Olli Varis

Professor at Aalto University School of Business

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Peer-reviewed scientific articles

Journal article-refereed, Original research

China’s water resources vulnerability A spatio-temporal analysis during 2003-2013

Cai, Jialiang; Varis, Olli; Yin, He
2017 in JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION (ELSEVIER SCI LTD)
ISSN: 0959-6526

Exposure and resilience of China’s cities to floods and droughts a double-edged sword

Cai, Jialiang; Kummu, Matti; Niva, Venla; Guillaume, Joseph H.A.; Varis, Olli
2017 in INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF WATER RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT (Routledge)
ISSN: 0790-0627

Impacts of industrial transition on water use intensity and energy-related carbon intensity in China A spatio-temporal analysis during 2003–2012

Cai, Jialiang; Yin, He; Varis, Olli
2016 in APPLIED ENERGY (ELSEVIER SCI LTD)
ISSN: 0306-2619

Facilitating bricolage through more organic institutional designs? The case of water users’ associations in rural Nepal

Haapala, Juho; Rautanen, Sanna-Leena; White, Pamela; Keskinen, Marko; Varis, Olli
2016 in THE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF THE COMMONS (International Association for the Study of the Commons)
ISSN: 1875-0281

Potential and pitfalls of frugal innovation in the water sector Insights from Tanzania to global value chains

Hyvärinen, Anne; Keskinen, Marko; Varis, Olli
2016 in SUSTAINABILITY (MDPI AG)
ISSN: 2071-1050

Diet change and food loss reduction What is their combined impact on global water use and scarcity?

Jalava, Mika; Guillaume, Joseph H. A.; Kummu, Matti; Porkka, Miina; Siebert, Stefan; Varis, Olli
2016 in Earth's Future (Wiley)
ISSN: 2328-4277

Managing the water-energy-food nexus Gains and losses from new water development in Amu Darya River Basin

Jalilov, Shokhrukh Mirzo; Keskinen, Marko; Varis, Olli; Amer, Saud; Ward, Frank A.
2016 in JOURNAL OF HYDROLOGY (Elsevier)
ISSN: 0022-1694

An evaluation of the Standardized Precipitation Index for assessing inter-annual rice yield variability in the Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna region

Kattelus, Mirja; Salmivaara, Aura; Mellin, Ilkka; Varis, Olli; Kummu, Matti
2016 in INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CLIMATOLOGY (WILEY-BLACKWELL)
ISSN: 0899-8418

Water-energy-food nexus in Large Asian River Basins

Keskinen, Marko; Varis, Olli
2016 in WATER (Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI))
ISSN: 2073-4441

The water-energy-food nexus and the transboundary context Insights from large Asian rivers

Keskinen, Marko; Guillaume, Joseph H A; Kattelus, Mirja; Porkka, Miina; Räsänen, Timo A.; Varis, Olli
2016 in WATER (Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI))
ISSN: 2073-4441

Over the hills and further away from coast Global geospatial patterns of human and environment over the 20th-21st centuries

Kummu, Matti; De Moel, Hans; Salvucci, Gianluigi; Viviroli, Daniel; Ward, Philip J.; Varis, Olli
2016 in ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LETTERS (IOP PUBLISHING LTD)
ISSN: 1748-9318

Socio-Economic Changes in Cambodia’s Unique Tonle Sap Lake Area A Spatial Approach

Salmivaara, Aura; Kummu, Matti; Varis, Olli; Keskinen, Marko
2016 in APPLIED SPATIAL ANALYSIS AND POLICY (Springer Netherlands)
ISSN: 1874-463X

Reductionist and integrative research approaches to complex water security policy challenges

Zeitoun, Mark; Lankford, Bruce; Krueger, Tobias; Forsyth, Tim; Carter, Richard; Hoekstra, Arjen Y.; Taylor, Richard; Varis, Olli; Cleaver, Frances; Boelens, Rutgerd; Swatuk, Larry; Tickner, David; Scott, Christopher A.; Mirumachi, Naho; Matthews, Nathanial
2016 in GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE: HUMAN AND POLICY DIMENSIONS (Elsevier Limited)
ISSN: 0959-3780

The vulnerability of thermoelectric power generation to water scarcity in China Current status and future scenarios for power planning and climate change

Zheng, Xinzhu; Wang, Can; Cai, Wenjia; Kummu, Matti; Varis, Olli
2016 in APPLIED ENERGY (ELSEVIER SCI LTD)
ISSN: 0306-2619

Transferable Principles for Managing the Nexus: Lessons from Historical Global Water Modelling of Central Asia

Guillaume, Joseph H A; Kummu, Matti; Eisner, Stephanie; Varis, Olli
2015 in WATER (Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI))

Sharing benefits in transboundary rivers: an experimental case study of Central Asian water-energy-agriculture nexus

Jalilov, Shokrukh-Mirzo; Varis, Olli; Keskinen, Marko
2015 in WATER (Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI))

China’s southbound transboundary river basins: a case of asymmetry

Kattelus, Mirja; Kummu, Matti; Keskinen, Marko; Salmivaara, Aura; Varis, Olli
2015 in WATER INTERNATIONAL (Routledge)
ISSN: 0250-8060

Hydropower development in Myanmar and its implications on regional energy cooperation

Kattelus, Mirja; Rahaman, Muhammad Mizanur; Varis, Olli
2015 in INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SUSTAINABLE SOCIETY (Inderscience Enterprises Ltd)
ISSN: 1756-2538

Exploring the Modifiable Areal Unit Problem in Spatial Water Assessments: A Case of Water Shortage in Monsoon Asia

Salmivaara, Aura; Porkka, Miina; Kummu, Matti; Keskinen, Marko; Guillaume, Joseph H.A.; Varis, Olli
2015 in WATER (Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI))

Diet change - a solution to reduce water use ?

Jalava, Mika; Kummu, Matti; Porkka, Miina; Siebert, Stefan; Varis, Olli
2014 in ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LETTERS (IOP PUBLISHING LTD)

Myanmar under reform Emerging pressures on water, energy and food security

Kattelus, Mirja; Rahaman, Muhammad Mizanur; Varis, Olli
2014 in Natural Resources Forum (Wiley-Blackwell)
ISSN: 0165-0203

Myanmar under reform: Emerging pressures along the water - energy - food nexus

Kattelus, Mirja; Rahaman, Muhammad Mizanur ; Varis, Olli
2014 in Natural Resources Forum (Wiley-Blackwell)
ISSN: 0165-0203

Climate-driven interannual variability of water scarcity in food production potential A global analysis

Kummu, M.; Gerten, D.; Heinke, J.; Konzmann, M.; Varis, O.
2014 in HYDROLOGY AND EARTH SYSTEM SCIENCES (European Geosciences Union)
ISSN: 1027-5606

The Unfolding Water Drama in the Anthropocene: towards a resilience based perspective on water for global sustainability

Rockström, J; Falkenmark, M; Allan, T; Folke, C; Gordon, L; Jägerskog, A; Kummu, M; Lannerstad, M; Meybeck, M; Molden, D; Postel, S; Savenije, H; Svedin, U; Turton, A; Varis, O.
2014 in JOURNAL OF HYDROLOGIC ENGINEERING (American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE))
ISSN: 1084-0699

Integrated Water Resources Management: Horizontal and vertical explorations and the “Water in All Policies” approach

Varis, Olli; Enckell, Konrad; Keskinen, Marko
2014 in INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF WATER RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT (Routledge)
ISSN: 0790-0627

Curb vast water use in central Asia

Varis, Olli
2014 in NATURE (NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP)
ISSN: 0028-0836

China's stressed waters: Societal and environmental vulnerability in China's internal and transboundary river systems

Varis, O.; Kummu, M.; Lehr, C.; Shen, D.
2014 in APPLIED GEOGRAPHY (Elsevier BV)
ISSN: 0143-6228

