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Preface INTRODUCTION AND STRUCTURE OF THE BOOK Part I - A Global View Part II - Physical, Environmental and Technical Approaches Part III - Legal, Socio-Economic and Institutional Approaches Part IV - Bridging the Gaps PART I: A Global View TRANSBOUNDARY WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT: NEEDS FOR A COORDINATED MULTIDISCIPLINARY APPROACH Introduction Assessment and Management of Transboundary Waters The Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) Process Capacity Building and Human Potential: The Role of Education Conclusions GLOBAL CHALLENGES AND THE EUROPEAN PARADIGM Towards Integrated Management of Transboundary River Basins over the World Antarctic Subglacial Lakes and Waters: The Challenge to Protect a Hidden Resource Progressive Development of International Groundwater Law: Awareness and Cooperation The Role of Key International Water Treaties in the Implementation of the Convention on Biological Diversity The European Union Water Framework Directive, a Driving Force for Shared Water Resources Management Transfer of Integrated Water Resources Management Principles to Non-European Union Transboundary River Basins Implementation of the Water Framework Directive Concepts at the Frontiers of Europe for Transboundary Water Resources Management Implementation of the European Union Water Framework Directive in Non-EU Countries: Serbia in the Danube River Basin Basic Problems and Prerequisites Regarding Transboundary Integrated Water Resources Management in South East Europe: The Case of the River Evros/Maritza/Meric PART II: Physical, Environmental and Technical Approaches TRANSBOUNDARY AQUIFERS Towards a Methodology for the Assessment of Internationally Shared Aquifers Challenges in Transboundary Karst Water Resources Management - Sharing Data and Information The Importance of Modelling as a Tool for Assessing Hydrogeological Characterization of the Yrenda-Toba-Tarijeno Transboundary Aquifer System, South America The State of Understanding on Groundwater Recharge for the Sustainable Management of Transboundary Aquifers in the Lake Chad Basin Development, Management and Impact of Climate Change on Transboundary Aquifers of Indus Basin Natural Background Levels for Groundwater in the Upper Rhine Valley Hydrogeological Study of Somes-Szamos Transboundary Alluvial Aquifer Towards Sustainable Management of Transboundary Hungarian-Servian Aquifer Transboundary Groundwater Resources Extending over Slovenian Territory TRANSBOUNDARY LAKES AND RIVERS Do We Have Comparable Hydrological Data for Transboundary Cooperations? Limnological and Palaeolimnological Research on Lake Maggiore as a Contribution to Transboundary Cooperation Between Italy and Switzerland Monitoring in Shared Waters: Developing a Transboundary Monitoring System for the Prespa Park Integrated Remote Sensing and Geographical Information System Techniques for Improving Transboundary Water Management: The Case of Prespa Region Transboundary Integrated Water Management of the Kobilje Stream Watershed Climate Change Impacts on Dams Projects in Transboundary River Basins. The Case of the Mesta/Nestos River Basin, Greece Assessment of Climate Change Impacts on Water Resources in the Vjosa Basin Identification and Typology of River Water Bodies in the Hellenic Part of the Strymonas River Basin, as a Transboundary Case Study Calculation of Sediment Reduction at the Outlet of the Mesta/Nestos River Basis caused by the Dams Methodologies of Estimation of Periodicities of River Flow and its Long-Range Forecast: The Case of the Transboundary Danube River PART III: Legal, Socio-Economic and Institutional Approaches LEGAL APPROACHES The Law of Transboundary Aquifers: Scope and Rippling Effects Water Management Policies to Reduce over Allocation of Water Rights in the Rio Grande/Bravo Basin Interstate Collaboration in the Aral Sea Basin - Successes and Problems Kidron Valley/Wadi Nar International Master Plan The Development of Transboundary Cooperation in the Prespa Lakes Basin International Relations and Environmental Security: Conflict or Cooperation? Contrasting the Cases of the Maritza-Evros-Meric and Mekong Transboundary Rivers Delineation of Water Resources Regions to Promote Integrated Water Resources Management and Facilitate Transboundary Water Conflicts Resolution Transboundary Water Resources and Determination of Hydrologic Prefectures in Greece SOCIO-ECONOMIC AND INSTITUTIONAL APPROACHES Social-Economic Resilience of Transboundary Watershed Management: Institutional Design and Social Learning How Stakeholder Participation and Partnerships Could Reduce Water Insecurities in Shared River Basins Transboundary Stakeholder Analysis to Develop the Navigational Sector of the Parana River Cooperation in the Navigable Course of the Sava River Transboundary Cooperation through the Management of Shared Natural Resources: The Case of the Shkoder/Skadar Lake How Far is the Current Status of the Transboundary Shkodra Lake from Requirements for Integrated River Basin Management? Economic Governance and Common Pool Management of Transboundary Water Resources Water Resources Management in the Rio Grande/Bravo Basin Using Cooperative Game Theory Conflict Resolution in Transboundary Waters: Incorporating Water Quality in Negotiations The Johnston Plan in a Negotiated Solution for the Jordan Basin PART IV: Bridging the Gaps CAPACITY BUILDING AND SHARING THE RISKS/BENEFITS FOR CONFLICT RESOLUTION Capacity Building and Training for Transboundary Groundwater Management: The Contribution of UNESCO A Risk-Based Integrated Framework for Conflict Resolution in Transboundary Water Resources Management THE THESSALONIKI STATEMENT

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