Ch. 1. Introduction / Phoebe Koundouri, Yiannis Kountouris, and Kyriaki Remoundou -- ch. 2. Water management on Mediterranean Islands : pressure, recommended policy and management options / Antonia A. Donta, Manfred A. Lange and the MEDIS consortium -- ch. 3. The range of existing circumstances in the WaterStrategyMan case studies / Bernard Barraqué, Christos Karavitis, and Pipina Katsiardi -- ch. 4. Landscape sensitivity, resilience and sustainable watershed management / James McGlade, Brian S. McIntosh, and Paul Jeffrey -- ch. 5. Using economic valuation techniques to inform water resourcees management in the southern European, Mediterranean and developing countries : a survey and critical appraisal of available techniques / Ekin Birol, Phoebe Koundouri and Yiannis Kountouris -- ch. 6. The case for declining long-term discount rates in the evaluation of flood-defence investments / Phoebe Koundouri -- ch. 7. Models and decisions support systems for participatory decision making in integrated water resource management / Carlo Giupponi and Alessandra Sgobbi -- ch. 8. Evaluating the institution-impact interactions in the context of millennium development goals : analytical framework with empirical results / R. Maria Saleth, Ariel Dinar, and Susanne Neubert -- ch. 9. Resource pricing and poverty alleviation : the case of block tariffs for water in Beijing / Ben Groom ... [et al.]