Transitions towards sustainability are urgently needed to address the interconnected
challenges of economic development, ecological integrity, and social justice, from local to …

India is one of the most water-stressed countries in the world. With the rapidly increasing
population and growing energy demand, the country is already facing challenges in the …

Purpose Infrastructure development through public-private partnership (PPP) route in India
has exhibited concerns about not promoting progress toward sustainable development …

Public private partnerships (PPPs) allow the Indian Government to leverage private capital
for meeting the widening demand-supply gap in the provision of infrastructure services. The …

Despite providing water-related services as the primary purpose of urban water system
(UWS), all relevant activities require capital investments and operational expenditures …

Watershed is unique bio-physical unit of the Earth's surface and source of resources to the
people. These resources are being exploited for various purposes. AHP based multi-criteria …

The Chinese government adopted more specific and stringent environmental impact
assessment (EIA) guidelines in 2011, soon after the widespread ethnic protests against coal …

Public‒private partnerships have become one of the preferred routes for governments to
develop infrastructure, in view of the budgetary constraints faced by them and the efficiency …

Abstract In the Global South, agrarian households face stressors to smallholder agriculture–
a primary livelihood for many. One stressor increasingly documented is the re-allocation of …

Colombia is undergoing a period of rapid development. In particular, the Magdalena-Cauca
Rivers basin, and the Mojana region within it, is going to experience rapid expansion in …