Water has a significant role in all our daily activities and its overall consumption is growing
every day because of increasing scheme of mankind living standards. Iran is located in the …

Due to its location in arid and semi-arid climates, Iran is one of the countries with the highest
water stress, and the need for a study that states a solution for using salt water is felt more …

Trends of maximum air temperature (T max) were investigated in three time scales including
annual, seasonal, and monthly time series in 32 synoptic stations in the whole of Iran during …

Drought is known as one of the main natural hazards especially in arid and semi-arid
regions where there are considerable issues in regard to water resources management …

In addition to drought intensity, drought magnitude (DM) is an important parameter in
drought analysis. Therefore, in this study, the drought intensity and DM trends are …

Desalination is a perfectly viable solution for alleviating the problem of water scarcity in arid
and dry regions with access to seawater or brackish groundwater. Yazd province in central …

This paper analyzes the impacts of climate change and human pressures on Yazd-Ardakan
aquifer using the Hadley Centre Coupled Model, version 3 (HADCM3) circulation Model and …

Drought as a natural disaster and an inevitable phenomenon has impacted different
countries such as Iran. Since most Iranian rural households are dependent on agricultural …

The problem of ensuring the continuously growing needs of people for freshwater is
becoming more acute in Iran. In order to resolve the serious water crisis in arid regions of the …

Abstract The Islamic Republic of Iran is in the southwest of Asia and Middle East with an
area of 1,873,959 km2 (Nami; Sadeghi and Hazbavi; Fig.) and total population of …