Environmental Disasters China and the Energy-Food-Water Nexus December 14, 2017 0 Written by Niall Duggan. The UK’s exit from the European Union and the Trump administration’s America First policy have led commentators to suggest that the…
Belt and Road Initiative Belt and Road Infrastructures: Modernist dreams, local dilemmas? December 13, 2017 2 Written by Jessica DiCarlo. Last summer, I drove from the Laotian capital up the two-lane road that is slated to become the Vientiane-Vang Vieng expressway…
Environmental Disasters Social and Political Challenges of Beijing’s Water Crisis December 13, 2017 1 Written by Charlie Campbell and Joseph Chang. Beijing is one of the most water-scarce cities in the world and water management will play a crucial role in defining its future as a global city. Decreasing water…
Environmental Disasters Asia’s Water Insecurity: Challenges and Policy Options December 12, 2017 0 Written by Vandana Asthana. Water is essential for all life on this planet and strongly dictates where and how civilisations flourish based on its availability,…
Pakistan How India and Pakistan are competing over the mighty Indus river June 6, 2017 0 Written by Fazilda Nabeel. The Indus is one of Asia’s mightiest rivers. From its source in the northwestern foothills of the Himalayas, it flows through…
Uncategorized South Asia’s hydrological moment with China November 10, 2014 0 Written by Uttam Kumar Sinha. The countries of South Asia face, with alarming regularity, the twin blights of drought and floods. The management of hydro resources…
Asia The many forms of water security in China November 7, 2014 0 Written by Darrin Magee. By some measures, China is not a water-scarce country. Per capita water resources stood at just over 2,000 cubic meters in…
Asia China’s transboundary waters November 4, 2014 0 Written by Patricia Wouters. China shares more than 50 major international watercourses with its (mostly) downstream riparian neighbours — North Korea, Russia, Mongolia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan,…
Asia Running Dry: Water, Agriculture and Climate Change in China November 3, 2014 0 Written by Christine E. Boyle. Conflicting reports on the state of China’s agricultural water use situation range from statements that China’s water shortages threaten the…
Asia China and the spectre of water wars in Southeast Asia October 30, 2014 0 Written by Pichamon Yeophantong. In late 2013, controversy over China’s dams on the upper stretches of the Mekong River—otherwise known as the Lancang Jiang—flared up…
