Although Asia is the least urbanized continent, it contains half of the world's megacities and many of the world's fastest-growing economies. Urban growth is already stressing local water supplies and causing intense conflict among water users-between haves and have-nots in urban areas as well as between farmers and fishers outside the cities. In a

Foreword -- Preface -- The Maturing Metropolitan Water Economies -- Urban Water Supply and Sanitation in Developing Countries -- Beijing's Maturing Socialist Water Economy1 -- Water Problems in Madras Metropolitan Region, India -- Urban Water Management in Metropolitan Manila, Philippines -- Water Resource Management in a Metropolitan Region Downstream of a Large Lake: Osaka, Japan -- Water Use Conflicts in the Seoul Metropolitan Region -- Water Use Conflicts in Bangkok Metropolitan Region, Thailand -- Water for Honolulu: Use, Reallocation, and Institutional Change -- Water Use Conflicts Under Increasing Water Scarcity: The Yahagi River Basin, Central Japan -- Alternative Approaches to Urban Water Management1