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- Assets - Ecosystems - Governance - Values and Norms - Water Quality - Water Quantity - Other - None

Climate:

- Arid/desert (Köppen B-type) (7) - Continental (Köppen D-type) (5) - Dry-summer (7) - Dry-winter (3) - Humid mid-latitude (Köppen C-type) (4) - Moist (3) - Moist tropical (Köppen A-type) (4) - Monsoon (5) - Semi-arid/steppe (Köppen B-type) (8) - alpine (2) - cold-climate (permafrost, tundra, polar) (1) - temperate (4)

Land Use:

- agricultural- confined livestock operations (4) - agricultural- cropland and pasture (21) - conservation lands (10) - forest land (6) - industrial use (10) - mining operations (3) - rangeland (4) - religious/cultural sites (7) - urban (10) - urban- high density (7)

Water Use:

- Agriculture or Irrigation (23) - Domestic/Urban Supply (20) - Fisheries - farmed (2) - Fisheries - wild (9) - Hydropower Generation (14) - Industry - consumptive use (7) - Industry - non-consumptive use (7) - Livestock (6) - Mining/Extraction support (3) - Other Ecological Services (10) - Recreation or Tourism (7)

Stakeholder Type:

- Community or organized citizens (23) - Cultural Interest (9) - Development/humanitarian interest (12) - Environmental interest (21) - Federated state/territorial/provincial government (20) - Industry/Corporate Interest (13) - Local Government (19) - Non-legislative governmental agency (17) - Sovereign state/national/federal government (24) - Supranational union (6)

Key Question:

- How can consultation and cooperation among stakeholders and development partners be better facilitated/managed/fostered? (5) - How can costs for water quality projects be distributed between polluters and beneficiaries? (1) - How can government be dis/incentivized to offer an inclusive planning process? (1) - How can mutual trust amongst riparians be nurtured? What actions erode that trust? (3) - How do issues of equity and development impact the identification of stakeholders in cases involving hydropower or other revenue generating water infrastructure? (1) - How do national policies influence water use at the local level? (1) - How does asymmetry of power influence water negotiations and how can the negative effects be mitigated? (5) - To what extent can international actors and movements from civil society influence water management? How and when is this beneficial/detrimental and how can these effects be supported/mitigated? (6) - What approaches are most beneficial for rapidly growing cities in the developing world to link water management to sustainable urban growth strategy? (1) - What considerations can be given to incorporating collaborative adaptive management (CAM)? What efforts have the parties made to review and adjust a solution or decision over time in light of changing conditions? (4) - What kinds of water treaties or agreements between countries can provide sufficient structure and stability to ensure enforceability but also be flexible and adaptable given future uncertainties? (4) - What mechanisms beyond simple allocation can be incorporated into transboundary water agreements to add value and facilitate resolution? (7) - What role(s) can hydropower play in a nation's energy strategy? (1) - What roles can desalination play in a country's national water policy and what energy ecological and water quality considerations ought to go into making such a decision? (1) - What types of benefit sharing models can be used to make desalination more economically feasible and beneficial in water-scarce regions? (1) - Where does the benefit “flow” from a hydropower project and how does that affect implementation and sustainability of the project? (1)

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