Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction / Robert C. Ferrier --
2. What defines ecosystem services-based approaches? / Kirsty L. Holstead --
pt. I Addressing global challenges --
3. Assessing climate change risks and prioritising adaptation options using a water ecosystem services-based approach / Stuart E. Bunn --
4. Operationalizing an ecosystem services-based approach for managing river biodiversity / Margaret A. Palmer --
5. Water for agriculture and energy: the African quest under the lenses of an ecosystem services-based approach / Alba Martinez --
pt. II Applying frameworks for water management and biodiversity conservation under an ecosystem services-based approach --
6. Using ecosystem services-based approaches in Integrated Water Resources Management: perspectives from the developing world / Jan Cherlet. 7. Implementation of the European Water Framework Directive: what does taking an ecosystem services-based approach add? / Chris J. Spray --
8. How useful to biodiversity conservation are ecosystem services-based approaches? / Craig Leisher --
pt. III Assessing water ecosystem services --
9. The first United Kingdom's National Ecosystem Assessment and beyond / Ian J. Bateman --
10. Using an ecosystem services-based approach to measure the benefits of reducing diversions of freshwater: a case study in the Murray-Darling basin, Australia / Carmel A. Pollino --
11. An ecosystem services-based approach to integrated regional catchment management: the South East Queensland experience / Shannon Mooney --
12. Policy support systems for the development of benefit-sharing mechanisms for water-related ecosystem services / Jorge Leon Sarmiento. 13. Assessing biophysical and economic dimensions of societal value: an example for water ecosystem services in Madagascar / Glenn-Marie Lange --
14. Rapid land use change impacts on coastal ecosystem services: a South Korean case study / Min Gon Chung --
pt. IV Broadening the perspective --
15. Ecosystem services-based approaches to water management: what opportunities and challenges for business? / Charles Germaneau --
16. Key factors for successful application of ecosystem services-based approaches to water resources management: the role of stakeholder participation / Dylan Bright --
17. Cultural ecosystem services, water, and aquatic environments / Lee Stapleton --
18. The psychological dimension of water ecosystem services / Blanca Fraijo-Sing --
19. The interface between human rights and ecosystem services / Stephen J. Turner --
20. Water ecosystem services: moving forward / Iain J. Gordon.

This book uses ecosystem services-based approaches to address major global and regional water challenges, for researchers, students, and policy makers.