Droughts or floods: What is important for Singapore?
Having reviewed the current situation carefully, my view is that Singapore should be significantly more concerned with droughts than floods, Asit K. Biswas, says.… Read More
Impacts of Large Dams: A Global Assessment
Edited by Cecilia Tortajada, Dogan Altinbilek and Asit K. Biswas, 2012, Springer, Berlin, 407 pages. … Read More
Impacts of the High Aswan Dam
By Asit K. Biswas and Cecilia Tortajada, Chapter of the book: Impacts of Large Dams: A Global Assessment, edited by Cecilia Tortajada, Dogan Altinbilek and Asit K. Biswas, 2012, Springer, Berlin, pages 379-395… Read More
Impacts of Large Dams: Issues, Opportunities and Constraints
By Asit K. Biswas, Chapter of the book: Impacts of Large Dams: A Global Assessment, edited by Cecilia Tortajada, Dogan Altinbilek and Asit K. Biswas, 2012, Springer, Berlin, pages 1-18.… Read More
The Atatürk Dam in the Context of the Southeastern Anatolia (GAP) Project
By Dogan Altinbilek and Cecilia Tortajada, Chapter of the book: Impacts of Large Dams: A Global Assessment, edited by Cecilia Tortajada, Dogan Altinbilek and Asit K. Biswas, 2012, Springer, Berlin, pages 171-199.… Read More
Solution to India’s policy paralysis
Asit K. Biswas looks into the nation’s key sectors, and suggests ways to increase their productivity in the face of its growing population challenges.… Read More
Volume 27, Issue 4
December 2011
Thematic Issue on Information for Improving Water Resources Decision Making… Read More
Water Quality Management: Present Situations, Challenges and Future Perspectives
Edited by Asit K. Biswas, Cecilia Tortajada and Rafael Izquierdo, 2011, Routledge, London, 281 pages.… Read More
Perspectives for Water Management within the Context of Sustainable Development
By Peter Soderbaum and Cecilia Tortajada, 2011. Article published in Water International, Volume 36, Issue 7, pages 812-827.… Read More
Mammoth task of feeding world’s growing billions
October 15, 2011
A major issue confronting today’s world is the provision of enough food for nearly 7 billion people at present. More critical is the need to ensure that the 9 billion global population projected by 2050 will also have access to adequate food.… Read More