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Cecilia Tortajada

Prof. Dr.

Cecilia Tortajada

Date of birth 09 August 1962

Place Ixtlán del Río, Nayarit, Mexico (America)

Nomination 04 February 2025

Field Biology

Title Professor in Practice on Environmental Innovation

  • Biography
  • Publications

Twenty-five years of experience working on water, environment and natural resources management in the overall context of development. Working at present on impacts of global changes on water resources, environment, food, and societies, and their inter-linkages. Technical advisor for several international and national organisations and development agencies, governments and development banks such as UNDP, UNEP, FAO, Canada International Development Research Center (IDRC), World Bank, Asian Development Bank, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), Inter-American Development Bank, Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC), Inter-American Institute for Cooperation of Agriculture (IICA), InWEnt Capacity Building International (now GIZ); as well as for national and state governments in Spain (Aragon), Germany (Berlin), Brazil, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of Congo, Egypt, Gujarat (India), Mexico, Sri Lanka and Turkey. Competencies also extend to collaborations with the Ford and Rockefeller Foundations; Sasakawa Peace Foundation and Nippon Foundation, Japan; Majlis El-Hassan Foundation, Jordan; Singapore International Water Week; Stockholm International Water Institute, Stockholm; and multinational corporations like Nestlé.

 

BOOKS
  • Tortajada, C., and Biswas, A. K. (Forthcoming). Hydropolitics of High Aswan Dam. Singapore: Springer.
  • Sachdeva, P. K., Biswas, A. K., Tortajada, C., Arora, O., Leneveu, E., Adamjee, R., and Sharma, A. (2023). Off-Grid Water Supply. Should It Be Mainstreamed? Singapore: Springer. https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-981-99-4060-8
  • Ong, C., Tortajada, C., and Arora, O. (2023). Urban Water Demand Management: A Guidebook for ASEAN. Singapore: Springer. https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-981-19-8677-2
  • Biswas, A. K., and Tortajada, C. (Eds). (2022). Water Security Under Climate Change. Singapore: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-5493-0
  • Tortajada, C., and Araral, E. (Eds.). (2022). Global Water Resources: Festschrift in Honour of Asit K. Biswas. Abingdon: Routledge.
  • Biswas, A. K., Sachdeva, P., and Tortajada, C. (2021). Phnom Penh Water Story: Remarkable Transformation of an Urban Water Utility. Singapore: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-33-4065-7
  • Kumar, M. D., and Tortajada, C. (2020). Assessing Wastewater Management in India. Singapore: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-2396-0
  • Tortajada, C., Horne, J., and Harrington, L. (Eds.). (2020). Urban Resilience to Droughts and Floods: The Role of Policies and Governance. London: Routledge.
  • Biswas, A. K., Tortajada, C., and Rohner, P. (Eds). (2018). Assessing Global Water Megatrends. Singapore: Springer
  • Tortajada, C., and Ong C. N. (Eds.). (2017). Water Reuse Policies for Potable Use. London: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-6695-5
  • Tortajada, C. (Ed.). (2016). Increasing Resilience to Climate Variability and Change: The Role of Infrastructure and Governance in the Context of Adaptation. Singapore: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-1914-2
  • Tortajada, C. (Ed.). (2016). Integrated Water Resources Management: From Concept to Implementation. London: Routledge.
  • Biswas, A. K., and Tortajada, C. (Eds.). (2016). Water Security, Climate Change and Sustainable Development. Berlin: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-287-976-9
  • Tortajada, C., and Biswas, A. K. (Eds.). (2016). Water Infrastructure. London: Routledge.
  • Tortajada, C., Biswas, A. K., and Avinash Tyagi (Eds.). (2015). Water Management and Climate Change: Dealing with Uncertainties. London: Routledge.
  • Tortajada, C., González-Gómez, F., Biswas, A. K., and García-Rubio, M. A. (Eds.). (2014). The Private Sector and Water Pricing in Efficient Urban Water Management. London: Routledge.
  • Tortajada, C., and Parris, K. (Eds.). (2014). Water Resources and Decision-making Systems. London: Routledge.
  • Biswas, A. K., Tortajada, C., Biswas-Tortajada, A. L., and Joshi, Y. (with Gupta, A.) (2013). Creating Shared Value: Impacts of Nestlé in Moga, India. Berlin: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-01463-0
  • Tortajada, C., Joshi, Y., and Biswas, A. K. (2013). The Singapore Water Story: Sustainable Development in an Urban City State. London: Routledge.
  • Tortajada, C. (Ed.). (2013). Water Quality Policy and Management in Asia. London: Routledge.
  • Tortajada, C., and Biswas, A. K. (Eds.). (2012). Asian Perspectives on Water Policy. London: Routledge.
  • Tortajada, C., Altinbilek, D., and Biswas, A. K. (Eds.). (2012). Impacts of Large Dams: A Global Assessment. Berlin: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-23571-9
