Water management in Iran: what is causing the looming crisis?

K Madani - Journal of environmental studies and sciences, 2014 - Springer
Despite having a more advanced water management system than most Middle Eastern
countries, similar to the other countries in the region, Iran is experiencing a serious water …

Iran's socio-economic drought: challenges of a water-bankrupt nation

K Madani, A AghaKouchak, A Mirchi - Iranian studies, 2016 - cambridge.org
Iran is currently experiencing serious water problems. Frequent droughts coupled with over-
abstraction of surface and groundwater through a large network of hydraulic infrastructure …

System dynamics evaluation of climate change adaptation strategies for water resources management in central Iran

A Gohari, A Mirchi, K Madani - Water Resources Management, 2017 - Springer
Abstract The Zayandeh-Rud River basin, Iran, is projected to face spatiotemporally
heterogeneous temperature increase and precipitation reduction that will decrease water …

Compounding effects of human activities and climatic changes on surface water availability in Iran

S Ashraf, A AghaKouchak, A Nazemi, A Mirchi… - Climatic change, 2019 - Springer
By combining long-term ground-based data on water withdrawal with climate model
projections, this study quantifies the compounding effects of human activities and climate …

Socio-hydrology: a new understanding to unite or a new science to divide?

K Madani, M Shafiee-Jood - Water, 2020 - mdpi.com
The socio-hydrology community has been very successful in promoting the need for taking
the human factor into account in the mainstream hydrology literature since 2012. However …

UNESCO's contribution to face global water challenges

AK Makarigakis, BE Jimenez-Cisneros - Water, 2019 - mdpi.com
The current world population of 7.6 billion is expected to reach 8.6 billion in 2030, 9.8 billion
in 2050 and 11.2 billion in 210, with roughly 83 million people being added every year. The …

Climate change impacts on maize production in the warm heart of Africa

K Msowoya, K Madani, R Davtalab, A Mirchi… - Water Resources …, 2016 - Springer
Agriculture is the mainstay of economy in Malawi-the warm heart of Africa. It employs 85% of
the labour force, and produces one third of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and 90% of …

Socio-hydrological framework for investigating farmers' activities affecting the shrinkage of Urmia Lake; hybrid data mining and agent-based modelling

P Pouladi, A Afshar, A Molajou… - Hydrological Sciences …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Develo** a general framework to capture the complexities associated with the non-linear
and adaptive nature of farmers facing water resources scarcity is a challenging problem …

Urban water security: Emerging discussion and remaining challenges

A Nazemi, K Madani - Sustainable Cities and Society, 2018 - Elsevier
Human livelihood requires reliable water supply and protection from water-related hazards.
Significant growth in population and anthropogenic activities along with unfolding effects of …

Optimal reservoir operation–A climate change adaptation strategy for Narmada basin in central India

T Thomas, NC Ghosh, KP Sudheer - Journal of Hydrology, 2021 - Elsevier
The potential impacts of climate change on the water resources of the Narmada basin in
central India has been investigated using the Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT). The …