Cover -- Contents -- Foreword -- Abstract -- Acknowledgments -- Acronyms and Abbreviations -- INTRODUCTION -- PART ONE: Country Study of Regulatory Frameworks for Dam Safety -- Argentina -- Australia -- Austria -- Brazil -- Canada -- China -- Finland -- France -- India -- Ireland -- Latvia -- Mexico -- New Zealand -- Norway -- Portugal -- Romania -- Russian Federation -- Republic of South Africa -- Spain -- Switzerland -- United Kingdom -- United States -- PART TWO: Comparative Analysis of Dam Safety Regulatory Frameworks -- The Form of the Regulation -- The Institutional Arrangements -- The Powers of the Regulating Authority -- The Contents of the Regulatory Scheme -- PART THREE: Essential Elements, Desirable Elements, and Emerging Trends for Dam Safety -- The Essential Elements of a Regulatory Scheme -- Elements That Would Be Desirable to Include in a Regulatory Scheme -- Emerging Trends in Dam Safety Regulation -- Institutional Arrangements -- The Contents of the Regulatory Scheme -- CONCLUSION -- APPENDIX I: World Bank: Operational Policy 4.37 on the Safety of Dams -- APPENDIX II: World Bank: Bank Procedure 4.37 on the Safety of Dams -- APPENDIX III: World Bank: Bank Procedure 4.37 on the Safety of Dams, Annex A on Dam Safety Reports: Content and Timing -- APPENDIX IV: Republic of South Africa, 1998 National Water Act, Chapter 12: Safety of Dams -- APPENDIX V: British Columbia, Canada, Dam Safety Regulation -- APPENDIX VI: Canadian Dam Association: Sample Operations, Maintenance, and Surveillance Manual -- APPENDIX VII: Selected Legislation on Dam Safety and Additional Information Sources.