Summary of the Report

PART 1: SETTING THE SCENE

• Chapter 1: The world´s water crisis
• Chapter 2: Milestones
• Chapter 3: signing progress: indicators mark the way

PART 2: A LOOK AT THE WORLD´S FRESHWATER RESOURCES

• Chapter 4: The natural water cycle

PART 3: CHALLENGES TO LIFE AND WELL-BEING

• Chapter 5: Basic needs and the right to health
• Chapter 6: Protecting ecosystems for people and planet
• Chapter 7: Cities: competing needs in an urban environment
• Chapter 8: Securing food for a growing world population
• Chapter 9: Promoting cleaner industry for everyone´s benefit
• Chapter 10: Developing energy to meet development needs

PART 4: MANAGEMENT CHALLENGES: STEWARDSHIP AND GOVERNANCE

• Chapter 11: Mitigating risk and coping with uncertainty
• Chapter 12: Sharing water: defining a common interest
• Chapter 13: Recognizing and valuing the many faces of water
• Chapter 14: Ensuring the knowlezge base: a collective responsibility
• Chapter 15: Governing water wisely for sustainable development

PART 5: ESTUDIOS DE CASOS PILOTO: EJEMPLOS TOMADOS DE LA REALIDAD

• Chapter 16: Chao Phraya river basin, Thailand
• Chapter 17: Lake Peipsi/Chudskoe-Pskovskoe, Estonia and the Russian Federation
• Chapter 18: Ruhuna basin, Sri Lanka
• Chapter 19: Seine-Normandy river basin, France
• Chapter 20: Senegal river basin, Guinea, Malí, Mauritania y Senegal
• Chapter 21: Lake Titicaca basin, Bolivia and Perú
• Chapter 22: Greater Tokio, Japan

PART 6: FITTING THE PIECES TOGETHER

• Chapter 23: The world´s water crisis: Fitting the pieces togeher