Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction / Velma I. Grover -- Water wars? : conflict, cooperation, and negotiation over transboundary water / Shlomi Dinar -- Conflicts in shared river basins / Nils Peter Gleditsch, H�avard Hegre and Hans Peter Wollb�k 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.

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