This article examines two of the major water legal regimes in the Americas - that of Brazil and the United States. Both … instance, is home to between eight and fifteen percent of the world’s fresh water, and its fast-growing economy and population … present major challenges in management and allocation. The U.S. also faces major water allocation problems resulting from past …

of water pollution deriving from mismanaged drilling and fracturing, absence of adequate regulation framework and …

Climate change: a strategic opportunity for water managers? / Kathy Jacobs and Paul Fleming -- The delta : resolving … California's water conundrum / Pat Mulroy -- The San Diego strategy : a sea change in western water / Maureen A. Stapleton -- The … Colorado River story / Jim Lochhead and Pat Mulroy -- Why examine Nebraska's water governance framework? / Ann Bleed …

--of water in the western United States. It offers important lessons in the age of climate change and underscores the necessity …

An examination of anti-water privatization movements in the United States and Canada that explores the interplay of the …Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Anti-Water Privatization Movements in the Age of … Globalization -- 1 From Commons to Commodity: Water Governance, Neoliberalism, and the Privatization of Municipal Water Systems -- 2 …