This collection of papers represents the outcomes of the International Symposium

held in Delft, The Netherlands, on June 13-15, 2007, at the occasion of the 50th

anniversary of the UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water Education. The papers discuss

how to contribute to the sustainability of effective international development and

water management with a digest of lessons learned on local knowledge and capacity

development. Authors expose recent research, strategies and policy positions.

Water for a Changing World starts with an introduction and overview of the water

resources and the water supply and sanitation sectors in developing countries and

worldwide. Topics of these reviews are water security, environmental integrity, the

newest earth system science technologies, integrated urban water management, and

the global-local nexus of water governance. The second part presents positions on

catalyzing and disseminating knowledge and capacity development in response to the

current challenges and opportunities. It consists of a variety of papers on theory and

analysis of capacity development, methods and case studies, and policy positions.

The authors represent a diverse and representative group of prominent actors,

practitioners and academics within the water, sanitation and development sectors.