Introduction / Velma I. Grover --
Water wars? : conflict, cooperation, and negotiation over transboundary water / Shlomi Dinar --
Conflicts in shared river basins / Nils Peter Gleditsch, Håvard Hegre and Hans Peter Wollbæk Toset --
Water conflicts in China / Desheng Hu --
Disputes over water, natural resources and human security in Bangladesh : toward a conflict analysis framework / Irna van der Molen and Atiq Rahman --
The hydropolitics of cooperation : South Africa during the cold war / Anthony Turton --
Competition for limited water resources in Botswana / Umoh T. Umoh, Santosh Kumar, Piet K. Kenabatho and Imoh J. Ekpoh --
Water conflict in West Africa : the Niger River Basin experience / Umoh T. Umoh, Imoh J. Ekpoh and Santosh Kumar --
River development and bilateral cooperation : Lesotho Highlands Water Project case study / Naho Mirumachi --
Water : an essential commodity yet a potential source of conflict with special reference to Australia / Syed U. Hussainy and Santosh Kumar --
Enhancing sustainability in river basin management through conflict resolution : comparative analysis from the U.S. and South Korea / Young-Doo Wang, William James Smith, Jr., John Byrne, Michael Scozzafava and Joon-Hee Lee --
International Joint Commission : a model of cooperation in the Great Lakes Region / Velmi I. Grover and Haseen Khan --
Water in the Pacific Islands : case studies from Fiji and Kiribati / Eberhard Weber.