附註:Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-268) and index.
Introduction : The effectiveness of international governance systems / Oran R. Young -- Dealing with the oceans and all kinds of seas from the perspective of the south / Alberto Székely -- Regimes dealing with the oceans and all kinds of seas from the perspective of the north / Patricia Birnie -- Water for the third world development : a perspective from the south / Asit K. Biswas -- Availability and quality of freshwater resources : a perspective from the north / Genady N. Golubev -- Effectiveness of international regimes dealing with desertification from the perspective of the south / Carlos Lopez-Ocaña -- International governance and regimes dealing with land resources from the perspective of the north / Nicholas Guppy -- Regimes dealing with biological diversity from the perspective of the south / Rodolfo Rendon -- Effectiveness of international regimes dealing with biological diversity from the perspective of the north / Simon Lyster -- Building an effective climate regime / Kilaparti Ramakrishna -- Improving the effectiveness of international environmental governance systems / Oran R. Young and George J. Demko.