From food insufficiency towards trade dependency: a historical analysis of global food availability

Porkka, Miina; Kummu, Matti; Siebert, Stefan; Varis, Olli
2013 in PLOS ONE (PUBLIC LIBRARY SCIENCE)

Using Global Datasets to Create Environmental Profiles for Data-Poor Regions A case from the Irrawaddy and Salween River Basins

Salmivaara, Aura; Kummu, Matti; Keskinen, Marko; Varis, Olli
2013 in ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT (Springer New York)
ISSN: 0364-152X

Bayesian Networks in Environmental and Resource Management

Barton, David N.; Kuikka, Sakari; Varis, Olli; Uusitalo, Laura; Henriksen, Hans Jörgen; Borsuk, Mark; de la Hera, Africa; Farmani, Raziyeh; Johnson, Sandra; Linnell, John D.C.
2012 in INTEGRATED ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND MANAGEMENT (SETAC Press)
ISSN: 1551-3777

Institutional cooperation at a basin level: For what, by whom? Lessons learned from Cambodia’s Tonle Sap Lake

Keskinen, Marko; Varis, Olli
2012 in Natural Resources Forum (Wiley-Blackwell)
ISSN: 0165-0203

Lost food, wasted resources: global food supply chain losses and their impacts on freshwater, cropland, and fertiliser use

Kummu, Matti; de Moel, Hans; Porkka, Miina; Siebert, Stefan; Varis, Olli; Ward, Philip J
2012 in SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT (Elsevier Science B.V.)
ISSN: 0048-9697

Nutrient balance assessment in the Mekong Basin: Nitrogen and phosphorus dynamics in a catchment scale

Liljeström, Iina; Kummu, Matti; Varis, Olli
2012 in INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF WATER RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT (Routledge)
ISSN: 0790-0627

Fully Connected Bayesian Belief Networks: The Modelling Procedure with a Case Study of the Ganges River Basin

Varis, Olli; Rahaman, Muhammad Mizanur; Kajader, Tommi
2012 in INTEGRATED ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND MANAGEMENT (SETAC Press)
ISSN: 1551-3777

Foreword to a special issue on Water Wars in 21st Century along International Rivers Basins: Speculation or Reality?

Varis, Olli
2012 in INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SUSTAINABLE SOCIETY (Inderscience Enterprises Ltd)
ISSN: 1756-2538

Ten Major River Basins in Monsoon Asia-Pacific: An assessment of vulnerability.

Varis, Olli; Kummu, Matti; Salmivaara, Aura
2012 in APPLIED GEOGRAPHY (Elsevier BV)
ISSN: 0143-6228

Ten major rivers in monsoon Asia-Pacific An assessment of vulnerability

Varis, Olli; Kummu, Matti; Salmivaara, Aura
2012 in APPLIED GEOGRAPHY (Elsevier BV)
ISSN: 0143-6228

How close do we live to water? A global analysis of population distance to freshwater bodies

Kummu, Matti; de Moel, Hans; Ward, Philip J.; Varis, Olli
2011 in PLOS ONE (PUBLIC LIBRARY SCIENCE)

The World by latitudes: a global analysis of human population, development level and environment across the north-south axis over the past half century

Kummu, Matti; Varis, Olli
2011 in APPLIED GEOGRAPHY (Elsevier BV)
ISSN: 0143-6228

Climate change and water resources in the Lower Mekong River Basin: putting adaptation into the context

Keskinen, Marko; Chinvanno, Suppakorn; Kummu, Matti; Nuorteva, Paula; Snidvongs, Anond; Varis, Olli; Västilä, Kaisa
2010 in JOURNAL OF WATER AND CIMATE CHANGE (IWA Publishing)
ISSN: 2040-2244

Water, livelihoods and climate change adaptation in the Tonle Sap Lake area, Cambodia: learning from the past to understand the future

Keskinen, Marko; Nuorteva, Paula; Varis, Olli
2010 in JOURNAL OF WATER AND CIMATE CHANGE (IWA Publishing)
ISSN: 2040-2244

Is physical water scarcity a new phenomenon?Global assessment of water shortage over the last two millennia

Kummu, Matti; Ward, Philip; de Moel, Hans; Varis, Olli
2010 in ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LETTERS (IOP PUBLISHING LTD)

Basin-wide sediment trapping efficiency of emerging reservoirs along the Mekong

Kummu, Matti; Lu, Xi Xi; Wang, Jian-Jun; Varis, Olli
2010 in GEOMORPHOLOGY (Elsevier)
ISSN: 0169-555X

Second China Water Congress 2008, Beijing, China, 14-16 May 2008

Varis, Olli
2009 in WATER INTERNATIONAL (Routledge)

Megacities Attract: Urban Challenge for Water Management

Varis, Olli
2009 in HARVARD INTERNATIONAL REVIEW (Harvard International Review)

Congress report: 2nd China Water Congress 2008, Beijing, China, 14-16 May 2008

Varis, Olli
2009 in INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF WATER RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT (Routledge)

Socio-economic and environmental aspects of water management in the 21st century: trends, challenges and prospects for the MENA region

Varis, Olli; Abu-Zeid, Khaled
2009 in INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF WATER RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT (Routledge)
ISSN: 0790-0627

Congress report: 13th IWRA World Water Congress, Montpellier, France, 1-4 September 2008

Varis, Olli
2009 in INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF WATER RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT (Routledge)

