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Singapore: Transforming Water Scarcity into a Virtue

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Water has, is and will always be a national preoccupation for Singapore . Managing scarcity and safeguarding water security loom large in the minds of Singapore’s leaders and the calculations of Singaporean administrators.

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  1. PUB, Singapore’s National Water Agency, Singapore, Singapore

    Peter Joo Hee Ng

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  1. Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore

    Asit K. Biswas

  2. Institute of Water Policy, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore

    Cecilia Tortajada

  3. Pictet Asset Management, Geneva, Switzerland

    Philippe Rohner

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Ng, P.J.H. (2018). Singapore: Transforming Water Scarcity into a Virtue. In: Biswas, A., Tortajada, C., Rohner, P. (eds) Assessing Global Water Megatrends. Water Resources Development and Management. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-6695-5_10

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