United Nations University Institute for the Advanced Study of Sustainability

Advance sustainable development
March 27, 2019

'As water scarcity is increasing in many areas, triggered by both climate and social changes, amongst other drivers, it is important that we pay more attention to how we manage water that we have. In this context, groundwater may be particularly important. It may provide a good source of water for drinking water supply and...

Advance sustainable development
November 30, 2017

A research project titled The Water and Urban Initiative (WUI) uses simulation scenarios to study anticipated changes in climate, population and land use. Focusing on cities in developing countries in Asia, WUI develops a set of interdisciplinary simulation models to evaluate urban flooding, water quality of urban rivers, and health risk caused by water-borne infectious diseases...