Shlomi Dinar is Associate Professor of Politics and International Relations at Florida International University, where he is also Associate Dean for Graduate Studies and Innovation in the Steven J. Green School of International and Public Affairs. He is the author of International Water Treaties: Negotiation and Cooperation along Transboundary Rivers, among other titles. Ariel Dinar is Professor of Environmental Economics and Policy at the School of Public Policy, University of California, Riverside. He is coauthor of Bridges Over Water: Understanding Transboundary Water Conflict, Negotiation, and Cooperation, among other titles.

"The case studies exploring these mechanisms in practice are rich and diverse." Journal of Peace Research

• List of Illustrations Acknowledgments 1. Introduction: The Debate on Climate Change and Water Security 2. Theory of Scarcity-Variability, Conflict, and Cooperation 3. Emergence of Cooperation under Scarcity and Variability 4. Institutions and the Stability of Cooperative Arrangements under Scarcity and Variability 5. Incentives to Cooperate: Political and Economic Instruments 6. Evidence: How Basin Riparian Countries Cope with Water Scarcity and Variability 7. Conclusion and Policy Implications Notes References Index

Shlomi Dinar is Associate Professor of Politics and International Relations at Florida International University, where he is also Associate Dean for Graduate Studies and Innovation in the Steven J. Green School of International and Public Affairs. He is the author of International Water Treaties: Negotiation and Cooperation along Transboundary Rivers, among other titles. Ariel Dinar is Professor of Environmental Economics and Policy at the School of Public Policy, University of California, Riverside. He is coauthor of Bridges Over Water: Understanding Transboundary Water Conflict, Negotiation, and Cooperation, among other titles.

"The case studies exploring these mechanisms in practice are rich and diverse." Journal of Peace Research

• List of Illustrations Acknowledgments 1. Introduction: The Debate on Climate Change and Water Security 2. Theory of Scarcity-Variability, Conflict, and Cooperation 3. Emergence of Cooperation under Scarcity and Variability 4. Institutions and the Stability of Cooperative Arrangements under Scarcity and Variability 5. Incentives to Cooperate: Political and Economic Instruments 6. Evidence: How Basin Riparian Countries Cope with Water Scarcity and Variability 7. Conclusion and Policy Implications Notes References Index

Shlomi Dinar is Associate Professor of Politics and International Relations at Florida International University, where he is also Associate Dean for Graduate Studies and Innovation in the Steven J. Green School of International and Public Affairs. He is the author of International Water Treaties: Negotiation and Cooperation along Transboundary Rivers, among other titles. Ariel Dinar is Professor of Environmental Economics and Policy at the School of Public Policy, University of California, Riverside. He is coauthor of Bridges Over Water: Understanding Transboundary Water Conflict, Negotiation, and Cooperation, among other titles.

"The case studies exploring these mechanisms in practice are rich and diverse." Journal of Peace Research

• List of Illustrations Acknowledgments 1. Introduction: The Debate on Climate Change and Water Security 2. Theory of Scarcity-Variability, Conflict, and Cooperation 3. Emergence of Cooperation under Scarcity and Variability 4. Institutions and the Stability of Cooperative Arrangements under Scarcity and Variability 5. Incentives to Cooperate: Political and Economic Instruments 6. Evidence: How Basin Riparian Countries Cope with Water Scarcity and Variability 7. Conclusion and Policy Implications Notes References Index