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1 Sepaskhah, A. R.; Kamgar-Haghighi, A. A. 1997. Water use and yields of sugarbeet grown under every-other-furrow irrigation with different irrigation intervals. Agricultural Water Management, 34(1):71-79.
Crop yield ; Furrow irrigation ; Irrigation practices ; Water stress ; Water use efficiency / Iran / Shiraz
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: PER Record No: H021017)
2 Farjood, M. R.; Amin, S. 2001. Groundwater contamination by heavy metals in agricultural water resources of the Shiraz area. In Ragab, R.; Pearce, G.; Kim, J. C.; Nairizi, S.; Hamdy, A. (Eds.), 52nd IEC Meeting of the International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage - International Workshop on Wastewater Reuse Management, Seoul, Korea, 19-20 September 2001. Seoul, Korea: Korean National Committee on Irrigation and Drainage. pp.95-103.
Water quality ; Irrigation water ; Groundwater ; Water pollution ; Percolation ; Surface water ; Seepage ; Wells ; Water table ; Environmental degradation / Iran / Shiraz
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: ICID 631.7.5 G000 RAG Record No: H029349)
3 Maheshwari, B.; Purohit, R.; Malano, H.; Singh, V. P.; Amerasinghe, Priyanie. (Eds.) 2014. The security of water, food, energy and liveability of cities: challenges and opportunities for peri-urban futures. Dordrecht, Netherlands: Springer. 489p. (Water Science and Technology Library Volume 71)
Water security ; Food security ; Food production ; Food supply ; Energy conservation ; Agriculture ; Periurban areas ; Urban areas ; Urbanization ; Rural areas ; Hydrological cycle ; Models ; Sustainable development ; Social aspects ; Water footprint ; Water supply ; Water use ; Water demand ; Water availability ; Catchment areas ; Solar energy ; Carbon cycle ; Sanitation ; Health hazards ; Malnutrition ; Milk production ; Decentralization ; Wastewater management ; Wastewater treatment ; Excreta ; Waste treatment ; Nutrients ; Horticulture ; Labour mobility ; Climate change ; Knowledge management ; Greenhouse gases ; Emission reduction ; Land use ; Biodiversity ; Case studies / India / Australia / Ghana / Iran / West Africa / Ethiopia / Uganda / Africa South of Sahara / Senegal / Bangladesh / Melbourne / Tamale / Shiraz / Sydney / Addis Ababa / Accra / Hyderabad / Kampala / Dakar / Dhaka / Udaipur / Bharatpur / Tigray Region / Rajasthan / Rajsamand District / South Creek Catchment
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI, e-copy SF Record No: H046685)
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4 Esfandiari-Baiat, M.; Barzegar, Z.; Yousefi, L.; Maheshwari, B. 2014. Urbanisation and its effects on water, food security and energy needs in Iran: a case study of city of Shiraz. In Maheshwari, B.; Purohit, R.; Malano, H.; Singh, V. P.; Amerasinghe, Priyanie. (Eds.). The security of water, food, energy and liveability of cities: challenges and opportunities for peri-urban futures. Dordrecht, Netherlands: Springer. pp.101-112. (Water Science and Technology Library Volume 71)
Urbanization ; Population growth ; Food security ; Water resources ; Energy consumption ; Environmental effects ; Air pollution ; Towns ; Sustainability ; Land use ; Case studies / Iran / Shiraz
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI Record No: H047023)
Urbanisation is threatening the sustainability of water, food and energy security in Iran. The primary reason for urbanisation is the migration of people from rural areas to cities. The city of Shiraz is located in the Shiraz Plain (380 Km2 ) in southern Iran. Its population in 1956 was 170,659 and grew to 1,351,181 in 2006. The population of Shiraz grew about 8 fold during this period while that of Iran during the same period only grew about 4 fold, indicating that the rate of migration was very high and urbanisation around Shiraz happened very fast in the same period. In 1956, Shiraz had a beautiful landscape, its size was 894 ha and it was surrounded by 1,565 ha of beautiful gardens and 35,714 ha of good agricultural land, fertile arable land and rangeland. In 1989, Shiraz had 5,962 ha of gardens. In 2006, Shiraz’s size grew to 19,074 ha (21 fold growth) and this rapid urbanisation has replaced not only 2,987 ha of valuable gardens but also caused the disappearance of some 18,000 ha of agricultural land, fertile arable land, and rangeland. Changes in land use in the Shiraz Plain, because of rapid urbanisation, were very high and have seriously reduced agricultural and horticultural production and also created significant problems for the people in the city. Due to rapid urbanisation, the demand for water has increased 15 times in the city during the period of 1956–2006. The consumption of energy in the Iranian residential sector is high and it was 2.5 fold of the world’s average consumption. According to the power consumption records from the Shiraz electricity company between 1968 and 2006 consumption grew 70 fold. The preliminary analysis in this study through the case study of Shiraz suggests that we need an in-depth study to understand how urbanisation has impacted on the availability of water supplies, the security of food production around our cities and the energy needs at the national level and what policy and planning changes are required to achieve sustainable and liveable cities in the future.
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