Understanding Hydrological Variability for Improved Water Management in the Semi-Arid Karkheh Basin, Iran

Masih, Ilyas

doi:10.1201/b11613

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“…With construction of the Ilisu Dam under way as one of the closing pieces of the GAP on the Tigris, and Turkey concentrating its hydro-development effort in its north [on the Black Sea whose rivers are not hydraulically linked to the Euphrates-Tigris (Akpinar et al 2011)], it could be futile for the government of Syria to attempt anything other than 'strategic cooperation' in order to at least secure some leverage in informal negotiations. With several more Iranian dams being built on the Tigris tributaries (Masih 2011), the government of Iraq has considerably more imperative to consider its counter-hegemonic options. Table 2 Application of the conceptual framework of dynamic transboundary water interaction to several transboundary water arrangements, from roughly 1990 to 2015.…”

Section: Static Arrangements On the Tigris And Euphratesmentioning

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Transboundary water interaction III: contest and compliance

Zeitoun

Cascão

Warner

et al. 2016

Int Environ Agreements

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This paper serves international water conflict resolution efforts by examining the ways that states contest hegemonic transboundary water arrangements. The conceptual framework of dynamic transboundary water interaction that it presents integrates theories about change and counter-hegemony to ascertain coercive, leverage, and liberating mechanisms through which contest and transformation of an arrangement occur. While the mechanisms can be active through sociopolitical processes either of compliance or of contest of the arrangement, most transboundary water interaction is found to contain elements of both. The role of power asymmetry is interpreted through classification of intervention strategies that seek to either influence or challenge the arrangements. Coexisting contest and compliance serve to explain in part the stasis on the Jordan and Ganges rivers (where the non-hegemons have in effect consented to the arrangement), as well as the changes on the Tigris and Mekong rivers, and even more rapid changes on the Amu Darya and Nile rivers (where the non-hegemons have confronted power asymmetry through influence and challenge). The framework also stresses how transboundary water events that may appear isolated are more accurately read within the many sociopolitical processes and arrangements they are shaped by. By clarifying the typically murky dynamics of interstate relations over transboundary waters, furthermore, the framework exposes a new suite of entry points for hydro-diplomatic initiatives.

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Section: Static Arrangements On the Tigris And Euphratesmentioning

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Transboundary water interaction III: contest and compliance

Zeitoun

Cascão

Warner

et al. 2016

Int Environ Agreements

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“…The elevation of KRB varies from 3 m a.s.l in the south to over 3000 m a.s.l in the north ( Figure 1). Nearly 60% of the basin is between 1000-2000 m a.s.l and 20% of the region is below 1000 m a.s.l [23,24]. The highest peak in the region is 3645 m a.s.l.…”

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Assessing the Uncertainty of Multiple Input Datasets in the Prediction of Water Resource Components

Kamali

Abbaspour

Yang

2017

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A large number of local and global databases for soil, land use, crops, and climate are now available from different sources, which often differ, even when addressing the same spatial and temporal resolutions. As the correct database is unknown, their impact on estimating water resource components (WRC) has mostly been ignored. Here, we study the uncertainty stemming from the use of multiple databases and their impacts on WRC estimates such as blue water and soil water for the Karkheh River Basin (KRB) in Iran. Four climate databases and two land use maps were used to build multiple configurations of the KRB model using the soil and water assessment tool (SWAT), which were similarly calibrated against monthly river discharges. We classified the configurations based on their calibration performances and estimated WRC for each one. The results showed significant differences in WRC estimates, even in models of the same class i.e., with similar performance after calibration. We concluded that a non-negligible level of uncertainty stems from the availability of different sources of input data. As the use of any one database among several produces questionable outputs, it is prudent for modelers to pay more attention to the selection of input data.

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“…For instance, in 1961, the availability of water was about 6,057 m 3 per person per year. This has reduced to 1,820 m 3 per person per year in 2009 (Masih, 2011). The estimated per capita water availability in 2020 is about 1,300 m 3 per year per person (Mohammadian and Zehtabian, 2006).…”

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“…Traditionally, agricultural production is increased by expanding the size of its production area through the transformation of land use and land cover to agriculture (Guo et al, 2005;Masih, 2011). Nature can be converted into agricultural land, if conditions that relate to soils, topography and accessibility are suitable.…”

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Integrating water resources modelling and remote sensing in Karkheh river basin, Iran

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Understanding Hydrological Variability for Improved Water Management in the Semi-Arid Karkheh Basin, Iran

Cited by 23 publications

References 133 publications

Transboundary water interaction III: contest and compliance

Transboundary water interaction III: contest and compliance

Assessing the Uncertainty of Multiple Input Datasets in the Prediction of Water Resource Components

Integrating water resources modelling and remote sensing in Karkheh river basin, Iran

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