Promoting peaceful cooperation and developing synergies between different users of water at all levels within and between states, is a global challenge.  The importance of strengthening riparian relations and the need for cooperative management of shared water resources are growing, and all against a backdrop of considerable climatic uncertainty.This book presents practical tools for conceptualizing and implementing cooperative, participatory management of shared water resources.  It stresses the importance of information, communication, institutions and adaptability.  It points to the range of benefits from water management and develop-ment that can be derived cooperatively, and must be shared equitably.