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by Asit Biswas, Distinguished Visiting Professor, University of Glasgow
Two of the world’s most densely populated regions, northern India and northern China, are experiencing high levels of groundwater depletion, according to ...
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by Asit Biswas, Distinguished Visiting Professor, University of Glasgow
Over the past three years, the monsoon – the rainy season that runs from June through September, depending on the region – has been weak or delayed across ...
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by Asit Biswas, Distinguished Visiting Professor, University of Glasgow
Chapter of the book ‘Insights on Global Challenges and Opportunities for the Century Ahead’ (V. D. Reddy, K. V. Rao and K. R. Krishna (Editors), 2017, ...
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by Asit Biswas, Distinguished Visiting Professor, University of Glasgow
This article is the main editorial piece in the special weekend edition of Dainik Jagran (in Hindi) entitled, "The Story of Water", 21 May 2017. By Asit K. ...
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by Asit Biswas, Distinguished Visiting Professor, University of Glasgow
Tackling China’s groundwater depletion and the growing crisis of water scarcity amidst rapid urbanisation will require political will and creative policy ...
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by Asit Biswas, Distinguished Visiting Professor, University of Glasgow
NAFTA contributed to a US trade deficit with Mexico reaching US$63.2 billion last year. Image: REUTERS/Enrique Castro-Mendivil Asit K. Biswas and ...
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by Asit Biswas, Distinguished Visiting Professor, University of Glasgow
The Singapore government recently announced that the country’s water price will be increased. Singapore last increased its water price in 2000, so almost a ...
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by Asit Biswas, Distinguished Visiting Professor, University of Glasgow
China's decision to relocate Beijing's non-capital functions to Xiongan New Area, which is home to Baiyangdian Lake, the largest freshwater body in North ...
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by Water Network Research, Official research team of The Water Network
A new assessment by the U.S. Geological Survey suggests that the nation’s brackish groundwater could help stretch limited freshwater supplies. This study, the ...
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by Asit Biswas, Distinguished Visiting Professor, University of Glasgow
India’s water mismanagement is enough to make one drown in despair. Today, all rivers and lakes within and near population centres are grossly polluted with ...
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by Asit Biswas, Distinguished Visiting Professor, University of Glasgow
Policy Forum | March 22, 2017 The Singapore Government has dipped its toes into the murky waters of price increases, but more needs to be done, write Asit K ...
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by Water Network Research, Official research team of The Water Network
Pumped hydro energy storage (PHES) is very similar to conventional hydro power but differs in that rather than being a generator, it's more accurate to ...
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by Asit Biswas, Distinguished Visiting Professor, University of Glasgow
Acute political and policy failures have put India on the edge of a full-blown groundwater catastrophe, write Asit K Biswas, Cecilia Tortajada and Udisha ...
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by Asit Biswas, Distinguished Visiting Professor, University of Glasgow
Asit K Biswas and Cecilia Tortajada take a look at what it will take to ensure everyone in the world has access to safe water. PHOTO: Unsplash on Pexels On ...
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by Asit Biswas, Distinguished Visiting Professor, University of Glasgow
Men pouring water brought by cart into a container in Karachi, Pakistan. Some 3.5 billion people in the world do not have access to water that is safe to ...
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by Water Network Research, Official research team of The Water Network
Oroville was a potent symbol of a state dying of thirst. Today, California’s cup runneth over. It was only two years ago that the receding waters of Lake ...
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by Asit Biswas, Distinguished Visiting Professor, University of Glasgow
When it comes to having an impact on public policy, papers published in academic journals hold very little sway. It’s time universities made their research and ...
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by Asit Biswas, Distinguished Visiting Professor, University of Glasgow
Political instability complicated by water security threats compromises America’s ability to navigate global security challenges. The state of global ...
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by Dr Cecilia Tortajada, Honorary Professor at the University of Glasgow, UK
According to a recent UN report, '48 of the world’s most vulnerable countries will lose ground in economic development and face increasing levels of poverty' ...
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by Asit Biswas, Distinguished Visiting Professor, University of Glasgow
Properly planned, transboundary rivers can act as an engine for regional development for both Nepal and Bihar. Economic and human developments in most of the ...
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