The book on the State of Water Resources in Mexico presents a comprehensive, objective and factual analysis of the current situation and the future perspectives for water management in the country. It provides an in-depth examination of the status of water uses and users in Mexico, including for domestic, agriculture, industry, hydropower and aquaculture. It reviews water quality issues as well as the existing legal and institutional frameworks for water resources planning, management and development in the country. It analyses the present water policies, their appropriateness and effectiveness to solve the nation's water problems, and reviews the impacts of the water management practices on the socio-economic development and the protection of the environment in Mexico. An English version of this book can be seen in "Water Resources of North America", Edited by Asit K. Biswas and published by Springer Verlag, Berlin 2003.

Gestión del Agua en Aragón (Water Management in Aragon).
Edited by Antonio Embid Irujo, José Albiac Murillo and Cecilia Tortajada, 2006, 292 pp.
See Table of Contents (Available only in Spanish)

The book on “Water Management in Aragon” is the result of the joint work between the Ministry of Environment, Government of Aragon, through its International Centre for Water and Aragon Water Institute, the University of Zaragoza and CITA-Government of Aragon.
Aragon is aware of the conceptual and societal changes that have taken place and are taking place in the world, and has taken steps as to how these changes can be effectively considered within a new and evolving planning and management process within the region. This book outlines the important water-related issues Aragon has faced in recent years, and demonstrates the impacts of the new steps it has taken to manage its water resources under these changing conditions in a timely, cost-effective, socially acceptable and environmentally friendly manner.
The analyses in this book show how Aragon has successfully managed to "reverse the tide" of inertia and incremental progress within a very short period of about three years. The rest of Spain, and in fact the entire world, can learn much from this "can do" attitude of Aragon, which I hope will be rapidly infectious.

This book was the result of the Seminar Mexican Water Management Innovations organized at the end of 1999. The Seminar was sponsored by the Third World Centre for Water Management and the Metropolitan University of Mexico (Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana). The primary objective of this meeting was to identify those elements which have significant impacts in water management, both positive and negative, as well as to analyse practical experiences in the development of water projects to foster the efficiency in the water management in the country. The diversity of topics presented in the Seminar reflect the enormous challenges that the society is facing to solve the water-related problems in Mexico.

On the basis of research and cross-country dialogues carried out by water, development and other multidisciplinary experts/activists, this book makes a strong plea for an integrated, holistic approach to the development of the region, beginning with water resources. It points out that the abundance of water in the GBM region as a shared resource can serve as the principal agent of development for the millions of people living in the region. Through its analyses and arguments this book seeks to draw attention to the imperative of collaborative efforts on the part of the countries concerned in formulating a framework for the sustainable development of the GBM region. The book calls on the powers that be across countries to abandon old mindsets and join hands to come to terms with geophysical realities for the sake of the future of one-tenth of humankind.

The book contains a series of essays from eminent development specialists from Bangladesh, India and Nepal, as a tribute to Dr. Q.K. Ahmad, an eminent development economist from Bangladesh, for his 60th birthday. The Third World Centre for Water Management co-sponsored this tribute, which resulted in a definitive book which addresses development problems and issues of South Asia. Dr. Ahmad has worked tirelessly for some three and half decades to improve the quality of life of the poor in the Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna (GBM) basins, where more poor people live compared to the entire Sub-Sahara Africa. His main concern has been to persuade the decision-makers of the region, as well as of national and international development-oriented institutions, on the imperatives of people-centred development, with equity between nations, and among people within nations.
The 552-page book contains papers on subjects to which Dr. Ahmad has made major contributions in terms of research, actions and dialogues. The papers are organised in six sections on water, energy and environment; issues in economic development; education, regional cooperation; gender perspectives; and public opinion research.

History of Hydrology.
By Asit K. Biswas, 2007, 287 pp.
Translated by Prof. Liu Guo-Wei
Chinese version of the book published in English by North Holland, 1972.

Management of Latin American River Basins: Amazon, Plata and Sao Francisco.
Edited by Asit K. Biswas, Newton V. Cordeiro, Benedito P. F. Braga and Cecilia Tortajada, 2006, 292 pp.
Chinese version of the book published in English by United Nations University Press, 1999.

Water Management in Islam.
Edited by Naser I. Faruqui, Asit K. Biswas and Murad J. Bino, 149 pp.
This Arabic version is available from Technical Publications, P.O. Box 113-5474, Hamra 1103, 2040 Beirut, Lebanon.

Core and Periphery: A Comprehensive Approach to Middle Eastern Water.
Edited by Asit K. Biswas, John Kolars, M. Murakami, Aaron Wolf and John Waterbury, 160 pp.
Arabic version of the book that was published in English by Oxford University Press, 160 pp.

La Gestion de l'eau Selon l'Islam.
Edited by Naser I. Faruqui, Asit K. Biswas and Murad J. Bino.
Éditions Karthala, Paris, French Edition, 2003, 206 pp.
This volume is a translation of Water Management in Islam, published by the United Nations University Press, 2001, 149 pp.

Water for Urban Areas. Challenges and Perspectives.
Edited by Asit K. Biswas & Juha I. Uitto.
Shimizukobundo Shobo, Japanese Edition, 2000, 271 pp.
This volume is a translation of Water for Urban Areas, published by the United Nations University Press, 2000, 245 pp.

Conducting Environmental Impact Assessment in Developing Coutries.
By Asit K. Biswas & Prasad Modak.
Simizukobundo Shobo, Japanese Edition, 2001, 410 pp.
This volume is a translation of Conducting Environmental Impact Assessment in Developing Countries, published by the United Nations University Press, 1999, 364 pp.

Conducting Environmental Impact Assessment for Developing Countries.
Edited by Prasad Modak and Asit K. Biswas.
United Nations University Press, Chinese Edition, 1999, 256 pp.
This volume is a translation of Conducting Environmental Impact Assessment originally published in English by United Nations University Press, 364 pp.

Asian International Waters From Ganges-Brahmaputra to Mekong.
Edited by Asit K. Biswas & Tsuyoshi Hashimoto.
Keiso Shobo, Japanese Edition, 1997, 297 pp.
This translation of Asian International Waters originally published in English in 1996 is published by arrangement with Oxford University Press, 289 pp.

Water for Urban Areas. Challenges and Perspectives.
Edited by Juha I. Uitto and Asit K. Biswas.
Water Resources Management and Policy Series.
United Nations University Press and MDC Publishers, 2003, 245 pp. See Table of Contents »

Water Management in Islam.
Edited by Naser I. Faruqui, Asit K. Biswas and Murad J. Bino.
Water Resources Management and Policy Series.
United Nations University Press and MDC Publishers, 2003, 149 pp. See Table of Contents »