Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents
List of Figures, Maps, Tables and Boxes
List of Contributors
List of Acronyms and Abbreviations
1 Policy and Strategy in Water Resource Management: Can We Do Better When Both Are Coordinated? / Ariel Dinar, Jose Albiac 1
Pt. I Issues in Water Resource Policy
2 Issues in Water Resources Policy in Jordan / Munther J. Haddadin 13
3 Water Scarcity, Quality and Environmental Protection Policies in Jordan / Helena Naber 29
4 Water Management in Urbanizing, Arid Regions: Innovative Voluntary Transactions as a Response to Competing Water Claims / Bonnie G. Colby 47
5 Groundwater Management Issues and Innovations in Arizona / Katharine L. Jacobs 67
6 Water Policy in Australia: The Impact of Change and Uncertainty / Lin Crase 91
7 The Policy Challenge of Matching Environmental Water to Ecological Need / Terry Hillman 109
8 Water Management in Spain: An Example of Changing Paradigms / Alberto Garrido, M. Ramon Llamas 125
9 Policy Issues Related to Climate Change in Spain / Ana Iglesias 154
Pt. II Issues in Water Resource Strategy
10 Water Conflicts: Issues in International Water, Water Allocation and Water Pricing with Focus on Jordan / Munther J. Haddadin 175
11 Good and Bad Forms of Participation in Water Management: Some Lessons from Brazil / Jerson Kelman 189
12 Issues of Balancing International, Environmental and Equity Needs in a Situation of Water Scarcity / Barbara Schreiner 207
Pt. III Interaction between Policy and Strategy
13 Modelling Negotiated Decision Making under Uncertainty: An Application to the Piave River Basin, Italy / Carlo Carraro, Alessandra Sgobbi 233
14 Strategic Behaviour in Water Policy Negotiations: Lessons from California / Rachael E. Goodhue, Leo K. Simon, Susan E. Stratton 257
15 Strategic Behaviour in Transboundary Water and Environmental Management / George B. Frisvold 279
16 Climate Change and International Water: The Role of Strategic Alliances in Resource Allocation / Ariel Dinar 301
Index 325