mutations in space and time, which impact on the degree of satisfaction of water needs in the world, and which call for a new … analysis of the water issue. This new perspective, in this context of increased uncertainties, means that this has to be put … into question. It involves, first, to have understood and assimilated the crucial role played by water in its natural …

In this paper, we aim to assess the relationship between water and sanitation coverage and saved infant lives. Our …

This paper is based on fieldwork on the small-scale water providers in the peri-urban areas of Mumbai. It tries to … explain why small-scale water providers have appeared there, what type of service they provide and why they have succeeded …, where the municipalities have failed. The objective is to examine to what extent small-scale water providers activities are …

come from the water sector. …

Water scarcity is a characteristic of north-western states of India, such as Gujarat. Over time, the continuous … lead to the deterioration of the water service in the city. In the meantime, the water demand has considerably increased … due to the improvement of standards of living. This has resulted in an increasing pressure on underground water resources …

This paper analyzes the changes in public-private sector earnings differentials for local residents in urban China …

China is a big country in terms of biotech achievements. It is also a rare country demonstrating crop …

Western China. In addition, urban effects also vary across the urban hierarchy as we found that provincial-level cities have a …