Green Mendoza and its acequias: A Mexican architect’s impressions of urban greenspace in an Andean Argentine city

By: Adriana Zuniga-Teran on 25th Mar 2019

I was fortunate enough to be invited to participate in the 2nd International Congress Water for the Future that was held in Mendoza, Argentina, on 7-9 March 2019 – my second visit to the city. It was great to... Read more »

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IWSN researchers publish landmark collection of water security papers

By: Chad Staddon on 22nd Jan 2019

Professors Chad Staddon (UWE, Bristol) and Chris Scott (University of Arizona) have co-edited a special issue of the prominent journal Water International on the theme of “Putting water security to work: addressing global challenges”. This collection of papers, some... Read more »

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Water security in the parks and gardens of Hermosillo

By: David Ruiz López on 21st Aug 2018

David Ruiz is a senior undergraduate student majoring in Public Administration at the University of Sonora in Hermosillo, Mexico. David won the International Water Security Network Student Prize 2018. He is interested in water security issues related to greenspace... Read more »

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Supporting just transitions to renewable run-of-the-river hydropower: Lessons from Nepal Himalayas

By: Arica Crootof (MS) on 8th Aug 2018

Coding each interview, I am taken back to the dusty bench, the leather chair, the kitchen stool, the grassy patch where I was given chai and cookies and invited to sit and to listen. Whittling down the hundreds of... Read more »

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A great academic experience at the University of the West of England, Bristol

By: Rossi Taboada on 19th Jul 2018

In October 2017, the British Council and Cienciactiva – Concytec (National Council of Science, Technology and Innovation) announced the first call of the Newton-Paulet Fund ‘Researcher Links Travel Grants’ in Peru. This fund, supported by resources from the British... Read more »

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IWSN at the Lloyd’s Register Foundation Conference 2018

By: Robert Varady, Sarah Ward, Rossi Taboada, Chad Staddon, and Mark Everard on 24th May 2018

Overview by Robert Varady: On 9-10 May 2018, Lloyd’s Register Foundation (the Foundation), the sponsor of the International Water Security Network (IWSN), held its second international conference. This took place at the Institution of Engineering and Technology offices in... Read more »

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Could Mexico export desalinated water to the U.S.?

By: Nicolás Pineda Pablos on 26th Apr 2018

Could countries ever import and export desalinated water? This is the question raised by Stephen Mumme, Jamie McEvoy, Nicolas Pineda and Margaret Wilder in their recent article (‘Shipping water across the U.S.-Mexico border: international governance dimensions of desalination for... Read more »

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What is limiting the performance of River Basin Councils in Mexico?

By: Erik M. Parra on 19th Apr 2018

River basin councils emerged in Mexico in 1992 following the passing of the National Water Law. They are conceived as spaces of coordination between the different levels of government, users and organised society, with the objective of reaching agreements... Read more »

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IWSN at UNESCO in a time of change

By: Chad Staddon, Robert G. Varady on 9th Nov 2017

On 18-20 October 2017, the International Water Security Network (IWSN) was represented by Robert Varady of the University of Arizona and Chad Staddon of the University of the West of England at an event organised and hosted in Paris... Read more »

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Green infrastructure and urban resilience

By: Laura De Vito and Chad Staddon on 14th Jun 2017

With 70% of the world’s population likely to be living in cities by 2050, it is important that urban infrastructure is well equipped to manage the wide variety of potential environmental, social, technological and economic challenges. In order to... Read more »

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