Mexico World Water Forums Ministerial Declaration 2006: A Dramatic Policy Shift?</h4><div class="publicationItemData publicationAuthors">Rahaman, Muhammad Mizanur; Varis, Olli</div><span class="publicationItemData publicationYear">2008 </span><span class="publicationItemData publicationMagazine">in INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF WATER RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT (Routledge)</span><div class="publicationItemData publicationISSN">ISSN: 0790-0627</div></div><div class="publicationItem"><h4 class="publicationItemTitle">Mekong at the crossroads</h4><div class="publicationItemData publicationAuthors">Varis, Olli; Kummu, Matti; Keskinen, Marko</div><span class="publicationItemData publicationYear">2008 </span><span class="publicationItemData publicationMagazine">in AMBIO (SPRINGER)</span><div class="publicationItemData publicationISSN">ISSN: 0044-7447</div></div><div class="publicationItem"><h4 class="publicationItemTitle">Congress report: 13th IWRA World Water Congress, Montpellier, France, 1-4 September 2008</h4><div class="publicationItemData publicationAuthors">Varis, Olli</div><span class="publicationItemData publicationYear">2008 </span><span class="publicationItemData publicationMagazine">in WATER INTERNATIONAL (Routledge)</span><div class="publicationItemData publicationISSN">ISSN: 0250-8060</div></div><div class="publicationItem"><h4 class="publicationItemTitle">Poverty, economic growth, deprivation and water: the cases of Cambodia and Vietnam</h4><div class="publicationItemData publicationAuthors">Varis, Olli</div><span class="publicationItemData publicationYear">2008 </span><span class="publicationItemData publicationMagazine">in AMBIO (SPRINGER)</span><div class="publicationItemData publicationISSN">ISSN: 0044-7447</div></div><div class="publicationItem"><h4 class="publicationItemTitle">The Rocky Road from Integrated Plans to Implementation: Lessons Learned from Mekong and Senegal River Basins</h4><div class="publicationItemData publicationAuthors">Varis, Olli; Rahaman, Muhammad Mizanur; Stucki, Virpi</div><span class="publicationItemData publicationYear">2008 </span><span class="publicationItemData publicationMagazine">in INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF WATER RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT (Routledge)</span><div class="publicationItemData publicationISSN">ISSN: 0790-0627</div></div><div class="publicationItem"><h4 class="publicationItemTitle">The Tonle Sap Lake, Cambodia; water-related conflicts with abundance of water</h4><div class="publicationItemData publicationAuthors">Keskinen, Marko; K&auml;k&ouml;nen, Mira; Tola, Prom; Varis, Olli</div><span class="publicationItemData publicationYear">2007 </span><span class="publicationItemData publicationMagazine">in The Economics of Peace and Security Journal (Routledge)</span></div><div class="publicationItem"><h4 class="publicationItemTitle">Sediment-related impacts due to upstream resevoir trapping, the Lower Mekong River</h4><div class="publicationItemData publicationAuthors">Kummu, Matti; Varis, Olli</div><span class="publicationItemData publicationYear">2007 </span><span class="publicationItemData publicationMagazine">in GEOMORPHOLOGY (Elsevier)</span><div class="publicationItemData publicationISSN">ISSN: 0169-555X</div></div><div class="publicationItem"><h4 class="publicationItemTitle">Water demands for bioenergy production</h4><div class="publicationItemData publicationAuthors">Varis, Olli</div><span class="publicationItemData publicationYear">2007 </span><span class="publicationItemData publicationMagazine">in INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF WATER RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT (Routledge)</span><div class="publicationItemData publicationISSN">ISSN: 0790-0627</div></div><div class="publicationItem"><h4 class="publicationItemTitle">Right to water: the Millennium Development Goals and water in the MENA Region</h4><div class="publicationItemData publicationAuthors">Varis, Olli</div><span class="publicationItemData publicationYear">2007 </span><span class="publicationItemData publicationMagazine">in INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF WATER RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT (Routledge)</span><div class="publicationItemData publicationISSN">ISSN: 0790-0627</div></div><div class="publicationItem"><h4 class="publicationItemTitle">Freshwater under pressure</h4><div class="publicationItemData publicationAuthors">Somly&oacute;dy, L&aacute;szl&oacute;; Varis, Olli</div><span class="publicationItemData publicationYear">2006 </span><span class="publicationItemData publicationMagazine">in International Review for Environmental Strategies (Routledge)</span></div><div class="publicationItem"><h4 class="publicationItemTitle">Report: International Workshop on Transboundary Water Management.Helsinki, Finland, 1719 August 2005</h4><div class="publicationItemData publicationAuthors">Tortajada, Cecilia; Varis, Olli</div><span class="publicationItemData publicationYear">2006 </span><span class="publicationItemData publicationMagazine">in INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF WATER RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT (Routledge)</span><div class="publicationItemData publicationISSN">ISSN: 0790-0627</div></div><div class="publicationItem"><h4 class="publicationItemTitle">Megacities, development and water</h4><div class="publicationItemData publicationAuthors">Varis, Olli</div><span class="publicationItemData publicationYear">2006 </span><span class="publicationItemData publicationMagazine">in INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF WATER RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT (Routledge)</span><div class="publicationItemData publicationISSN">ISSN: 0790-0627</div></div><div class="publicationItem"><h4 class="publicationItemTitle">Megacities and water management</h4><div class="publicationItemData publicationAuthors">Varis, Olli; Biswas, Asit; Tortajada, Cecilia; Lundqvist, Jan</div><span class="publicationItemData publicationYear">2006 </span><span class="publicationItemData publicationMagazine">in INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF WATER RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT (Routledge)</span><div class="publicationItemData publicationISSN">ISSN: 0790-0627</div></div><div class="publicationItem"><h4 class="publicationItemTitle">Workshop Report: Workshop on Integrated Water Resources Management in Latin America</h4><div class="publicationItemData publicationAuthors">Varis, Olli; Pres, Alexandra</div><span class="publicationItemData publicationYear">2006 </span><span class="publicationItemData publicationMagazine">in INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF WATER RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT (Routledge)</span><div class="publicationItemData publicationISSN">ISSN: 0790-0627</div></div><div class="publicationItem"><h4 class="publicationItemTitle">Backyard of the rich north: Climate related vicious circle of the Arctic zone</h4><div class="publicationItemData publicationAuthors">Varis, Olli</div><span class="publicationItemData publicationYear">2006 </span><span class="publicationItemData publicationMagazine">in AMBIO (SPRINGER)</span></div><div class="publicationItem"><h4 class="publicationItemTitle">Integrated Water Resources Management on the Tonle Sap Lake, Cambodia</h4><div class="publicationItemData publicationAuthors">Varis, Olli; Kummu, Matti; Keskinen, Marko; Sarkkula, Juha; Koponen, Jorma; Heinonen, Ulla; Makkonen, Katri</div><span class="publicationItemData publicationYear">2006 </span><span class="publicationItemData publicationMagazine">in Water Science and Technology: Water Supply (IWA Publishing)</span></div><div class="publicationItem"><h4 class="publicationItemTitle">Editorial</h4><div class="publicationItemData publicationAuthors">Varis, Olli; Kummu, Matti; Keskinen, Marko</div><span class="publicationItemData publicationYear">2006 </span><span class="publicationItemData publicationMagazine">in INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF WATER RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT (Routledge)</span><div class="publicationItemData publicationISSN">ISSN: 0790-0627</div></div><div class="publicationItem"><h4 class="publicationItemTitle">Policy Analysis for the Tonle Sap Lake, Cambodia A Bayesian network model approach</h4><div class="publicationItemData publicationAuthors">Varis, Olli; Keskinen, Marko</div><span class="publicationItemData publicationYear">2006 </span><span class="publicationItemData publicationMagazine">in INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF WATER RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT (Routledge)</span><div class="publicationItemData publicationISSN">ISSN: 0790-0627</div></div><div class="publicationItem"><h4 class="publicationItemTitle">Water management in megacities</h4><div class="publicationItemData publicationAuthors">Lundqvist, Jan; Tortajada, Celicilia; Varis, Olli; Biswas, Asit</div><span class="publicationItemData publicationYear">2005 </span><span class="publicationItemData publicationMagazine">in AMBIO (SPRINGER)</span></div><div class="publicationItem"><h4 