The worldwide paradigm shift in river basin management has not affected policymakers in
south Asia. Hydro-diplomacy in the Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna basin is still based on …

Over the past 20 years scholars, policymakers, and the media have increasingly recognized
the links between both traditional and non-traditional security issues and the changing …

About 90% of the natural disasters are of meteorological or hydrometeorological origin.
Disasters such as earthquakes and tsunamis are occasional, but rainfall related hazards are …

This paper characterizes present challenges in water management worldwide and explores
interdependencies between present technologies in water supply, sanitation, organic waste …

Sanitation and wastewater management problems in small and medium towns in India
(referred to as “semi-urban areas”-SUAs) are distinctly different from those of large cities or …

Water is a basic human need, a finite life support system and a key to prosperity. Unplanned
industrialisation, urbanisation and impact of liberalised import of wastes intended for …

Given its population density and poverty, on the one hand, and rapid urbanisation and
industrialisation, on the other, south Asia seems to be facing an incipient water crisis not due …

To combat rising levels of water pollution in the Ganges River, the Indian government
initiated the Ganga Action Plan (GAP) in 1984. After twenty years, it is a common perception …

The purpose was to examine the efficiency and sustainability of village water supply and
environmental sanitation facilities and how they are influenced by socio-cultural norms and …

Abstract Water systems in South Asia are under stress and with its very large population,
high level of poverty and rapid economic growth in some parts of the region, this stress is …