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- Climate Risk and Sustainable Water Management
- Climate Risk and Sustainable Water Management
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Part I Water-Related Risks under Climate Change
- Part II Climate Risk to Human and Natural Systems
- Part III Sustainable Water Management under Future Uncertainty
- 15 Managing Urban Flood Risk and Building Resilience in a Changing Climate
- 16 Soft Computing Methods and Water Management
- 17 Rainwater Harvesting for Sustainable Water Resource Management under Climate Change
- 18 Variability of Runoff Coefficient and Precipitation Elasticity at Watersheds across China
- 19 Contribution of Hydrological Model Calibration Uncertainty to Future Hydrological Projections over Various Temporal Scales
- 20 Future Water Scarcity over the Yellow River Basin and the Effects of Adaptive Measures
- 21 Shrinking Lake Urmia
- Index
- References
21 - Shrinking Lake Urmia
Causes, Future Projection and Implications
from Part III - Sustainable Water Management under Future Uncertainty
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 17 March 2022
- Climate Risk and Sustainable Water Management
- Climate Risk and Sustainable Water Management
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Part I Water-Related Risks under Climate Change
- Part II Climate Risk to Human and Natural Systems
- Part III Sustainable Water Management under Future Uncertainty
- 15 Managing Urban Flood Risk and Building Resilience in a Changing Climate
- 16 Soft Computing Methods and Water Management
- 17 Rainwater Harvesting for Sustainable Water Resource Management under Climate Change
- 18 Variability of Runoff Coefficient and Precipitation Elasticity at Watersheds across China
- 19 Contribution of Hydrological Model Calibration Uncertainty to Future Hydrological Projections over Various Temporal Scales
- 20 Future Water Scarcity over the Yellow River Basin and the Effects of Adaptive Measures
- 21 Shrinking Lake Urmia
- Index
- References
Summary
Lake Urmia, in the north-west of Iran, used to be the second-largest hypersaline lake around the world. Over the past few decades, unsustainable water resources planning and management as well as climate variability have led to a dramatic shrinkage of the lake. In this chapter, we describe the past and present situation of the lake through an analysis of in-situ and global datasets. Furthermore, we provide a brief review of the literature on the basin and describe the Urmia lake restoration programme (ULRP) measures taken to restore the lake. The precipitation and temperature data from 17 CORDEX models under RCP2.6, RCP4.5 and RCP8.5 scenarios are used to project the climatic condition of the basin by the end of the century. The results from CORDEX model simulations under all scenarios suggest changes in total amounts of precipitation are not likely to vary significantly. Conversely, increases in the basin temperature are expected under all scenarios. Therefore, an increase in evaporation from the lake and higher water demands are expected in the future. Consequently, the management of water demand in the basin is key to avoid a potential future deterioration of the current situation.
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- Climate Risk and Sustainable Water Management , pp. 465 - 482Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022