class="publicationItemTitle">The role of game management on wildlife populations - uncertainty analysis of expert knowledge</h4><div class="publicationItemData publicationAuthors">Pellikka, Jani; Kuikka, Sakari; Lind&eacute;n, Harto; Varis, Olli</div><span class="publicationItemData publicationYear">2005 </span><span class="publicationItemData publicationMagazine">in EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF WILDLIFE RESEARCH (Springer Verlag)</span></div><div class="publicationItem"><h4 class="publicationItemTitle">Integrated Water Resources Management: Evolution, Prospects and Future Challenges</h4><div class="publicationItemData publicationAuthors">Rahaman, Muhammad Mizanur; Varis, Olli</div><span class="publicationItemData publicationYear">2005 </span><span class="publicationItemData publicationMagazine">in Sustainability: Science, Practice and Policy (Springer Verlag)</span></div><div class="publicationItem"><h4 class="publicationItemTitle">Sustainable groundwater management</h4><div class="publicationItemData publicationAuthors">Shady, Aly; Varis, Olli; Tortajada, Cecilia</div><span class="publicationItemData publicationYear">2005 </span><span class="publicationItemData publicationMagazine">in WATER SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (IWA Publishing)</span></div><div class="publicationItem"><h4 class="publicationItemTitle">Bioenergia ja vesi</h4><div class="publicationItemData publicationAuthors">Varis, Olli</div><span class="publicationItemData publicationYear">2005 </span><span class="publicationItemData publicationMagazine">in VESITALOUS (IWA Publishing)</span></div><div class="publicationItem"><h4 class="publicationItemTitle">Sulavatko pohjoisnavan jäät?</h4><div class="publicationItemData publicationAuthors">Varis, Olli</div><span class="publicationItemData publicationYear">2005 </span><span class="publicationItemData publicationMagazine">in VESITALOUS (IWA Publishing)</span></div><div class="publicationItem"><h4 class="publicationItemTitle">Are floods growing?</h4><div class="publicationItemData publicationAuthors">Varis, Olli</div><span class="publicationItemData publicationYear">2005 </span><span class="publicationItemData publicationMagazine">in AMBIO (SPRINGER)</span></div><div class="publicationItem"><h4 class="publicationItemTitle">Veden vuodesta veden vuosikymmeneen</h4><div class="publicationItemData publicationAuthors">Varis, Olli</div><span class="publicationItemData publicationYear">2005 </span><span class="publicationItemData publicationMagazine">in VESITALOUS (SPRINGER)</span></div><div class="publicationItem"><h4 class="publicationItemTitle">EU Water Framework Directive vs.Intergrated Water Resources Management: the seven mismatches</h4><div class="publicationItemData publicationAuthors">Rahaman, Muhammad Mizanur; Varis, Olli; Kajander, Tommi</div><span class="publicationItemData publicationYear">2004 </span><span class="publicationItemData publicationMagazine">in International Journal on Water Resources Management (SPRINGER)</span></div><div class="publicationItem"><h4 class="publicationItemTitle">Climate and water: On the search for improved links from climate models to water resources management and vice versa</h4><div class="publicationItemData publicationAuthors">Varis, Olli; Kajander, Tommi; Lemmel&auml;, Risto</div><span class="publicationItemData publicationYear">2004 </span><span class="publicationItemData publicationMagazine">in CLIMATIC CHANGE (Springer Netherlands)</span></div><div class="publicationItem"><h4 class="publicationItemTitle">Maailman kolmas vesifoorumi Kiotossa: vettä, ihmisiä ja tunteita</h4><div class="publicationItemData publicationAuthors">Makkonen, Katri; Varis, Olli</div><span class="publicationItemData publicationYear">2003 </span><span class="publicationItemData publicationMagazine">in VESITALOUS (Springer Netherlands)</span></div><div class="publicationItem"><h4 class="publicationItemTitle">Etelä-Aasian vesitaloudelliset haasteet</h4><div class="publicationItemData publicationAuthors">Varis, Olli</div><span class="publicationItemData publicationYear">2003 </span><span class="publicationItemData publicationMagazine">in VESITALOUS (Springer Netherlands)</span></div><div class="publicationItem"><h4 class="publicationItemTitle">Socioeconomic analysis of the Tonle Sap Region, Cambodia - building links and capacity for targeted poverty alleviation</h4><div class="publicationItemData publicationAuthors">Varis, Olli; Keskinen, Marko</div><span class="publicationItemData publicationYear">2003 </span><span class="publicationItemData publicationMagazine">in INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF WATER RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT (Routledge)</span></div><div class="publicationItem"><h4 class="publicationItemTitle">Kasvavatko tulvat?</h4><div class="publicationItemData publicationAuthors">Varis, Olli</div><span class="publicationItemData publicationYear">2003 </span><span class="publicationItemData publicationMagazine">in VESITALOUS (Routledge)</span></div><div class="publicationItem"><h4 class="publicationItemTitle">Water quality and drinking water production of Lake Guiers (Senegal, West Africa)</h4><div class="publicationItemData publicationAuthors">Cogels, F.-X.; Fraboulet-Jussila, S.; Varis, O.</div><span class="publicationItemData publicationYear">2002 </span><span class="publicationItemData publicationMagazine">in Verhandlungen des internationalen Vereins f&uuml;r Limnologie (Routledge)</span></div><div class="publicationItem"><h4 class="publicationItemTitle">Globaalien vesikysymysten opetus: Teekkarit Mekong-joen kimpussa</h4><div class="publicationItemData publicationAuthors">Vakkilainen, P.; Keskinen, M.; Varis, O.</div><span class="publicationItemData publicationYear">2002 </span><span class="publicationItemData publicationMagazine">in VESITALOUS (Routledge)</span></div><div class="publicationItem"><h4 class="publicationItemTitle">Water resources management in the lower Senegal River basin-conflicting interests, environmental concerns, and policy options</h4><div class="publicationItemData publicationAuthors">Varis, O.; Fraboulet-Jussila, S.</div><span class="publicationItemData publicationYear">2002 </span><span class="publicationItemData publicationMagazine">in INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF WATER RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT (Routledge)</span></div><div class="publicationItem"><h4 class="publicationItemTitle">Integraatiosta integraatioon</h4><div class="publicationItemData publicationAuthors">Varis, O.</div><span class="publicationItemData publicationYear">2002 </span><span class="publicationItemData publicationMagazine">in VESITALOUS (Routledge)</span></div><div class="publicationItem"><h4 class="publicationItemTitle">Integrated water resources management along the Senegal River - Introducing an analytical framework</h4><div class="publicationItemData publicationAuthors">Varis, O.; Lahtela, V.</div><span class="publicationItemData publicationYear">2002 </span><span class="publicationItemData publicationMagazine">in INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF WATER RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT (Routledge)</span></div><div class="publicationItem"><h4 class="publicationItemTitle">Analysis of eutrophication level and critical loads of Lac de Guiers, Senegal</h4><div class="publicationItemData publicationAuthors">Varis, O.; Fraboulet-Jussila, S.</div><span class="publicationItemData publicationYear">2002 </span><span class="publicationItemData publicationMagazine">in Verhandlungen des internationalen Vereins f&uuml;r Limnologie (Routledge)</span></div><div class="publicationItem"><h4 class="publicationItemTitle">Riosta Johannesburgiin, Dublinista Bonniin</h4><div class="publicationItemData publicationAuthors">Varis, O.</div><span class="publicationItemData publicationYear">2002 </span><span class="publicationItemData publicationMagazine">in VESITALOUS (Routledge)</span></div><div class="publicationItem"><h4 class="publicationItemTitle">Multipurpose use and water quality challenges in Lac de Guiers (Senegal)</h4><div class="publicationItemData publicationAuthors">Cogels, F-X.; Fraboulet-Jussila, S.; Varis, O.</div><span class="publicationItemData publicationYear">2001 </span><span class="publicationItemData publicationMagazine">in WATER SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (IWA Publishing)</span></div><div class="publicationItem"><h4 class="publicationItemTitle">Climate change in China</h4><div class="publicationItemData publicationAuthors">Shen, Dajun; Varis, Olli</div><span class="publicationItemData publicationYear">2001 </span><span class="publicationItemData publicationMagazine">in AMBIO (SPRINGER)</span></div><div class="publicationItem"><h4 class="publicationItemTitle">Challenges to freswater management</h4><div class="publicationItemData publicationAuthors">Somly&oacute;dy, L.; Yates, D.; Varis, O.</div><span class="publicationItemData publicationYear">2001 </span><span class="publicationItemData publicationMagazine">in Ecohydrology and Hydrobiology (SPRINGER)</span></div><div class="publicationItem"><h4 class="publicationItemTitle">Chinas 8 challenges to water resouces management in the first quarter of the 21st Century

