Asit K. Biswas NEW GLOBAL INDIAN | November 1, 2012 Early August more than 10% of the world’s population suddenly found out that they have no access to electricity. A large scale failure of this magnitude has never happened. It … Read More
Asit K. Biswas ASIAN WATER September-October 2012, Volume 28, Issue 5, Pages 25-27 An important question that needs to be asked is why, in the 21st century, with major advances in science and technology, it has not been possible to … Read More
Asit K. Biswas NEW GLOBAL INDIAN July 2012, Volume 2, Issue 11, Pages 6-7 Water development in West Bengal, thanks to over half a century of neglect and poor policy measures, is on an unsustainable and undesirable path. If the … Read More
Cecilia Tortajada and Asit K. Biswas GLOBAL-IS-ASIAN April-June 2012, Issue 14, Pages 29-30 Governments and private sector companies have constructed hundreds of large dams all over the world in recent decades, often with the support of international organisations such as the World … Read More
Asit K. Biswas GLOBAL-IS-ASIAN April-June 2012, Issue 14, Pages 15-16 Lawrence Peter once said, “An economist is an expert who will know tomorrow why the things he predicted yesterday didn’t happen today.” In terms of predictions, most professions, including water, … Read More
Yugal Kishore Joshi, Cecilia Tortajada and Asit K. Biswas GLOBAL-IS-ASIAN April-June 2012, Issue 14, Pages 21-22 For more than a century after the British settled in Singapore in 1819, Singapore River and its banks were the focal point of all global … Read More
Asit K. Biswas GLOBAL-IS-ASIAN January-March 2012, Issue 13, Pages 40-41 Many have argued that Singapore should plan for a 200-year flood, like Hong Kong, rather than be satisfied with a 100-year flood buffer. What is missing from the public discussion … Read More
Asit K. Biswas NEW GLOBAL INDIAN December 2011, Volume 2, Issue 4, Pages 52-53 An important policy issue facing India is how to provide enough food, energy, water, livable environment, employment, social services and other necessities of good quality life for … Read More
Asit K. Biswas NEW GLOBAL INDIAN August 2011, Volume 1, Number 12, Pages 42-43 More than six decades after the Independence, India’s urban water quality is worse than ever before. Admittedly, the population has grown tremendously. Equally, agricultural and industrial … Read More
GLOBAL-IS-ASIAN July-September 2011, Issue 11, Pages 37-39 Anecdotal evidence suggests that past development policies are not working as well as envisaged, creating more pressure on governments to deliver sustained results. Past approaches to development, which are based on incremental policy … Read More