• Table of contents

• Toward a world of thirst ?

• Foreword

• Executive summary

• Water and population

Chapter 1

• State of the world’s water

Chapter 2

Freshwater resources

• Storage, distribution and circulation

• Water use and management

• A scarce and competitive resource

• Water management in urban area

• River’s fragmentation

• Pollution

• Biodiversity in freshwater

• Water and political conflicts

• Water and health

• Pricing water

Chapter 3

Coastal and marine water

• Marine biodiversity

• Economic activities: Fisheries and ecotourism

• Coastal pollution

Chapter 4

Water and climate change