  • Biswas, A. K., Tortajada, C., and Izquierdo, R. (Eds.). (2012). Water Quality Management: Present Situations, Challenges and Future Perspectives. London: Routledge.
  • Tortajada, C., and Biswas, A. K. (Eds.). (2011). Improving Water Policy and Governance. London: Routledge.
  • Biswas, A. K., Braga, B. P. F., Tortajada, C., and Palermo, M. (Eds.). (2009). Integrated Water Resources Management in Latin America. London: Routledge.
  • Biswas, A. K., Rangachari, R., and Tortajada, C. (Eds.). (2009). Water Resources of the Indian Subcontinent. New Delhi: Oxford University Press.
  • Biswas, A. K., and Tortajada, C. (Eds.). (2009). Impacts of Megaconferences on the Water Sector. Berlin: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-37224-0
  • Biswas, A. K., Tortajada, C., and Izquierdo, R. (Eds.). (2009). Water Management in 2020 and Beyond. Berlin: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-89346-2
  • Varis, O., Tortajada, C., and Biswas A. K. (Eds). (2008). Management of Transboundary Rivers and Lakes. Berlin: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-74928-8
  • Biswas, A. K., Rached, E., and Tortajada, C. (Eds.). (2008). Water as a Human Right for the Middle East and North Africa. London: Routledge.
  • Tortajada, C. (2007). Water and Environment in the United Nations Conferences (El Agua y el Medio Ambiente en las Conferencias Mundiales de las Naciones Unidas). Agenda 21. Zaragoza: Centro de Documentación del Agua y el Medio Ambiente.
  • Tortajada, C. (2007). Attempts of the New Millennium: United Nations Millennium Declaration and World Summit on Sustainable Development (Intentos del Nuevo Milenio Hacia el Desarrollo Sostenible). Agenda 21. Zaragoza: Centro de Documentación del Agua y el Medio Ambiente.
  • Embid-Irujo, A., Albiac-Murillo, J., and Tortajada-Quiroz, C. (Eds.). (2006). Water Management in Aragon (Gestión del Agua en Aragón). Navarra: Government of Aragon, Aragon Water Institute and Thomson Aranzadi.
  • Tortajada, C., Varis, O., Lundqvist, J., and Biswas, A. K. (Eds.). (2006). Water Management for Large Cities. London: Routledge.
  • Biswas, A. K., and Tortajada, C., Braga, B., and Rodriguez, D. J. (Eds.). (2006). Water Quality Management in the Americas. Berlin: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-30444-4
  • Biswas, A. K., Tortajada, C. (Eds.). (2005). Water Pricing and Public-Private Partnership. London: Routledge.
  • Biswas, A. K., and Tortajada, C. (Eds.). (2005). Appraising Sustainable Development: Water Management and Environmental Challenges. New Delhi: Oxford University Press.
  • Gopalakrishnan, C., Tortajada, C., and Biswas, A. K. (Eds.). (2005). Water Institutions: Policies, Performance and Prospects. Berlin: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/b137821
  • Biswas, A. K., Varis, O., and Tortajada, C. (Eds.). (2005). Integrated Water Resources Management in South and South-East Asia. New Delhi: Oxford University Press.
  • Tortajada, C., Guerrero, V., and Sandoval, R. (Eds.). (2004). Towards a New Water Management in Mexico: Challenges and Alternatives (Hacia una Gestión Integral del Agua en México: Retos y Alternativas). Mexico: Porrúa.
  • Biswas, A. K., Unver, O., and Tortajada, C. (Eds.). (2004). Water as a Focus for Regional Development. New Delhi. Oxford University Press.
  • Tortajada, C., and Biswas, A. K. (Eds.). (2004). Water Pricing and Public-Private Partnership in the Water Sector (Precio del Agua y Participación Pública-Privada en el Sector Hidráulico). Mexico: Porrúa.
  • Biswas, A. K., and Tortajada, C. (Eds.). (2003). Water Resources in Mexico (El Recurso Hídrico en México). Mexico: Porrúa.
  • Figueres, C., Tortajada, C., and Rockstrom, J. (Eds.). (2003). Rethinking Water Management: Innovative Approaches to Contemporary Issues. London: Earthscan.
  • Tortajada, C., Braga, B. P. F., Garcia, L., and Biswas, A. K. (Eds.). (2003). Water Policies and Institutions in Latin America. New Delhi: Oxford University Press.
  • Biswas, A. K., and Tortajada, C. (Eds.). (2001). Integrated River Basin Management: The Latin American Experience. New Delhi: Oxford University Press.
  • Tortajada, C. (Ed.). (2000). Women and Water Management: The Latin American Experience. New Delhi: Oxford University Press.
  • Tortajada, C. (1999). Environmental Sustainability of Water Management in Mexico. Mexico: Third World Centre for Water Management.
  • Biswas, A. K., Cordeiro, N., Braga, B., and Tortajada, C. (Eds.). (1999). Management of Latin American Rivers: Amazon, La Plata and Sao Francisco. Tokyo: United Nations University Press.
  • Biswas, A. K., Herrera, C., Garduño, H., and Tortajada, C. (Eds.). (1997). National Water Master Plans for Developing Countries. New Delhi: Oxford University Press.
  • Biswas, A. K., and Tortajada, C. (Eds.). (1997). Environmental Protection for the Water Sector (Protección Ambiental para el Sector Hidráulico). Mexico: UNAM, CNA, Consejo Británico, PNUD.

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