May 5, 2017 During 23–24 February 2017, the Pontifical Academy of Sciences organized a workshop, The Human Right to Water: An Interdisciplinary Focus and Contributions on the Central Role of Public Policies in Water and Sanitation Management, in Vatican City. … Read More
Asit K. Biswas and Cecilia Tortajada | April 29, 2017 In spite of the widespread belief, India is not facing a water crisis because of actual physical scarcity of this resource. It is facing a serious water crisis because of … Read More
April 1, 2017 The 3-parameter lognormal distribution is a general skew distribution in which the logarithm of any linear function of a given variable is normally distributed. The distribution is applied to the frequency analysis of floods, annual flows, and … Read More
July 27, 2016 The past decades have seen planning and implementation of built infrastructure in all over the developed and developing world growing in large scales. This has been influenced by economic and population growths, urbanization and industrialization, which in … Read More
June 10. 2016 Nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) were once considered as altruistic groups which aim was to impartially influence public policy with no vested interests. Nevertheless, this perception has changed. They are increasingly perceived as groups that prioritize their own ideologies … Read More
June 1, 2016 This paper seeks to contribute to the current debate about public versus private management of urban water supply services. The main purpose of urban water supply is to ensure the provision of a sufficient quantity of good … Read More
As populations have grown, human needs have increased and expectations have changed, the natural environment that supports growth has deteriorated, and the challenges faced by governments and societies have become more complex. In a race to promote the economic growth … Read More
January 15, 2016 According to the latest calculations, by the year 2030 around 60 percent of the world’s population will live in cities. Particularly in developing countries, this trend is associated with major problems with regard to water supply. The … Read More
August 3, 2015 Built water infrastructure supported the evolution of all human societies and will remain an integral part of socioeconomic development and modernization. Some postindustrial societies not only seek to “preserve” existing aquatic ecosystems in their otherwise transformed landscapes … Read More
July 31, 2015 A global perspective on water management predominates in high-level policy discussions. This has the advantage that over-arching issues can be highlighted and international resources mobilized. But water issues arise from local conditions and can only be resolved by … Read More