The primary objective of this project is to document the changing geographies of waterscapes of urban Asia in relation to increasing urbanization, waste generation, real-estate developments, and the pursuit of (neoliberal) modernity projects. Drawing from the theoretical lenses of waterscape and accumulation by dispossession, this project will seek to understand the ways in which increasing urbanization and neoliberal urban projects/aspirations have impacted the urban lakes, wetlands and overall water landscapes in Asian cities. This project aims to document emerging issues of water (in)accessibility and vulnerability for everyday urban dwellers, increasing privatization of water and expropriation of urban water and related resources, and counter-geographies of resistance and resiliency of locals through their everyday practices. Few scholars have analyzed the impact of hyper-urbanization, neoliberal accumulation of water resources and its impact on everyday water use in Asian cities context. Through extensive ethnographic field study-based research in Hyderabad and Phnom Penh, this project will attempt to fill in these gaps and extend the waterscape concept to analyze contemporary water issues in urbanizing Asia. Further, this project will consider Singapore’s successful water governance (best) practices and examine the possibility of learning for other Asian cities.