Shared International Fresh Waters are subject to increased competition, especially in water-scarce regions. Although shared water issues have become a major regional development constraint, the approaches to solve existing and potential disputes over shared international fresh waters have lagged...

Elevated world temperatures, as forecasted by the 4th IPCC report, are expected to increase the hydrological cycle activity, leading to a change in precipitation patterns and increase in evapotranspiration. These in turn are expected to affect river runoff and water variability, depending on...