Foreword\nPart I Challenges to drought management in Mediterranean countries\n1. Drought Monitoring as a Component of Drought Preparedness Planning\nDonald A. Wilhite\n2. Soft law principles for improving drought management in Mediterranean countries\nEsther López-Barrero and Ana Iglesias\n3. A checklist for drought policy development\nNicos X. Tsiourtis\n4. An environmental focus on drought: the Water Framework Directive\nAbel La Calle Marcos\n5. Guidelines to develop drought management plans\nAna Iglesias, Luis Garrote and Antonino Cancelliere

Part II Methods and approaches for drought management\n6. Drought characterisation in the Mediterranean\nGeorge Tsakiris and Dialekti Pangalou\n7. A Paradigm for Applying Risk and Hazard Concepts in Proactive Planning\nGeorge Tsakiris\n8. Assessment of drought risk in water supply systems\nAntonino Cancelliere, Vincenzo Nicolosi and Giuseppe Rossi\n9. Mathematical models for reservoir operation in TunisiaMohammed Hedi Louati and Fethi Lebdi\n10. Risk management instruments supporting drought planning and policy\nAlberto Garrido, Almudena Gomez-Ramos\n11. Methods for evaluating social vulnerability to drought\nAna Iglesias, Marta Moneo and Sonia Quiroga\n12. Methods for social participation and conflict resolution\nIgnacio Celaya, Antonio Rodríguez Perea and Xavi Carbonell

Part III Learning from the Case studies\n13. Development of drought management plans in Spain\nLuis Garrote, Ana Iglesias and Francisco Flores\n14. Characterizing drought risk in a Sicilian river basin\nGiuseppe Rossi, Brunella Bonaccorso, Vincenzo Nicolosi and Antonino Cancelliere\n15. The role of groundwater during drought\nMaria Casado, Francisco Flores and Roberto Gil\n16. Drought severity thresholds and drought management in Greece\nDialekti Pangalou, Dimitris Tigkas, Harris Vangelis, George Tsakiris and Aikaterini Nanou-Giannarou\n17. Using and testing drought indicators\nLuis García, Alejandro Carrasco and Juan Carlos Ibáñez\n18. Drought management in the urban water supply system of Canal de Isabel II, Spain\nFrancisco Cubillo\n19. The role of non-conventional and lower quality water for the satisfaction of the domestic needs in drought management plans\nNicos X. Tsiourtis\nAnnex 1. Glossary of terms and concepts