Water scarcity exacerbated by growing demand in different sectors has created
environmental, social, and economic challenges in the Urmia Lake Basin, Iran. Tackling this …

Studying the interaction between hydrology, land use, and climate change is necessary to
support sustainable water resources management. It is unknown how land management …

The rapid shrinkage of Lake Urmia, one of the world's largest saline lakes located in
northwestern Iran, is a tragic wake-up call to revisit the principles of water resources …

Water scarcity is a serious problem across many nations. In recent years, water scarcity has
increased due to land-use and climate change, particularly in areas that are arid or semi …

Arid and semi-arid regions are particularly vulnerable to global environmental change
because of their fragile climatic conditions. The rapid development of land use is expected to …

Abstract Urmia Lake in Iran is the second largest saline lake in the world. This ecosystem is
the home for different species. Due to various socio-economical and ecological criteria …

Understanding the complexity and feedbacks among food, energy, and water (FEW)
systems is key to making informed decisions about sustainable development. This paper …

This study assesses the feedbacks between water, food, and energy nexus at the national
level with a dynamic-system model, taking into account the qualitative and quantitative …

This research has investigated the simulation of sustainable water resources management
to assess the impact of socio-economic development on water, food and energy resources …

In many parts of the world, lake drying is caused by water management failures, while the
phenomenon is exacerbated by climate change. Lake Urmia in Northern Iran is drying up at …