Varis, Olli; Vakkilainen, Pertti
2001 in GEOMORPHOLOGY (Elsevier)

World Water Vision: Balancing Thoughts after The Hague

Shen, D.; Varis, O.
2000 in AMBIO (SPRINGER)

Kiinan vesitaloudelliset haasteet

Varis, O.; Vakkilainen, P.
2000 in VESITALOUS (SPRINGER)

The Nile Basin in a global perspective: natural, human, and socioeconomic resource nexus

Varis, O.
2000 in WATER INTERNATIONAL (Routledge)

Modeling environmentally driven uncertainties in Baltic cod (Gadus morhua) management by Bayesian influence diagrams

Kuikka, S.; Hilden, M.; Gislason, H.; Hansson, S.; Sparholt, H.; Varis, O.
1999 in CANADIAN JOURNAL OF FISHERIES AND AQUATIC SCIENCES (National Research Council of Canada)

Vesivarat globaalimuutosten kourissa

Varis, O.
1999 in VESITALOUS (National Research Council of Canada)

Water resources management: Vicious and virtuous circles

Varis, O.
1999 in AMBIO (SPRINGER)

Dreams and reality in water resources management: A critical view to leading paradigms

Varis, O.
1999 in GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE: HUMAN AND POLICY DIMENSIONS (Elsevier Limited)

Learning Bayesian dicision analysis by doing: lessons from environmental and natural resources management

Varis, O.; Kuikka, S.
1999 in ECOLOGICAL MODELLING (Elsevier)

A belief network approach to optimization and parameter estimation: application to resource and environmental management

Varis, O.
1998 in ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV)

Uncertainties of climatic change impacts in finnish watersheds: A bayesian network analysis of expert knowledge

Kuikka, S.; Varis, Olli
1997 in BOREAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH (FINNISH ENVIRONMENT INST)

Bene-eia: A bayesian approach to expert judgement elicitation with case studies on climatic change impacts on surface waters

Varis, O.; Kuikka, S.
1997 in CLIMATIC CHANGE (Springer Netherlands)

Joint use of multiple environmental assessment models B4 a bayesian meta-model: The baltic salmon case

Varis, O.; Kuikka, S.
1997 in ECOLOGICAL MODELLING (Elsevier)

Unelmia ja todellisuutta vesivarojen hoidosta

Varis, O.
1997 in VESITALOUS (Elsevier)

Global urbanization and urban water: Can sustanability be afforded?

Varis, O.; Somlyody, L.
1997 in WATER SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (IWA Publishing)

Water quality models: Typologies for environmental impact assesment

Varis, Olli
1996 in WATER SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (IWA Publishing)

Vesistömallien käyttö ympäristövaikutusten arvioinnissa

Varis, Olli
1995 in VESITALOUS (IWA Publishing)

Belief networks for modelling and assessment of environmental change

Varis, Olli
1995 in ENVIRONMETRICS (John Wiley and Sons Ltd)

Probabilistic vacertainty assessment of phosphorus balance calculations in a watershed

Taskinen, A.; Varis, O.; Sirviö, H.; Mutanen, J.; Vakkilainen, P.
1994 in ECOLOGICAL MODELLING (Elsevier)

Modeling for water quality decisions: vacertainty and subjectivity in information, in objectives and in model structure

Varis, O.; Kuikka, S.; Taskinen, A.
1994 in ECOLOGICAL MODELLING (Elsevier)

Water Quality Models: Tools for the Analysis of Data, Knowledge, and Decisions

Varis, Olli
1994 in WATER SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (IWA Publishing)

A real-time monitoring system for Kerava river quality

Kettunen, J.; Varis, O.; Vakkilainen, P.; Sirviö, H.
1993 in ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT (Springer Netherlands)

Cyanobacteria dynamics in a restored Finnish lake - a long term simulation study

Varis, O.
1993 in HYDROBIOLOGIA (Springer Netherlands)

Impacts of growth factors on competitive ability of blue-green algae analyzed with whole-lake simulation

Varis, O.
1993 in Advances in Hydrobiology (Springer Netherlands)

Evaluation of a Model-Based Methods for Designing Water Quality Observations

Kettunen, Juhani; Sirviö, H.; Varis, O.
1992 in HYDROBIOLOGIA (Springer Netherlands)

Book section, Chapters in research books

The major central asian river basins An assessment of vulnerability

Varis, Olli; Kummu, Matti
2016
ISBN: 9780415826921

Mekong at the Crossroads: Alterenative Paths of Water Development and Impact Assessment Politics and Development in a Transboundary Watershed

Keskinen, Marko; Kummu, Matti; Käkönen, Mira; Varis, Olli
2012
ISBN: 978-94-007-0475-6

Greenhouse gas emissions from reservoirs

Varis, Olli; Kummu, Matti; Härkönen, Saku; Huttunen, Jari
2012
ISBN: 978-3-642-23570-2

Water governance under reform pressure: are the Arab societies ready for change?

Varis, Olli
2010
ISBN: 978-951-769-282-3
ISSN: 1458-994X

Water and security challenges in Middle East and North Africa with reflectionsto Iran

Varis, Olli
2010
ISBN: 978-952-10-6133-2
ISSN: 1236-3820

Impacts of land surface changes on regional hydrology - Mainland Southeast Asia

Kummu, Matti; Varis, Olli; Sarkkula, Juha
2009
ISBN: 978-983-37-8262-8

Mexico World Water Forum's Ministerial Declaration 2006: A Dramatic Policy Shift?

Rahaman, Muhammad Mizanur; Varis, Olli
2009
ISBN: 978-0-415-48788-7

Hydropower in the Mekong Region: What Are the Likely Impacts upon Fisheries?

Sarkkula, Juha; Keskinen, Marko; Koponen, Jorma; Kummu, Matti; Richey, Jeff E.; Varis, Olli
2009
ISBN: 978-1-84407-707-6

More urban and more aged: Demographic pressures to global water resources by 2020

Varis, Olli
2009
ISBN: 978-3-540-37223-3

The Rocky Road from Integrated Plans to Implementation: Lessons Learned from Mekong and Senegal River Basins

Varis, Olli; Rahaman, Muhammad Mizanur; Stucki, Virpi
2009
ISBN: 978-0-415-48788-7

Megaconferences on water: Perceptions from the Nordic countries

Varis, Olli; Renko, Terhi
2009
ISBN: 978-3-540-37223-3

Pohjoinen ja etelä, ilmastomuutos ja vesi

Varis, Olli
2009
ISBN: 978-0-415-48788-7

The Mekong: IWRM and Institutions

Keskinen, Marko; Mehtonen, Katri; Varis, Olli
2008
ISBN: 978-3-540-74926-4

Transboundary Cooperation vs.Internal Ambitions - The Roles of China and Cambodia in the Mekong region

Keskinen, Marko; Mehtonen, Katri; Varis, Olli
2008
ISBN: 978-92-808-1150-6

Integrated water resources management plans: a key to sustainability?

Varis, Olli; Rahaman, Muhammad Mizanur; Stucki, Virpi
2008
ISBN: 978-951-22-9102-1
ISSN: 1797-254X

The Aral Sea keeps drying out but is Central Asia short of water?

Varis, Olli; Rahaman, Muhammad Mizanur
2008
ISBN: 978-951-22-9594-4
ISSN: 1797-254X

Right to water: Millennium Development Goals and Water in the MENA Region

Varis, Olli
2008
ISBN: 978-0-415-46135-1

Preface

Varis, Olli; Biswas, Asit; Tortajada, Cecilia
2008
ISBN: 978-3-540-74926-4

Mathematical modelling in integrated management of water resources - magical tool, mathematical toy or something in between?

Sarkkula, Juha; Keskinen, Marko; Koponen, Jorma; Kummu, Matti; Nikula, Jussi; Varis, Olli; Virtanen, Markku
2007
ISBN: 978-974-9511-25-1

Empowerment

Rahaman, Muhammad Mizanur; Varis, Olli
2006

Megacities, development and water

Varis, Olli
2006
ISBN: 978-0-415-56849-4

Megacities and water management

Varis, Olli; Biswas, Asit; Tortajada, Cecilia; Lundqvist, Jan
2006
ISBN: 978-0-415-41363-3

Paradigms, Trends and Tendencies in water management

Varis, Olli; Rahaman, Muhammad Mizanur; Somlyódy, L.
2006

Social consequences of dams

Varis, Olli
2006
ISBN: 91-540-5975-5
ISSN: 1653-3003

Foreword

Biswas, Asit; Varis, Olli; Tortajada, Cecilia
2005

China’s environ-mental problems as a hindrance to economic growth

Makkonen, K.; Varis, O.
2005

The Ethical perspective of Water: Dilemmas and Future challenges

Rahaman, Muhammad Mizanur; Varis, Olli
2005

Water and sustainable development: paradigms, challenges and the reality

Varis, Olli
2005

Externalities of integrated water resources management in South and Southeast Asia

Varis, Olli
2005

Bioenergia ja vesi

Varis, Olli
2005

Intergrated Water Resources Management: evolution, prospects and future challenges

Rahaman, Muhammad Mizanur; Varis, Olli
2004

Basin organization models: the case of the Mekong River

Varis, Olli
2004

EU Water Framework Directive vs.International Principles Concerning IWRM: The Seven Mismatches

Rahaman, Muhammad; Varis, Olli; Kajander, Tommi
2002

Belief networks: generating the feared dislocations

Varis, Olli
2002

Causal Bayesian network approach to integrated watershed planning and management

Varis, O.; Fraboulet-Jussila, S.
2000

Esipuhe

Varis, O.
2000

Riittääkö ruoka, riittääkö vesi?

