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