IIASA RepositoryDo Iranian Policy Makers Truly Understand And Dealing with the Risk of Climate Change RegardingWater Resource Management?M.YazdanpanahauthorM.ThompsonauthorJ.Linnerooth-BayerauthorIran faces a serious and worsening water crisis, and water conservation by its farmers is rightly seen as crucial to any resolution. Since the hierarchically-bestowed large-scale dams and canals have delivered much less than was confidently expected, and since the individualistically-operated boreholes have resulted in the now widespread phenomenon of competitive deepening (groundwater depletion), these behavioural changes have turned out to be major contributors to Iran’s looming water super-crisis.2016-10Conference or Workshop Item

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