Vakkilainen, P.; Varis, O.
1997

Potential impacts of climatic change on lake and reservoir water quality

Varis, Olli; Somlyody, L.
1996

Index of environmental friendliness: the analysis of uncertainties

Varis, Olli
1996

Monitavoitteinen suunnittelu ja päätöksenteko

Varis, O.
1992

Vesistöjen veden laadun arviointi: Johdanto

Varis, O.
1992

Impacts of growth factors on competitive ability of blue-green algae analyzed with whole-lake simulation

Varis, O.
1992

Conference proceedings

A conceptual model to guide exploration of global food-water security

Guillaume, Joseph H.A.; Kummu, Matti; Porkka, Miina; Varis, Olli
2014
ISBN: 978-88-9035-744-2

Sustainable Water Resources Management of Myanmar: Role of Agriculture and Hydropower

Kattelus, Mirja; Rahaman, Muhammad Mizanur; Varis, Olli
2009

Mekong at the Crossroads - water development and its impacts, paper presented in the symposium

Keskinen, Marko; Koponen, Jorma; Kummu, Matti; Käkönen, Mira; Sarkkula, Juha; Varis, Olli
2008

Hydrology and ecology of the Tonle Sap Lake and its floodplains: impacts of the Mekong upstream development

Kummu, Matti; Varis, Olli
2008

Suspended sediment dynamics at the Mekong floodplains: data analysis

Kummu, Matti; Sarkkula, Juha; Irvine, Kim; Savuth, Yin; Varis, Olli; Lu, Xi Xi
2008

Intergrated Management of the Brahmaputra Basin: Constraints and Hope for Regional Development

Rahaman, Muhammad Mizanur; Varis, Olli
2008

Ten major river basins in Monsoon Asia-Pacific: The quadrangle of social, economic, environmental and governance challenges.

Varis, Olli; Kummu, Matti; Salmivaara, Aura
2008

Human impacts on hydrology in the Mekong Basin present, future and reflections from the past

Kummu, M.; Varis, O.
2007

Towards integrated water resources management along the Ganges basin; An analysis of the water policies of the Riparian countries

Rahaman, Muhammad Mizanur; Varis, Olli
2007

Water futures for the MENA Region: The vicious circle of economy, urbanisation, employment, governance, environment, climate and water

Varis, Olli
2007

Middle East and North Africa: Approaching Water Scarcity Problems by Developing Capacity of Experts and Organisations

Varis, Olli; Pres, Alexandra
2007

Tonle Sap Lake, Cambodia: Nature's affluence meets human poverty

Keskinen, M.; Kummu, M.; Varis, O.
2006

CLIME-DSS: A decision support system for assessing impacts of climate change on European lakes

Koivusalo, Harri; Kokkonen, Teemu; Jolma, Ari; Laine, Hanne; Varis, Olli; Vakkilainen, Pertti
2006

Mekong River Basin Development and Tonle Sap Lake Productivity: Current Knowledge and Future Challenges

Lamberts, Dirk; Keskinen, Marko; Koponen, Jorma; Kummu, Matti; Richey, Jeffrey; Sarkkula, Juha; Say, Samal; Sokhem, Pech; Varis, Olli
2006

Mexico World Water Forum’s Ministerial Declaration 2006: A Dramatic Policy Shift?

Rahaman, Muhammad Mizanur; Varis, Olli
2006

Integrated Water Resources Management on the Tonle Sap Lake, Cambodia: Experiences from the WUP-FIN Project

Varis, Olli; Kummu, Matti; Keskinen, Marko; Sarkkula, Juha; Koponen, Jorma; Makkonen, Katri; Heinonen, Ulla
2006

A Baysian Approach to IWRM Policy Analysis: The Mekong Case

Varis, Olli; Kummu, Matti; Keskinen, Marko
2006

Integrated Water Resources Management on the Tonle Sap Lake, Cambodia

Varis, Olli; Kummu, Matti; Keskinen, Marko; Sarkkula, Juha; Koponen, Jorma; Heinonen, Ulla; Makkonen, Katri
2006

Socio-economic impact assessment of the Mekong development Case Tonle Sap Lake

Keskinen, Marko; Varis, Olli
2005

Exploiting simulation model results in parameterising a Bayesian network - A case study of dissolved organic carbon in catchment runoff

Koivusalo, Harri; Kokkonen, Teemu; Laine, Hanne; Jolma, Ari; Varis, Olli
2005
ISBN: 0-9758400-2-9

A method for defining conditional probability tables with link strength parameters for a Bayesian network

Kokkonen, Teemu; Koivusalo, Harri; Laine, Hanne; Jolma, Ari; Varis, Olli
2005
ISBN: 0-9758400-2-9

Integrated Modelling for impact assessment in Mekong Delta and Cambodian floodplains

Kummu, Matti; Koponen, Jorma; Sarkkula, Juha; Keskinen, Marko; Varis, Olli
2005

Integrated Modelling of Lower Mekong Basin Floodplains - Tool for Impact Assessment

Sarkkula, Juha; Koponen, Jorma; Keskinen, Marko; Kummu, Matti; Varis, Olli
2005

Integration of socio-economic and hydrological information in the Tonle Sap Lake, Cambodia

Sarkkula, Juha; Varis, Olli; Keskinen, Marko; Koponen, Jorma; Kummu, Matti; Nikula, Jussi
2005

Water and sustainable development: paradigms and Central Asian challenges

Varis, Olli
2005

A Bayesian network model for intersectorial policy analysis in the Tonle Sap area, Cambodia

Varis, Olli; Keskinen, Marko
2005

China's challenges to water resources management

Varis, Olli; Vakkilainen, Pertti
2005

The disregarded water use of bioenergy production

Varis, Olli
2005

Sedimentation and Mekong upstream development: impacts to the Lower Mekong Basin

Kummu, Matti; Sarkkula, Juha; Varis, Olli
2004

The Ethics of Water: Some Realities and Future Challenges

Rahaman, Muhammad Mizanur; Varis, Olli
2003
ISBN: 953-6313-56-1

La escasez y la vulnerabilidad del agua: México en una perspectiva global

Varis, Olli
2003

Driving forces behind the Groundwater Degradation: a Comparative Analysis on Three Developing Macro-regions in Asia

Kajander, Tommi; Varis, Olli; Rahaman, Muhammed
2002

On the Search for Holistic Water Management and Sustanable Environment through Woman Particiapation in South Asia

Rahaman, Muhammed; Varis, Olli; Kajander, Tommi
2002

Socioeconomic analysis of the Tonle Sap Region, Cambodia-building links and capacity for targeted poverty alleviation

Varis, Olli; Keskinen, Marko
2002

Informal water institutions

Varis, Olli
2001

Informal water sector and informal institutions - from a constraint to development to a resource

Varis, Olli
2001

Multipurpose use and water quality challenges in Lac de Guiers (Senegal)

Cogels, F.X.; Fraboulet-Jussila, S.; Varis, O.
2000

The Nile Basin in a global perspective:natural, human and socioeconomic resource nexus

Varis, O.
1999

South-East Asia in a global perspective: growing challenges to water resources management

Varis, O.
1999

China´s challenges to water resources management in the first quarter of the 21st Century

Varis, O.; Vakkilainen, P.
1999

Modelling vicious circles

Varis, O.
1999

What climate change impacts do scientists anticipate for Finland - a Bayesian approach to expert judgment elicitation

Kuikka, S.; Varis, Olli
1998

Water in the hungry, poor and urbanizing world - a focus on uncertainty and interdiciplinarity

Vakkilainen, P.; Varis, O.
1998

Escasez y vulnerabilidad del agua: una resena de las eavluaciones globales

Varis, O.
1998

Water in the hungry, poor, and urbanizing world - A probabilistic, Bayesian analysis on driving forces, impacts and policy tools

Varis, O.
1998

Water development trends and paradigms: thoughs on intergrated management and sustainability

Varis, O.
1998

What if the trade winds and monsoons change?

