Table of Contents

1. A decade of work on water governance at the OECD: what have we learnt? 2. The knowledge economy in the twenty-first century: a modest proposal 3. Scotland: a world-leading Hydro Nation 4. Nestlé’s corporate water strategy over time: a backward- and forward-looking view 5. Scarcity of water or scarcity of management? 6. Singapore’s water challenges past to present 7. Facing the challenge of extreme climate: the case of Metropolitan Sao Paulo 8. China’s achievements of water governance over the past seven decades 9. Some reflections on water for residential uses in developed countries 10. Can water professionals do more? 11. Reflections on flood control in Japan and recommendations for developing countries 12. A retrospective analysis of Laos’s Nam Theun 2 Dam 13. What I learned from Asit Biswas about transboundary water, ethics, mentoring and, in general, how to be a better human being 14. Water resilience and human life support – global outlook for the next half century 15. Adaptive and sustainable water management: from improved conceptual foundations to transformative change 16. Economically challenged and water scarce: identification of global populations most vulnerable to water crises 17. The status of the UN Watercourses Convention: does it still hold water? 18. Australian water decision making: are politicians performing? 19. Rent-seeking behaviour and regulatory capture in the Murray-Darling Basin, Australia 20. Quenching the thirst of rapidly growing and water-insecure cities in sub-Saharan Africa 21. Sustainability of water and energy use for food production based on optimal allocation of agricultural irrigation water 22. Rethinking on the methodology for assessing global water and food challenges