Tuesday, September 07, 2010
CALL FOR PAPERS: A workshop on Cooperation on the Ganges: Barriers, Myths, and Opportunities
The workshop on "Cooperation on the Ganges: Barriers, Myths and Opportunities" is organized and hosted by Institute of Water Policy in the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy at the National University of Singapore. The objective of the workshop is to bring together a group of top scholars and researchers to present and debate their research on barriers and opportunities in water resource development in the Ganges, and to publish a selection of their articles in Water Policy, one of leading international journals on water policy and governance. The guest editors for the special issues are Prof. Dale Whittington (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Manchester Business School), Prof. Wu Xun (National University of Singapore) and Prof Seetharam Kallidaikurichi E. (National University of Singapore).
While submissions from a wide range of perspectives are welcome, papers on the following topics as they relate to the Ganges are of special interest:
- Potential for multipurpose infrastructure projects Institutional innovations to cooperation Basin-wide challenges from climate change
- Conjunctive uses of surface water and groundwater in irrigation
- Flood damages
- Innovative flood control strategies
- Operating policies of dams and reservoirs their Implications
- Economic value of water
- Allocation of water resources Institutionalizing collaborative research and knowledge management
- Data management and sharing opportunities
- Ecosystem services
Deadline: September 20, 2010
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