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Cover -- About Island Press -- Subscribe -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Chapter 1. The Boundaries of Science? -- Chapter 2. Healing the Enlightenment Rift -- Chapter 3. Four Worlds and Four Scales -- Chapter 4. Working with the Four Worlds -- Chapter 5. Two Wolves and the Storm Within: Transforming Internal Conflict -- Chapter 6. Listening with the Heart: Transforming Interpersonal Conflict -- Chapter 7. Rama's Sandals and Other Lessons for Groups -- Chapter 8. A Leap of Faith: Complexity and Conflict -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- IP Board of Directors

In looking toward 2020, one of the most severe problems to be faced is an impending shortage of adequate supplies of fresh water essential for drinking and for growing crops. The Middle East, where a few waterways serve large areas of land belonging to a number of nations, is the place where strife over water is most likely to erupt. This paper examines the past--how water in the Middle East came to be divided as it is today--and looks at possible solutions for alleviating a water crisis and the resulting political tensions. ; PR ; IFPRI1; 2020

Experts predict that the acquisition of fresh water will soon supersede that of oil as a main source of international tension. The world's increasing population and industrialization are raising the level of pollutants and toxins, tainting water sources that could be used for consumption or agriculture

Reviews instances of water conflict and cooperation and evaluates approaches based on international water law, needs-based equity, and economic equity.