and what that means for our future.… Read More
A Holistic Approach to Water Management: The Singapore Water Story Book
Cecilia Tortajada, Yugal Kishore Joshi and Asit K. Biswas, Routledge, London, 2013, 286 pages.… Read More
Water in Singapore: the challenges ahead
March 19, 2013
Changing social attitudes towards water use and conservation is the most important one.… Read More
It’s drought, not floods, S’pore should fear
March 18, 2013
In conversation with TODAY, Asit Biswas and Dr Cecilia Tortajada talk about the key step Singapore needs to take now: Start talking about raising water tariffs.… Read More
Experts say S’pore needs higher water tariffs
March 18, 2013
Singaporeans are high consumers of water, at 152 litres per person per day, while water tariffs have not increased since 2000 — even as household incomes have gone up 61 per cent.… Read More