This book examines the complex interrelationships between water availability, governance and violent and non-violent conflicts, drawing on in-depth case studies of Lake Naivasha in Kenya and Lake Wamala in Uganda.

Julia Renner-Mugono (PhD) is Social and Environmental Specialist for East Africa and the African Union at a German Development Institution and Associate Fellow at the Peace Academy of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.

1. Introduction 2. Method and framework: The tool to assess the multi-level stakeholder network 3. The geographical and stakeholder characteristics of Lake Naivasha and Lake Wamala 4. The nexus of political and economic vulnerability, adaptation and resilience 5. Water access and (violent) conflict: How economic development and (de)centralization result in water insecurity 6. From conflict to co-operation: rethinking water as a generator of peace