It's often claimed that future wars will be fought over water. But while international water conflict is rare, it's common between subnational jurisdictions lik

With more than 50 percent of the world's landmass covered by river basins shared by two or more states, competition over water resources has always had the pote

Water-related conflicts have a long history and will continue to be a global and regional problem. Asia, with 1.5 billion of its people living in shared river b

As well as a major overview of the global situation and problems involved, there are authoritative case studies of particular river systems in three continents,