Varis, O.
1998

Uncertainty analysis of baltic cod management by bayesian influence diagrams

Kuikka, S.; Hanson, S.; Hilden, M.; Sparholt, H.; Varis, O.
1997

Interconnections on water, food, poverty, and global urbanization: a Qualitative analysis on driving forces, impacts and policy tools

Varis, O.
1997

Intergrated assessment of global and regional changes - A bayesian expert judgment elicitation approach

Varis, O.
1997

Vicious and virtuous circles in water resources management

Varis, O.
1997

Water quality models: typologies for environmental impact assessment

Varis, Olli
1996

Uncertainties of climatic change impacts in Boreal watersheds: a Bayesian analysis

Kuikka, S.; Varis, Olli
1995

Resource management and Bayesian decision analysis

Varis, Olli
1995

Resource management and Bayesian decision analysis

Varis, Olli
1995

water quality models and EIA

Varis, Olli
1995

Analysis of uncertainty in resource management: Joint use of multiple environmental assessment models by a Bayesian meta-model

Varis, Olli; Kuikka, S.
1995

Water Quality Models: Tools for the Analysis of Data, knowledge and Decisions

Varis, O.
1994

Belief Networks in Environmental Decision Analysis

Varis, O.
1994

Belief Networks for modelling water Resources and the environment

Varis, O.
1993

Belief Networks for Modelling and Assessment of Environmental Change

Varis, O.
1993

Tutkimustulosten tilastollinen luotettavuus ja päätöksenteko

Varis, O.
1993

Non-refereed scientific articles

Unrefereed journal articles

Riskit hallintaan vesi-energia-ruoka –nexuksen avulla?

Keskinen, Marko; Rekolainen, Seppo; Sojamo, Suvi; Varis, Olli
2016 in VESITALOUS (RIISTA- JA KALATALOUDEN TUTKIMUSLAITOS)
ISSN: 0505-3838

Onko suomalaisen mahdollista vaikuttaa vesivarojen ja ruoan riittävyyteen?

Kummu, Matti; Varis, Olli
2013 in VESITALOUS (RIISTA- JA KALATALOUDEN TUTKIMUSLAITOS)
ISSN: 0505-3838

Keski-Aasian vesihaasteet katse eteenpäin

Varis, Olli
2013 in VESITALOUS (RIISTA- JA KALATALOUDEN TUTKIMUSLAITOS)
ISSN: 0505-3838

Mekong at the crossroads: next steps for impact assessment of large dams

Keskinen, Marko; Kummu, Matti; Käkönen, Mira; Varis, Olli
2012 in AMBIO (SPRINGER)
ISSN: 0044-7447

Introduction: Water and Security in Central Asia - Solving a Rubik’s Cube

Stucki, Virpi; Wegerich, Kai; Rahaman, Muhammad Mizanur; Varis, Olli
2012 in INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF WATER RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT (Routledge)
ISSN: 0790-0627

The Yangtze River and Regional Development—4th Yangtze Forum, Nanjing, China, 1820 April 2011.Conference Report.

Varis, Olli
2011 in INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF WATER RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT (Routledge)
ISSN: 0790-0627

Kuinka kaukana rannasta?

Kummu, Matti; Varis, Olli
2010 in VESITALOUS (Routledge)
ISSN: 0505-3838

Scientific books (monographs)

Book

Water and security in Central Asia Solving a Rubik's Cube

Stucki, Virpi; Wegerich, Kai; Rahaman, Muhammad Mizanur; Varis, Olli
2016
ISBN: 9780415826921

Water Management for Large Cities

Tortajada, Cecilia; Varis, Olli; Lundqvist, Jan; Biswas, Asit K.
2006
ISBN: 10 0-415-41363

Book (editor)

International Journal of Water Resources Development: Water and Security in Central Asia: A Rubiks Cub, Vol. 28, No. 3, ISSN 0790-0627

Stucki, Virpi; Wegerich, Kai; Rahaman, Muhammad Mizanur; Varis, Olli
2012

Modern Myths of the Mekong - A Critical Review of Water and Development Concepts, Principles and Policies.Water & Development Publications

Kummu, Matti; Keskinen, Marko; Varis, Olli
2008
ISBN: 978-951-22-9102-1

Central Asian Waters - Social, economic, environmental and governance puzzle

Rahaman, Muhammad Mizanur; Varis, Olli
2008
ISBN: 978-951-22-9593-7

Management of Transboundary Rivers and Lakes

Varis, Olli; Biswas, Asit; Tortajada, Cecilia
2008
ISBN: 978-3-540-74926-4

Global Changes and Water Resources Confronting the Expanding and Diversifying Pressures

Varis, Olli; Tortajada, Cecilia; Chevallier, Pierre; Poyaud, Bernard; Servat, Eric
2008

International Journal of Water Resources Development, special issue ‘Integrated Water Resources Management on the Tonle Sap Lake, Cambodia’, 2006, Volume 22, Issue 3

Keskinen, Marko; Kummu, Matti; Varis, Olli
2006

Integrated Water Resources Management in South and Southeast Asia

Biswas, Asit; Varis, Olli; Tortajada, Cecilia
2005

La gouvernace de lèau en Afrique de lÒuest

Niasse, Madiodio; Iza, Alejandro; Garane, Amidou; Varis, Olli
2004

Publications intended for professional communities

Article in professional journal

Towards Enhanced Regional Development through Integrated Yangtze Basin Management: Reflections on the 4th Yangtze Forum

Varis, Olli
2012 in SHUILI SHUIDIAN KUAIBAO (Union Mondiale pour la Nature)
ISSN: 1006-0081

Hyvät, pahat ja rumat

Varis, Olli
2011 in VESITALOUS (Union Mondiale pour la Nature)
ISSN: 0505-3838

Aasian kymmenen suurta jokea muutosten kehityspaineiden kourissa

Varis, Olli; Kummu, Matti; Salmivaara, Aura
2009 in VESITALOUS (Union Mondiale pour la Nature)

TKK 100 vuotta

Varis, Olli
2008 in VESITALOUS (Union Mondiale pour la Nature)
ISSN: 0505-3838

Kommer det att räcka?Världerns megastäder och vattnet.

