Asian Perspectives on Water Policy

Cecilia Tortajada is the Scientific Director of the International Centre of Water and Environment, Zaragoza, Spain, and Visiting Professor at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore.Asit K. Biswas is the founder and Chief Executive of the Third World Centre for Water Management, an innovative think tank in Mexico. He is a Distinguished Visiting Professor at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore, and also at the Indian Institute of Technology, Bhubaneswar.

• 1. Cooperation or Conflict in Transboundary Water Management: Case Study of South Asia 2. The Singapore-Malaysia Water Relationship 3. China’s Legal System for Water Management: Basic Challenges and Policy Recommendations 4. The Water-Energy Puzzle in Central Asia: The Tajikistan Perspective 5. The Emergence of Water as a ‘Human Right’ on the World Stage: Challenges and Opportunities 6. Terrorism – A New Perspective in the Water Management Landscape 7. Singapore Water Management Policies and Practices 8. Water Management in Fiji 9. Urban Water Systems – Factors for Successful Change? 10. Eliminating ‘Yuck’: A Simple Exposition of Media and Social Change in Water Reuse Policies 11. Agricultural Groundwater Management in Andhra Predesh, India: A Focus on free Electricity Policy and its Reform