This is an abstract for a longer piece that will explain in greater detail what we mean by “water networks.” The abstract was accepted for the EGU (European Geosciences Union) General Assembly 2011.

An overview of the Natural and Societal Domain (NSD) framework for understanding water networks. Includes examples from twelve case studies from across the world. “Water 2100″ is the ethos that, in terms of water needs, we should be planning a century ahead. (Click above to download the file, or here to see the complete version of the Network diagram above.)

This chapter on Consensus-Building, the fourth in the volume Negotiate: Reaching Agreements Over Water, provides advice to parties involved in ongoing water negotiations. It details ways of shifting from the hard-bargaining techniques that characterize most (unproductive) negotiations to a consensus-building approach that is likely to be more effective—that is, fair, efficient, stable, and wise. The chapter was co-authored by Catherine Ashcraft and Lawrence Susskind, two trainers teaching at the Water Diplomacy workshop. The volume was published by IUCN in 2010 and edited by John Dore, Julia Robinson, and Mark Smith. (To download not just the Consensus-Building chapter but the whole volume, click here.)

We’ll post more materials here as they become available.