April 18, 2005 | San José, Costa Rica The issue of globalization and its potential impacts on water use and management practices has been basically ignored by the water profession so far. NAFTA already has had major impacts in terms of … Read More
Asit K. Biswas, 2005. Vesitalous, 1, 6-9.… Read More
The Third World Centre for Water Management recently conducted a study to evaluate the impact of global mega conferences which have become so common in recent years. Do these mega conferences actually achieve anything or are they merely global extravaganzas?… Read More
By Boris Marañón, in collaboration with The Third World Centre for Water Management, 2005. Article published in International Journal of Water Resources Development, Volume 21, Issue 1, pages 165-179.… Read More
By Cecilia Tortajada, Chapter of the book: Appraising Sustainable Development: Water Management and Environmental Challenges, edited by Asit K. Biswas and Cecilia Tortajada, 2005, Oxford University Press, New Delhi, pages 1-17.… Read More
March 2005
Special Issue: Water Pricing and Public-Private Partnership in the Americas… Read More
Edited by Asit K. Biswas, Olli Varis and Cecilia Tortajada, 2005, Oxford University Press, New Delhi, 353 pages.… Read More
January 29, 2005 | Bangkok, Thailand Hundreds of millions of dollars have been spent at global forums to discuss water-related issues over the past 25 years. The benefits of spending such enormous amounts are not known, and also not known … Read More
January 4, 2005 Hundreds of millions of dollars have been spent at global forums to discuss water-related issues over the past 25 years. The benefits of spending such enormous amounts of money, and of the time and efforts necessary to … Read More
January 4, 2005 The concept of human rights to water is not new. The right to water has been recognized in a wide range of international documents, including treaties, declarations and other standards. For example, Article 14, paragraph 2, of … Read More