Water Communities -- Copyright page -- Contents -- List of contributors -- List of Editors -- Editor's profile -- Brief introduction of the series -- Community, Environment and Disaster Risk Management -- Brief introduction of the volume -- Water Communities -- Preface -- Chapter 1. Water communities: Introduction and overview -- Introduction -- Water and climate change impacts -- Integrated water resources management -- Water communities and its importance -- Book outline -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Chapter 2. Community-based water management practices in Japan -- Introduction -- The historical change of approach to water area management in Japan -- Model of water communities in Japan -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- Further Reading -- Chapter 3. Bangkok liquid perception: waterscape urbanism in the Chao Phraya river delta and implications to climate change adaptation -- Introduction -- Contemporary ecosystem science -- Liquid perception -- Solid and liquid perceptions and practices -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Chapter 4. Tripod scheme for flood disaster prevention and technical transfer -- Introduction -- Historic background of flood disaster prevention in Japan -- Present social framework for flood disaster management -- Challenges for technical transfer to the next generation -- Conclusion -- Further Reading -- Chapter 5. Amplifying the community voices for greater access to drinking water in Bangladesh -- Introduction -- Background and context -- Social mobilization and institutional capacity building for raising community voices -- The outcomes of social mobilization -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 6. Building civil organization networks in Shingashi river basin toward sustainable water environment -- Introduction -- Background of Shingashi River Basin -- Shingashi River Basin Kawadukuri Network.

Activities -- Excursion -- Shingashi River Basin Forum -- Kid's Presentation Workshop -- Information Tools -- Progress of the actions -- Lessons learned -- Future challenges: Self-sustainability of the networks -- Acknowledgments -- Further Reading -- Chapter 7. Progress of research on cascade irrigation systems in the dry zones of Sri Lanka -- Introduction -- Cascade systems -- Previous studies on small tanks cascade in Sri Lanka -- Cascade studies -- Ecosystem approaches -- Case studies -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Chapter 8. Pani panchayat: examples of water governance and community participation in India -- Introduction -- Ownership and use of water -- Water-related problems and issues -- Meaning of Panchayat and relevance to collective decision making -- Pani Panchayat and its mechanisms -- Lessons from case studies -- Government's participatory schemes and arrangements -- Summary of lessons and further challenges -- Way forward -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Published References -- Chapter 9. Urbanization does not always make progress: Experiences of Horikawa River in Nagoya -- Introduction -- Water quality issue of Horikawa River -- Interaction of issues, concerns, and actions -- Strategy to create virtuous cycle -- References -- Chapter 10. Water management systems of China: Water cellar for community -- Introduction -- Background -- Case studies -- Effectiveness of water cellars in community -- Key lessons -- Further Reading -- Chapter 11. From the water community to policy perspectives of sustainable eco-development in Kampong Bahru, Malaysia -- Introduction and evolution of Kampong Bahru -- Location and characteristic features -- Sustainable eco-development -- Crucial issues in Kampong Baharu -- Possible entry points -- Action agenda -- Acknowledgments -- References.

Chapter 12. Indigenous and scientific water management: Fusing research on urban headwater transformations in Northern Thailand and Metropolitan Baltimore -- Introduction -- Disappearing headwaters -- Disappearing forests -- Case of Muang Fai -- Integrating ethnography, ecology, and design -- Note -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Chapter 13. The water community case of Chou-Shui River in Taiwan -- Introduction -- Background of Chou-Shui River -- The representation of the ''Water community'' in Chou-Shui River -- Strategies to reduce problems resulting from the Chou-Shui River -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 14. Essentials of water communities and its future perspective -- Essentials of water and communities -- Principles of water community -- Challenges and success factors toward sustainability of water communities -- Applicability in the current world and issues -- Adaptation principles -- Future perspective of water communities -- Acknowledgments -- References.