The atlas of water: mapping the world's most critical resource

Part 1. A Finite Resource

1. Global water

2. Water's unequal distribution

3. Water shortage

4. Rising demand

5. Dwindling supply

6. Competition and conflict

7. Environmental security

Part 2. Water and Climate Change

8. Ice and snow melt

9. Storms and floods

10. Droughts

11. River basin stresses

Part 3. Water for Living

12. Water for drinking

13. Water for food

14. Water for sanitation

15. Water in the city

16. Water at home

17. Water and disease

Part 4. Water for Economic Production

18. Water footprint

19. Water for irrigation

20. Water for fisheries

21. Water for industry

22. Water for energy

23. Transport and leisure

24. Water for sale

Part 5. Damaged Water

25. Dammed rivers

26. Dispossession by water

27. Water pollutants

28. Water pollution

29. Damaged waterways

30. Threatened ecologies

Part 6. Water for the Future

31. Technological fixes

32. The rising price of water

33. Treaties and obligations

34. Striving for co-operation

35. Managing the future

Part 7. Data tables and sources

Needs and resources

Water uses

Sources

Index.

Part 1. A finite resource: 1. Global water; 2. Water's unequal distribution; 3. Water shortage; 4. Rising demand; 5. Dwindling supply; 6. Competition and conflict; 7. Environmental security

Part 2. Water and climate change: 8. Ice and snow melt; 9. Storms and floods; 10. Droughts; 11. River basin stresses

Part 3. Water for living: 12. Water for drinking; 13. Water for food; 14. Water for sanitation; 15. Water in the city; 16. Water at home; 17. Water and disease

Part 4. Water for economic production: 18. Water footprint; 19. Water for irrigation; 20. Water for fisheries; 21. Water for industry; 22. Water for energy; 23. Transport and leisure; 24. Water for sale

Part 5. Damaged water: 25. Dammed rivers; 26. Dispossession by water; 27. Water pollutants; 28. Water pollution; 29. Damaged waterways; 30. Threatened ecologies

Part 6. Water for the future: 31. Technological fixes; 32. The rising price of water; 33. Treaties and obligations; 34. Striving for co-operation; 35. Managing the future

Part 7. Data tables and sources: Needs and resources; Water uses; Sources

Index.