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Water Security, Climate Change and Sustainable Development

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Editors:
  1. Asit K. Biswas

    1. para Manejo del Agua, Centro del Tercer Mundo para Manejo del Agua, Atizapán, Mexico

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  2. Cecilia Tortajada

    1. Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, Singapore, Singapore

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  • Compares for the first time different industries in terms of how they are managing water efficiently for the future and expected climate change
  • Highlights the interrelationships and inter-linkages between water, climate change and sustainable development
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  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Water Resources Development and Management (WRDM)

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
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  2. Water Security, Climate Change and Sustainable Development: An Introduction

    • Asit K. Biswas, Cecilia Tortajada
    Pages 1-5

  3. Climate Change, Resource Efficiency and Sustainability

    • Peter Brabeck-Letmathe
    Pages 7-26

  4. Water Resources Management and Adaptation to Climate Change

    • Taikan Oki
    Pages 27-40

  5. Adapting to Climate Variability and Change in India

    • J. Bird, S. Roy, T. Shah, P. Aggarwal, V. Smakhtin, G. Amarnath et al.
    Pages 41-63

  6. Downstream Implications of Climate Change in the Himalayas

    • David J. Molden, Arun B. Shrestha, Santosh Nepal, Walter W. Immerzeel
    Pages 65-82

  7. Economic Growth and Climate Proofing Asia Through Sustainable Water Resources Management

    • Bindu Lohani, Yasmin Siddiqi, Garrett Kilroy
    Pages 83-105

  8. Business Case for Water

    • Joppe Cramwinckel
    Pages 107-121

  9. Water, Climate Change and Sustainable Development: An Industry Example

    • Sanjay Khajuria
    Pages 123-136

  10. Journey of Sustainable Development by Private Sector Actors

    • Asim Parekh
    Pages 137-153

  11. Will Rivers Become a Cause of Conflict, Rather Than Co-operation, in South Asia?

    • Adam Roberts
    Pages 155-162

  12. Back Matter

    Pages 163-168
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About this book

This book pursues a comprehensive approach so as to arrive at a better understanding of the implications of climate change on sustainable development, focusing on the perspective of water. Climate change is one of today’s most pressing global issues and will become increasingly important in the decades to come, as societies will feel its pervasive impacts in many aspects of their lives. Given that the majority of these climate change impacts will be felt through the medium of water, the book explores the interrelationships and inter-linkages between water, climate change and sustainable development.

Editors and Affiliations

  • para Manejo del Agua, Centro del Tercer Mundo para Manejo del Agua, Atizapán, Mexico

    Asit K. Biswas

  • Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, Singapore, Singapore

    Cecilia Tortajada

About the editors

Prof. Asit K. Biswas is the founder of the Third World Centre for Water Management in Mexico, and currently is the Distinguished Visiting Professor at the Lee Kuan Yew School for Public Policy in Singapore, University of Wuhan, China, and Indian Institute of Technology, Bhubaneswar, India. Formerly a Professor in UK, Canada and Sweden, he was a member of the World Commission on Water. He has been a senior advisor to 19 governments, six Heads of the United Agencies, Secretary General of OECD and also to many other major international and national organisations. He is a Past President of the International Water Resources Association, and has held important positions in several major international water and environment‐related professional associations. Prof. Biswas is the founder of the International Journal of Water Resources Development and has been its Editor‐in‐Chief for the past 28 years. He has been the author or editor of 81 books (6 more are now under publication) and published over 680 scientific and technical papers. His work has now been translated into 37 languages. Among his numerous prizes are the two highest awards of the International Water Resources Association (Crystal Drop and Millennium Awards), Walter Huber Award of the American Society of Civil Engineering and Honorary Degree of Doctor of Technology from University of Lund, Sweden, and Honorary Degrees of Doctor of Science from University of Strathclyde, Helsinki University of Technology, and Indian Institute of Technology. Prof. Biswas received the Stockholm Water Prize in 2006 for “his outstanding and multi‐faceted contributions to global water resource issues”, as well as the Man of the Year Award from Prime Minister Harper of Canada, and the Aragon Environment Prize of Spain. In 2012, he was named a “Water Hero of the World” by the Impeller Magazine, and also as one of the 10 thought‐leaders of the world in water by Reuters. He is a member of the Global Agenda Council on Water Security of theWorld Economic Forum. He is regular contributor to many national and international newspapers on resource and development related issues and also is a television commentator in three continents.
Dr. Cecilia Tortajada is President of the International Water Resources Association; Scientific Director of the International Centre on Water and Environment, Zaragoza, Spain; former Visiting Professor of the Lee Kuan Yew School for Public Policy, Singapore; and Vice President of the Third World Centre for Water Management. She has been an advisor to major international institutions like FAO, UNDP, CDG, InWEnt, and the governments of Cameroon, India, Turkey, and Republic of Congo on various aspects of water resources and environmental management and governance-related issues. She is currently working on formulation of national and international policies for water governance; management of future global environmental and water-related issues; development of innovative approaches for povertyalleviation through regional development; and capacity building in the water sector. She is the Editor of the International Journal of Water Resources Development, and member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Natural Resources Policy Research.

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