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Water Management in Developing Countries: The Example of Iran

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Adaptive Water Management

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The aim of this chapter is to scope the water approaches currently operating across developing countries, in order to understand the capacity development needed to transition towards more adaptive management. The chapter presents a big picture of water availability, and the factors influencing the water availability with a focus on developing countries. It highlights the main water challenges in the developing world, and discusses how the water management of Iran is facing these challenges.

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    Farideh Delavari Edalat

  2. Operations and Information Management, School of Management, University of Bradford, Bradford, West Yorkshire, UK

    M. Reza Abdi

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Edalat, F.D., Abdi, M.R. (2018). Water Management in Developing Countries: The Example of Iran. In: Adaptive Water Management. International Series in Operations Research & Management Science, vol 258. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-64143-0_4

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