High demand in a land of water scarcity: Iran

Water and Sustainability in Arid Regions: Bridging the Gap Between Physical and Social Sciences

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 75-86

  Zehtabian, Gholamreza ^a   Khosravi, Hassan ^a   Ghodsi, Marzieh ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^b Gorgan Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources   (Iran)

Author keywords

Groundwater; Iran; Irrigation; Qanat; Water resources

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ROBOTS; ARID REGIONS; FOOD SUPPLY; GROUNDWATER; IRRIGATION; PLANNING; SURFACE WATER RESOURCES; SURFACE WATERS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WATER QUALITY; WATER RESOURCES;

AGRICULTURE SECTORS; ARID AND SEMI-ARID AREAS; FRESHWATER SHORTAGE; IRAN; LAND DEGRADATION; QANAT; SOCIAL STRATEGY; TRADITIONAL IRRIGATION;

GROUNDWATER RESOURCES;

EID: 84859505364     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1007/978-90-481-2776-4_5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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