Johns Hopkins University Launches Global Water Magazine

Johns Hopkins University'sGlobal Water Program has just launched its Global Water Magazine, an online publication with free access. It will be published every two months.

From the 'About' section of the site:

 The JHU Global Water Magazine is an online magazine dedicated to covering the crucial issues in meeting the global water challenge of providing the quantity and quality of water needed to sustain the health of mankind and the environment.  The Global Water Magazine aims to become a leading online forum for dialogue and exchange of ideas between stakeholders, researchers, journalists, NGOs, students, local and national government agencies, and other institutions and individuals working on domestic and international water challenges.  Here, you will find reports and op-ed style writings from leading thinkers and practitioners engaged in these challenges, and notes from the field describing experience of researchers and practitioners.  

This magazine is sponsored by the JHU Global Water Program, which is dedicated to providing research and education that prepare professionals and students to be leaders in addressing water issues worldwide.  Our parallel mission is to discover solutions to domestic and international water challenges that are safe, scalable, and sustainable.  As such, the Global Water Program incorporates every discipline from physical sciences and engineering to social sciences and policy, and the diversity in magazine articles reflects this diversity in the Global Water Program. 

Every two months we will release a new issue, a collection of articles based on a specific topic from leaders in the water sector, and every week we will post new articles on any topic relevant to our program. 

Our next issue is schedule for September 2010.  

The inaugural issue has a trulyimpressive assortment of authors and topics; check out these 15 articles:

Emerging Challenges and the Future of Surface Water Quality Monitoring, Francisco J. Artigas 

The Challenges Facing Aquatic Ecosystem Restoration, Angela Arnold Sowers

The Energy-Water Nexus: Finding Solutions in the Balance, Jan Dell and Kathy Freas

How to Improve Development Assistance in the Rural Water Sector, Harold Lockwood

Sustainable Approach Towards Development, Peter Phelps Macy 

10 Years from Now—Rethinking Water Supply Management in the Developing World, Edward D. Breslin 

Agriculture—Meeting the Water Challenge, Nadia S. Halim 

The World is Dry, Erik R. Peterson 

 H2Ownership: Ancient, Equitable Traditions of Efficient Water Resource Trading in Desert Cultures, James G. Workman 

H2Own: Water Ethic and an Equitable Market for the Exchange of Individual Water Efficiency Credits, Montgomery Simus

Water Rights and Human Rights: The Poor Will Not Need Our Charity if We Need Their Water, David Zetland 

The First Stop on the Road to Corporate Water Reporting: Measurement, Eva Zabey

Imperatives for Urban Water Professionals on the Pathway to 2050, Paul Reiter

Towards an Interdisciplinary Ecological Approach to Infectious Disease, Rita R. Colwell 

Breaking the Cycle of Neglect and Failure Through Evidence-Based Research, Luke MacDonald and Kellogg J. Schwab

You can leave comments on each article.

Enjoy!

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