Why water politics matters -- Contested waters: the politics of supply -- Clean, green, and costly: water quality -- The water-energy-food nexus -- Drought, flood, and everything in-between -- Water rights and water wrongs -- International cooperation -- Water conflicts -- Tapping into toilets:...

Urban, demographic and climate trends are increasingly exposing cities to risks of having too little, too much and too polluted water. Facing these challenges requires robust public policies and sound governance frameworks to co-ordinate across multiple scales, authorities, and policy domains....

Introduction : a rising China and the future of world resources / Fengshi Wu and Hongzhou Zhang -- China's food security strategy reform : an emerging global agricultural policy / Hongzhou Zhang and Guoqiang Cheng -- Debating energy security in China : ideas and policy options / Daojiong Zha --...