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by Asit Biswas, Distinguished Visiting Professor, University of Glasgow
Running on empty: How water might dissolve the Indian Union if it can’t resolve river disputes Water planning in India has been on an unsustainable path for ...
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by Asit Biswas, Distinguished Visiting Professor, University of Glasgow
Asit K. Biswas and Cecilia Tortajada | EAST ASIA FORUM | 13 January 2017 Socially and economically, the performance of the four northern Indian states ...
Hydropower Development & Management India
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by Asit Biswas, Distinguished Visiting Professor, University of Glasgow
Increasingly severe water shortages and conflict over its allocation are threatening India’s federalism and future social and economic development, Asit K ...
Social Water Scarcity Water Access Water Cooperation & Conflict Environment Water International Cooperation
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by Water Network Research, Official research team of The Water Network
Swiss manufacturing company Sulzer has signed a binding agreement to acquire Wärtsilä’s Vessel Internal Electrostatic Coalescer (VIEC) business. This VIEC ...
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by Asit Biswas, Distinguished Visiting Professor, University of Glasgow
Asit Biswas doesn’t believe in a Malthusian “water crisis.” He talked to Martin Eiermann about water management, misleading UN statistics, and the media’s ...
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by Asit Biswas, Distinguished Visiting Professor, University of Glasgow
It is still managed as part of a disaster relief process, which is not effective in the long-term. According to the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), ...
Academic Agriculture Agricultural Engineering Drought Drought-Resistant Technology
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by Asit Biswas, Distinguished Visiting Professor, University of Glasgow
“Till taught by pain, men really know not what good water’s worth.” To be sure, some improvements in water management have been made in recent years. But ...
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by Asit Biswas, Distinguished Visiting Professor, University of Glasgow
For times immemorial, spices have been a source of riches, status and power. Securing their supply once motivated the scramble for the world and its seas, ...
Non Profit Agricultural Engineering Agricultural Agricultural Technology
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by Asit Biswas, Distinguished Visiting Professor, University of Glasgow
Emerging economic powers such as China, India and Brazil have long been demanding greater share of votes in multilateral development institutions like the ...
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by Asit Biswas, Distinguished Visiting Professor, University of Glasgow
According to current estimates, India’s total population will reach 1.45 billion by 2028, similar to China’s, and 1.7 billion by 2050, equivalent to nearly ...
Academic Agriculture Food Trade Health & Safety Children's Medication
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by Asit Biswas, Distinguished Visiting Professor, University of Glasgow
From times immemorial, China has faced droughts, with some parts of the country facing the curse every two to three years. The damage droughts have inflicted ...
Social Groundwater Drought Groundwater Resource
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by Asit Biswas, Distinguished Visiting Professor, University of Glasgow
More than two centuries ago, Samuel Taylor Coleridge wrote in his immortal poem The Rime of the Ancient Mariner: “Water, water, everywhere, Nor any drop to ...
Non Profit Drinking Water Managment Water Management Drinking Water
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by Asit Biswas, Distinguished Visiting Professor, University of Glasgow
Emerging economic powers such as China and India have been negotiating for a greater share of voting powers in multilateral development banks including the ...
Business Infrastructure Economic Analysis
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by Asit Biswas, Distinguished Visiting Professor, University of Glasgow
China is home to one-fifth of the world’s population but has only 7 percent of its freshwater. Water is essential to human survival and social development, ...
Business Industrial Agriculture Water
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by Asit Biswas, Distinguished Visiting Professor, University of Glasgow
During its recent gathering in Davos, the World Economic Forum released its ninth annual Global Risks report, which relies on a survey of more than 700 ...
Social Potable Drought Climate Change Sustainable Water Resource Management
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by Asit Biswas, Distinguished Visiting Professor, University of Glasgow
England’s water consumers are being ripped off. High leakage rates and the privatization of the water supply have provoked a price explosion. Time to bring ...
Business Public Private Partnerships in Water Water Water
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by Asit Biswas, Distinguished Visiting Professor, University of Glasgow
Asit K. Biswas When completed in 2017, Songdo city in South Korea is expected to be the ultimate clean and efficient city. Photo: Gale International Today | ...
Academic Urban Water Sustainability Sustainability Technology Sustainibility Urban Design Technology
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by Asit Biswas, Distinguished Visiting Professor, University of Glasgow
The increasing demand for water, coupled with poor management practices over decades, has already caused a lot of damage to the environment. As we mark the ...
Academic Water Environment Water and Environment
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by Asit Biswas, Distinguished Visiting Professor, University of Glasgow
To have adequate sources of water, wastewater must be collected and properly treated before being discharged into the environment. Unfortunately, there is no ...
Government Pollutants Environment Water
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by Asit Biswas, Distinguished Visiting Professor, University of Glasgow
Conceptually, there is no reason as to why public sector cannot provide better services than the private sector. Some of the world’s best water companies are ...
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