Reviving the Dying Giant

Integrated Water Resource Management in the Zayandeh Rud Catchment, Iran

Shahrooz Mohajeri, Lena Horlemann (Herausgeber)

Buch | Softcover

X, 268 Seiten

2018 | 1. Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2017
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-319-85521-9 (ISBN)

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This book presents the results of an interdisciplinary research project that was set up to introduce Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) at the Zayandeh Rud, Central Iran's most important river. As a result of climate change and a missing overall concept for sustainably managing water resources, the river has repeatedly dried up in recent years. Not only has water stress led to severe conflicts among the water using sectors and neighboring provinces, it also threatens important ecosystems in the region. Thus, the joint development of an IWRM concept for the Zayandeh Rud catchment was the main objective of the project. Comprehensive technological and non-technological measures - ranging from wastewater reuse to capacity development - were adjusted to local conditions and implemented in order to initiate an integrated, iterative IWRM process. The design of a technology-based Water Management Tool (WMT) served as the connective link to create trust, cooperation and coordination among the stakeholders and institutions.

Dr. Shahrooz Mohajeri is the managing director of the inter 3 Institute for Resource Management in Berlin and the IWRM Zayandeh Rud project leader. Born in Isfahan and educated in Iran and Germany, he is an internationally recognized expert for sustainable resource management with a focus on technological, economic and political feasibility. Dr. Mohajeri has been promoting scientific and business cooperation between Iran and Germany for more than 15 years. He is also a member of the German Water Partnership board and the leader of GWP's Iran section.

Introduction.- Part I: The Zayandeh Rud Catchment.- Water Resources in Iran and the Reasons for Establishing River Basin Organizations.- Water Management in the Zayandeh Rud Basin.- Part II: Developing a Common Understanding of IWRM and its Requirements.- Participation in Water Management in Iran.- Towards a Sustainable Advanced Training Sector in Iran.- Part III: Current and Future Water Availability and Use.- Current and Future Agricultural Water Use in the Zayandeh Rud Catchment.- Current and Future Industrial Water Use in the Zayandeh Rud Catchment.- Water Use for Drinking Water and Reuse of Treated Wastewater.- Development of a Water Quality Monitoring Sys-tem for the Zayandeh Rud River.- Obstacles and Opportunities for Iran's Wastewater Sector Development.- Vulnerability Analysis of Farmers in the Roodasht Region, Iran.- Part IV: Development of Necessary Tools for IWRM and Results.- Introduction: The Water Management Tool WMT.- Climate Change Impacts on Some Hydrological Variables in the Zayandeh-Rud River Basin, Iran.- Application of the Hydrological Model SWAT in the Zayandeh Rud catchment.- Application of the FEFLOW Groundwater Model in the Zayandeh Rud Catchment.- Application of MIKE Basin in the Zayandeh Rud Catchment.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	1.8.2018
Zusatzinfo	X, 268 p. 120 illus., 105 illus. in color.
Verlagsort	Cham
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 235 mm
Gewicht	583 g
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Hydrologie / Ozeanografie
Schlagworte	Decision support system • Ground Water • Integrated Water Resource Management • Iran • IWRM • Surface Water • water industry and water technology • Water Management • Water Policy • water quality • Water Quality and Water Pollution • water resources • Zayandeh Rud River
ISBN-10	3-319-85521-2 / 3319855212
ISBN-13	978-3-319-85521-9 / 9783319855219
Zustand	Neuware