Report Contents:
Foreword by Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General, United Nations
Foreword by Ko chiro Matsuura, Director-General, United Nations Economic, Scientific and Cultural Organization
Preface
Acknowledgements
Overview of Key Messages
Water in a Changing World
1. Getting out of the Box - Linking Water to Decisions for Sustainable Development
Part I: Understanding What Drives the Pressures on Water
2. Demographic, Economic and Social Drivers
3. Technological Innovation
4. Policies, Laws and Finance
5. Climate Change and Possible Futures
Part II: Using Water
6. Water's Many Benefits
7. Evolution of Water Use
8. Impacts of Water Use on Water Systems and the Environment
9. Managing Competition for Water and the Pressure on Ecosystems
Part III: State of the Resource
10. The Earth's Natural Water Cycles
11. Changes in the Global Water Cycle
12. Evolving Hazards - and Emerging Opportunities
13. Bridging the Observational Gap
Part IV: Responses and Choices
14. Options inside the Water Box
15. Options from Beyond the Water Box
16. The Way Forward
Appendix 1: World Water Development Report Indicators
Appendix 2: Water-Related Goals and Objectives of Major Conferences and Forums, 1972-Present
Abbreviations, Data Notes and Units of Measure
List of Boxes, Figures, Maps and Tables
Index
Case Studies Contents:
Foreword
Overview
Section 1: Africa
Cameroon
Sudan
Swaziland
Tunisia
Zambia
Section 2: Asia and the Pacific
Bangladesh
China: the Yellow River basin
Pacific islands
Pakistan: the Cholistan desert
Republic of Korea: the Han River basin
Sri Lanka: the Walawe River basin
Uzbekistan: the Aral Sea basin
Section 3: Europe and North America
Estonia
Finland and the Russian Federation: the Vuoksi River basin
Italy: the Po River basin
The Netherlands
Spain: the Autonomous Community of the Basque Country
Turkey: Istanbul
Section 4: Latin America and the Caribbean
Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay: La Plata River basin
Brazil and Uruguay: Lake Mer n basin