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
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
December 2011
Thematic Issue on Information for Improving Water Resources Decision Making… Read More
Edited by Asit K. Biswas, Cecilia Tortajada and Rafael Izquierdo, 2011, Routledge, London, 281 pages.… Read More
By Peter Soderbaum and Cecilia Tortajada, 2011. Article published in Water International, Volume 36, Issue 7, pages 812-827.… Read More
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
October 15, 2011
In a nation of food lovers, there should be room to grow food aplenty.… Read More
October 14, 2011
Sunday is World Food Day, and there is no question more important than this: If we are failing to feed the world’s 7 billion people, how will we feed 9 billion in 2050? Last year, more than 925 million people—or nearly 1 in 7 people in the world—were undernourished.… Read More
By Asit K. Biswas, 2011. Article published in International Journal of Water Resources Development, Volume 27, Issue 3, pages 423-429.… Read More
September 2011
Special Issue on Managing Transboundary Waters of Latin America… Read More