An introduction to water governance, climate change and uncertainty

Document Type : Original Article

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1 Department of Irrigation and Reclamation Engineering, Faculty of Agricultural Engineering & Technology, College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, University of Tehran, Karaj, Iran.

2 Department of Irrigation and Reclamation Engineering, Faculty of Agricultural Engineering and Technology, College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, University of Tehran, Karaj, Iran.

3 Irrigation and reclamation engineering

Abstract

Climate change is the most important issue against sustainable development in 21th century. Emission of greenhouse gases is the main reason of climate change. Man tends to reduce the amount of greenhouse gases emissions nowadays. Even if human would stop greenhouse emission right now, there will be an increase of at least 2 °C at the end of this century due to the time lag of climate system. Climate change will not only vary the spatial and time distribution, but also the amount of rainfalls. Challenges coming from uncertainty and unpredictable situations are emphasizing on the necessity of water governance. Coping water stress in result of these variations, requires appropriate water governance strategies in order to improve the adaptive capacity.

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Professional Promoting Scientific Journal of Aquifer
Volume 19, Issue 1
November 2025

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  • Receive Date: 10 January 2018
  • Revise Date: 01 February 2018
  • Accept Date: 20 October 2018

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