Dams, Drought and Water Shortage in Today’s Iran

Bibliographic Data

ID9980112
AuthorsFarhad Yazdandoost (0000-0001-7265-9742, K.N.Toosi University of Technology, corresponding author)
Year2016
Volume49
Issue6
Pages1017-1028
Publication date2016-11-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueIranian Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0021-0862 • E-ISSN: 1475-4819
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1080/00210862.2016.1241626
OpenAlexW2560617689
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited2

Iran has a long history of effective and sustainable water resource management under arid and semi-arid conditions. However, today the country is faced with serious challenges in the water sector, including rising water demand and shortages, declining groundwater levels, deteriorating water quality, and increasing threats to the environment and various ecosystems. If these issues persist, tragedy will be the inevitable result. Over the last three decades tremendous efforts have been made to supply water, primarily through an extensive program of development, with dam building at the forefront. This paper offers an introduction to the different factors and elements influencing the water balance in today’s Iran and presents a perspective on the trend of dam building in recent times

Agriculture · Archaeology · Arid · Business · Economic shortage · Economics · Environmental planning · Geography · Government (linguistics · Natural resource economics · Political science · Resource (disambiguation · Sustainable development · Water balance · Water resource management · Water resources · Water scarcity · Water sector · Water supply · Engineering · Environmental Engineering · Environmental Science · Transboundary Water Resource Management · Water management and technologies · Water resources management and optimization

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