Varis, Ollis
2008 in Framtider (Union Mondiale pour la Nature)

Megakaupunkien vesiongelmat Ranskassa

Varis, Olli
2008 in TIETEESSÄ TAPAHTUU (Union Mondiale pour la Nature)

Lähi-Itä: Tulenarkaa vettä

Varis, Olli
2008 in VESITALOUS (Union Mondiale pour la Nature)
ISSN: 0505-3838

IWRAn 13. maailman vesikongressi Montpellierissä

Varis, Olli
2008 in VESITALOUS (Union Mondiale pour la Nature)
ISSN: 0505-3838

Water respects no borders

Varis, O.; Kummu, M.; Keskinen, M.; Heinonen, U.
2007 in Polysteekki (Union Mondiale pour la Nature)
ISSN: 1455-9595

Seminar on water and energy

Tortajada, Cecilia; Varis, Olli
2005 in Hydropower and Dams (Union Mondiale pour la Nature)

Water management for megacities

Biswas, Asit K.; Lundqvist, Jan; Tortajada, Cecilia; Varis, Olli
2004 in Stockholm Water Front (Union Mondiale pour la Nature)

Water management for new megacities

Biswas, Asit K.; Lundqvist, Jan; Tortajada, Cecilia; Varis, Olli
2004 in World Water and Environmental Engineering (Union Mondiale pour la Nature)

Veden vuodesta veden vuosikymmeneen

Varis, Olli
2004 in Suomen UNESCO-yhdistyksen vuosiraportti (Union Mondiale pour la Nature)

Ulos köyhyyden noidankehistä

Varis, Olli
2003 in Helsingin Sanomat (Union Mondiale pour la Nature)

Riosta Johannesburgiin, Dublinista Bonniin

Varis, O.
2002 in Suomen UNESCO-toimikunnan vuosiraportti (Union Mondiale pour la Nature)

Vuorilta veden mukana alas kaupunkeihin-vesitalouden ekskursio Kiinaan

Varis, Olli
2001 in Rnet (Union Mondiale pour la Nature)

YK:n julistaman vesipäivän teemana on vesivarojen riittävyys

Varis, O.
1997 in Helsingin Sanomat (Union Mondiale pour la Nature)
ISSN: 0355-2047

Vesihuolto pitää hoitaa halvalla Itä-Euroopassa

Varis, O.
1997 in Helsingin Sanomat (Union Mondiale pour la Nature)
ISSN: 0355-2047

A belief network approach to modeling of environmental change: Methodology and prospects for application

Varis, O.
1994 in Working Paper, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Laxemburg (Union Mondiale pour la Nature)

Uskomusverkkojen käyttömahdollisuudet vesitaloudessa

Varis, O.
1993 in VESITALOUS (Union Mondiale pour la Nature)

Typenpoisto tehtävä harkiten

Varis, O.
1992 in Aquarius (Union Mondiale pour la Nature)

Typpi, fosfori ja järvien sinileväongelmat

Varis, O.
1992 in VESITALOUS (Union Mondiale pour la Nature)

Published development or research report

From food insufficiency towards trade dependency: A historical analysis of global food system

Porkka, Miina; Kummu, Matti; Siebert, Stefan; Varis, Olli
2013

Policies and Institutions.Extended Report

Varis, Olli; Tortajada, Cecilia
2010

Policies and Institutions.Policy Brief

Varis, Olli; Tortajada, Cecilia
2010

Water and Climate Change in the Lower Mekong Basin: Diagnosis & recommendations for adaptation

Keskinen, Marko; Chinvanno, Suppakorn; Kummu, Matti; Nuorteva, Paula; Snidvongs, Anond; Varis, Olli; Västilä, Kaisa
2009

CLIMATE AND WATER: Presentation of climate change and its impacts on quantity and quality of water

Koivusalo, Harri; Kokkonen, Teemu; Jolma, Ari; Laine-Kaulio, Hanne; Varis, Olli
2009 in Report/ WMO RA VI (World meteorological organization)

Water Governance in the MENA Region: From Analysis to Action.Extended Report

Varis, Olli.; Tortajada, Cecilia
2009

Water Management in 2020 and Beyond.Policy Brief.

Varis, Olli; Pres, Alexandra
2007

Water Governance in the MENA Region: Critical Issues and Way Forward.Policy Brief

Varis, Olli; Tortajada, C.
2007

Water Resources Development in Changing Asia

Varis, Olli
2007

Water Resources and Development in Changing Asia

Varis, O.
2007

Water Governance in the MENA Region: Critical Issues and Way Forward.Extended Report

Varis, Olli; Tortajada, C.
2007

Mekong Delta Socio-Economic Analysis - Interconnections between water and livelihoods in the Mekong Delta of Vietnam.WUP-FIN Phase II - Hydrological, Environmental and Socio-Economic Modelling Tools f

Käkönen, M.; Keskinen, M.; Varis, Olli; Ngo Thuy, Diem Trang; Ngo Thi, Thanh Truc; Tran, Thi Trieu; Le, Truong Giang; Le Duc, Toan; Nguyen, Van Lanh
2006

The Senegal River Case.Case Study for 2006 Human Development Report

Varis, O.; Stucki, V.; Fraboulet-Jussila, S.
2006

Tonle Sap Lake, Cambodia: Nature’s affluence meets human poverty.Case Study for 2006 Human Development Report

Varis, O.; Kummu, M.; Keskinen, M.; Sarkkula, J.; Koponen, J.; Heinonen, U.; Makkonen, K.
2006

Water: Challenges, Responsibilities, Options.Overview Report, Water Seminar Helsinki 26-28 January 2005

Kuusisto, E.; Varis, Olli
2005

Water: Challenges, Responsibilities, Options

Kuusisto, Esko; Varis, Olli
2005

Mega conferences: View from Nordic countries: Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden

Varis, Olli; Helmiö, Terhi
2005

Climate and Water: Operational hydrology and climate change in Europe

Varis, Olli; Helmiö, Terhi
2005

Policy Research to Identify Conditions for Optimal Functioning of the Senegal River Ecosystem in Mali, Mauritania and Senegal

Hellstén, S.; Tarvainen, A.; Ahonen, H.; Visuri, M.; Kettunen, M.; Lahtela, V.; Varis, Olli
2003

WUP-FIN Policy Model-Finding Ways to Economic Growth, Poverty Reduction and Sustainable Environment

Hellstén, S.; Tarvainen, A.; Ahonen, H.; Visuri, M.; Kettunen, M.; Lahtela, V.; Varis, O.
2003

WUP-FIN Policy Model-Finding Ways to Economic Growth, Poverty Reduction and Sustainable Environment

Varis, Olli
2003

Climate and Water - on the Search for Improved Interconnections between Climate Models and Scenarios, Hydrology, and Water Resources Management

Varis, O.; Kajander, T.; Lemmelä, Risto
2002

Interconnections of water, food, poverty and urbanization

Varis, Olli
2001

Will water be enough, will food be enough?

Vakkilainen, P.; Varis, O.
1999

Water and third word cities: the expanding puzzle

Varis, O.
1998

Water scarsity and vulnerability: Mexico in a global perpective

Varis, O.
1998

Hyödyn ja vahingon arviointi: Syksyn 1996 seminaari

Varis, O.
1997

Freshwater management: Problems and challenges

Somlyody, L.; Yates, D.; Varis, Olli
1995

A belief network approach to optimization and parameter estimation in resource and environmental management models

Varis, Olli
1995

Hyödyn ja vahingon arviointi: seminaari 28.11.94

Varis, Olli; Lampinen, P.; Kotola, J.; Suurpää, T.; Pajula, P.; Linjama, J.
1995

Ympäristövaikutusten arviointi: Lähestymistavat ja soveltuvuus kehitysmaissa ja Suomessa

Varis, O.
1994

Modeling Uncertainty in Decision Analysis

Varis, O.
1993

Water quality of the Nitra River, Slovakia - analysis of organic material pollution

Varis, O.; Somlyody, L.
1992

Maataloudesta tulevan ravinnekuormituksen vaikutus järvien sinileväongelmiin

Varis, O.
1992

Decision analytic modeling of uncertainty and subjectivity in water quality management

Varis, O.
1992

Publications intended for the general public

Popular article, newspaper article

We must put halving the world’s food losses at the top of the political agenda

Varis, Olli
2012 in FRESH PRODUCE JOURNAL (Finnish Environment Institute and Helsinki University of Technology)
ISSN: 0967-6899

Introduction Water and security in central Asia-solving a rubik's cube

Stucki, Virpi; Wegerich, Kai; Rahaman, Muhammad Mizanur; Varis, Olli
2016
ISBN: 9780415826921

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