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Quality-of-Life Method for Appraisal of Transport Facilities: Theory, Case Studies, and Implications to Indian High-Speed Railway

15 November 2018
The Sustainable Development Goals aim for “inclusiveness”, which means leaving no one left behind. In the transport sector, the question to ask is whether the service covers people of all categories—whether young and old, men and women, rich and poor—living in various places— whether in the city…

Land Acquisition and Infrastructure Development through Land Trust Laws: A Policy Framework for Asia

14 November 2018
The “land question” has invigorated agrarian studies and economic history since Marx and early 20th century writers on agrarian questions. In countries that allow private land ownership, compulsory land acquisition is the right and action of the government to take property not owned by it for…

Social Development Issues in the Urban Sector

10 October 2018
Urban poverty has four major dimensions that reinforce each other. These are income and social poverty, environmental poverty, education poverty, and health poverty. These dimensions encompass issues such as employment insecurity, lack of access to opportunities and basic services, hazardous…

Simulation of Rainfed Rice Yields Under Climate Change, Cambodia

10 October 2018
Simulation of Rainfed Rice Yields Under Climate Change, Cambodia

Moving from Data to Improving Irrigation Services–Irrigation Benchmarking for Irrigation Professionals

10 October 2018
Moving from Data to Improving Irrigation Services–Irrigation Benchmarking for Irrigation Professionals

Role of Innovative Systems Design for Large-scale Development of Micro Irrigation Kundalia Irrigation Project

10 October 2018
ole of Innovative Systems Design for Large-scale Development of Micro Irrigation Kundalia Irrigation Project

Blinded by Technologies-Refocusing on Stakeholders’ Needs to Improve Water Management in Irrigated Rice Systems

3 October 2018
Blinded by Technologies-Refocusing on Stakeholders’ Needs to Improve Water Management in Irrigated Rice Systems

Digital Agriculture-based Advisories for Water Use Efficiency and Sustainable Agriculture

3 October 2018
Digital Agriculture-based Advisories for Water Use Efficiency and Sustainable Agriculture

Mainstreaming Satellite Earth Observations and Smart Technology for Addressing Water-Food Security Challenges of Asia

3 October 2018
Mainstreaming Satellite Earth Observations and Smart Technology for Addressing Water-Food Security Challenges of Asia

Solar Photovoltaic Pumping for Irrigation

2 October 2018
Bangladesh has been experiencing substantial economic growth and rapid urbanization. This comes with higher power demand. As water and energy are natural partners,the country has taken an integrated approach to water and energy management. This presentation discusses one of its projects -Solar…