Management of Transboundary Waters: An Overview Importance of Transboundary Waters Magnitude and Distribution of Transboundary Water Complexities of Managing Transboundary Water Roles Played by International Organization Lega l Regime s for Managin g Transboundary Waters : An Analysis Future Implications of the UN Convention Conclusions Acronym Ratificatio n Status of the Convention on the Law of the Non-Navigationa l Uses of International Watercourses The Souther n African Hydropolitical Complex Anthony Turton The Oregon School The Maryland School The Oslo School Pulling It Al l Together : The Tshwan e School The Southern African Hydropolitica l Complex as a Concept The Incomat i River : A Pivota l Basi n in th e SAHP C The Cunene River : An Impacted Basi n in th e SAHP C The Limpop o River : A Pivota l Basi n in th e SAHP C Th e Okavango/Makgadikgad i River : An Impacted Basin in th e SAHP C Th e Orang e River : A Pivota l Basin in th e SAHP C The Zambez i River : An Impacted Basin in th e SAHP C Okavango River Basin Thayer Scudder Permanent Okavango River Basin Water Commission (OKACOM) Suggestions on the Way Forward Water Management in the Jordan River Basin: Towards an Ecosystem Approach Odeh Al-Jayyousi and Ger Bergkamp Water Allocations along the Jordan River: A Historical Perspective Principles for Allocations of Water in Shared Drainage Basins The Institutional Imperative of the Jordan River Basin Towards an Ecosystem Approach for the Jordan River Basin Conclusions and Lessons Learned Transboundary Cooperation Between Finland and Its Neighbouring Countries Timo Kotkasaari Finland's Cooperation with Sweden Finland's Cooperation with Norway The Frontier Watercourse Agreement Between Finland and Russia Management of Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna System: Way Forward Asit K. Biswas Partnerships for Regional Development Indus Waters and the 1960 Treaty Between India and Pakistan Chandrakant D. Thatte The Indus River Basin Irrigation Up to the Twentieth Century Developments Until the Independence and Partition in 1947 Indus Basin Development from 1947 to 1960 The Indus Water Treaty, 1960 and After Implementation of the IWT Baglihar Hydroelectric Project 198 Summing-up The Mekong: IWRM and Institutions Katri Mehtonen, Marko Keskinen and Olli Vans IWRM, Rivers and Institutions Mekong River and Its Development Regional Institutions in the Mekong Basin Institutional Cooperation Lessons Learned Conclusions: IWRM as an Approach, Not as a Goal The Upstream Superpower: China's International Rivers James E. Nickum Geography History and Sovereignty Borders as Buffer Zones China's Other Border Rivers Current Issues: A Chinese Checklist Implications and Lessons for the Future Management of the North American Great Lakes Marcia Valiante Evolution of Great Lakes Governance Strengths and Weaknesses of the Great Lakes Governance Regime Looking to the Future The Rio de la Plata River Basin: The Path Towards Basin Institutions Lilian del Castillo Laborde Building a Basin Institutional Framework The Rio de la Plata Basin Satellite Understandings International Programmes with International and Regional Organizations A Fresh Approach