Ch. 1. The Freshwater Issue in International Relations / Caroline Thomas and Darryl Howlett -- Ch. 2. The Great Lakes: Exploring the Ecosystem / C. Ian Jackson -- Ch. 3. Water Politics in Latin America / Peter Calvert -- Ch. 4. The Issue of Water in the Middle East and North Africa / George Joffe -- Ch. 5. South-East Asia: the Mekong River / Chris Brady -- Ch. 6. South Asia: the Ganges and the Brahmaputra / Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu -- Ch. 7. Sub-Sarahan Africa / Anne Guest -- Ch. 8. Eurasia / Adrian Hyde-Price -- Ch. 9. The European Community and Freshwater / Frank Gregory -- Appendix 1: Anthropogenic Causes of Freshwater Pollution / Peter Wilkin -- Appendix 2: Geomorphological Alteration by Water / Sandra Wilkins