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Sustainable water resources management under population growth and agricultural development in the Kheirabad river basin, Iran

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  • Layani, Ghasem
  • Bakhshoodeh, Mohammad
  • Zibaei, Mansour
  • Viaggi, Davide

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In this study, an integrated system dynamics model was developed for scenario analysis in sub-sectors of the Kheirabad River Basin in southwestern Iran where managing water resources is seriously challenging due to population growth and peri-odic drought. Afterward, the variability of water demand and supply under baseline scenario and different water demand management policies, including water conserva-tion and water pricing, was evaluated. Findings illustrated that with increasing popula-tion and cropland area if no further demand management policies were implement-ed, the total water demand and withdrawal of water resources increase by more than 0.75% annually. The annual surface water availability during 2018-2030 is expected to decrease by around -1.23%. Under these circumstances, the sustainability index of the water resources system is equal to 0.703, indicating that the water system would not be able to meet the total water demand in the near future. However, the water resource sustainability index increases significantly by improving irrigation efficiency and changing crop patterns at the basin. Also, the reduction in per capita water demand and domestic water pricing under the competition structure would help to improve the sustainability index to 0.963 and 0.749, respectively.

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  • Layani, Ghasem & Bakhshoodeh, Mohammad & Zibaei, Mansour & Viaggi, Davide, 2021. "Sustainable water resources management under population growth and agricultural development in the Kheirabad river basin, Iran," Bio-based and Applied Economics Journal, Italian Association of Agricultural and Applied Economics (AIEAA), vol. 10(4), December.
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:aieabj:320232
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.320232
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