This interdisciplinary volume considers how nine arid or semi-arid river basins around the world with thriving irrigated agriculture will change between now and 2060. It discusses how they can survive the challenges of climate change, reservoir sedimentation, and pollution without loss of food production, drinking water, or environmental health.

Introduction; 1. Introduction: Sustainability of Engineered Rivers in Arid Lands Jurgen Schmandt; Part I. Challenge: 2. Global Climate Change and the Rivers Gerald R. North; 3. Reservoirs: Design, Functions, Challenges George H. Ward; 4. Depletion of Groundwater: the Surface-Groundwater Connection Stephanie Glenn; 5. Endangered Food Security Olcay Unver, Eduardo Mansur and Melvyn Kay; 6. Declining Environmental Flows Stephanie Glenn and R. James Lester; Part II. Engineered Rivers: Past, Present and Future: 7. The Nile River Basin Muhammad Khalifa, Sephra Thomas and Lars Ribbe; 8. The Euphrates-Tigris River Basin Aysegül Kibaroglu; 9. The Yellow River Basin James E. Nickum and Jia Shaofeng; 10. The Murray-Darling River Basin Daniel Connell; 11. The São Francisco River Basin Antonio R. Magalhães, Eduardo Sávio and P. R. Martins; 12. The Limarí River Basin Alexandra Nauditt, Justyna Sycz and Lars Ribbe; 13. The Colorado River Basin Douglas S. Kenney, Michael Cohen, John Berggren and Regina M. Buono; 14. The Rio Grande/Río Bravo River Basin George H. Ward and Jurgen Schmandt; 15. The Jucar River Basin Jose Albiac, M. T. Kahil and Encarna Esteban; Part IV. Response: 16. River Basin Management and Irrigation François Molle; 17. 'Intelligent' Water Transfers Eduardo Sávio, P. R. Martins, Antonio Magalhães and James E. Nickum; 18. Better Basin Management with Stakeholder Participation Jurgen Schmandt and Aysegül Kibaroglu; Part V. Conclusion: 19. Conclusion: What We Found and What We Recommend Aysegül Kibaroglu, Jurgen Schmandt and George H. Ward; Index.