干旱区生态环境知识资源中心(Arid): Promoting a sustainable traditional technique of aquifer water acquisition common to arid lands: a case study of Ghassem Abad Qanat in Yazd Province (Iran)

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DOI	10.2166/ws.2018.098
	Promoting a sustainable traditional technique of aquifer water acquisition common to arid lands: a case study of Ghassem Abad Qanat in Yazd Province (Iran)
	Megdiche-Kharrat, Fairouz 1,2; Ragala, Rachid 1; Moussa, Mohamed 2
通讯作者	Megdiche-Kharrat, Fairouz
来源期刊	WATER SUPPLY
ISSN	1606-9749
EISSN	1607-0798
出版年	2019
卷号	19 期号:2 页码:527-535
英文摘要	Qanats are a traditional technique used for aquifer water acquisition and irrigation in dry lands, common to the Middle East. They provide fresh water to communities of users by draining groundwater from aquifers. In Iran, authorities are reporting about 37,000 active qanats contributing about 11% of the country's total groundwater supply. Yazd Province, located in the central part of Iran's plateau, is among the driest regions of the country with more than one million people. It counts 3,193 known qanats with an annual discharge estimated today at about 350 million m(3). Ghassem Abad qanat irrigates the agricultural lands of Ghassem Abad village in the Province of Yazd. Its water is managed by an administration headed by a mirab. This paper describes the qanat's mechanism and provides an overview about qanats in Iran. It also promotes, through the study of Ghassem Abad qanat, the related water management system as an example of eco-friendly traditional knowledge leading to social equity and sustainability. It explains how water is distributed to stakeholders (through water shares and irrigation cycles). Nevertheless, and for its survival, the qanat of Ghassem Abad has to continuously deal with social and economic challenges. The farmlands are continuously menaced by urban expansion.
英文关键词	groundwater Iran irrigation cycle qanats sustainability Yazd
类型	Article
语种	英语
国家	France ; Tunisia
开放获取类型	Bronze
收录类别	SCI-E
WOS记录号	WOS:000460773900019
WOS类目	Engineering, Environmental ; Environmental Sciences ; Water Resources
WOS研究方向	Engineering ; Environmental Sciences & Ecology ; Water Resources
资源类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/219302
作者单位	1.Sorbonne Univ, 1 Ave Victor Cousin, F-75005 Paris, France; 2.Inst Arid Reg, Lab Eremol & Combating Desertificat, Medenine 4100, Tunisia
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Megdiche-Kharrat, Fairouz,Ragala, Rachid,Moussa, Mohamed. Promoting a sustainable traditional technique of aquifer water acquisition common to arid lands: a case study of Ghassem Abad Qanat in Yazd Province (Iran)[J],2019,19(2):527-535.
APA	Megdiche-Kharrat, Fairouz,Ragala, Rachid,&Moussa, Mohamed.(2019).Promoting a sustainable traditional technique of aquifer water acquisition common to arid lands: a case study of Ghassem Abad Qanat in Yazd Province (Iran).WATER SUPPLY,19(2),527-535.
MLA	Megdiche-Kharrat, Fairouz,et al."Promoting a sustainable traditional technique of aquifer water acquisition common to arid lands: a case study of Ghassem Abad Qanat in Yazd Province (Iran)".WATER SUPPLY 19.2(2019):527-535.