About the Book
Chapter 1: Introduction
1.1 Territory
1.2 Territorial Water cooperation
1.3 Proto-industrialization and drought pump
1.4 Water as a geographical possibility
Chapter 2: Water Supply Systems in Central Iran
2.1 Qanat system as a collective response to climate change
2.2 Genesis of Qanat 2.3 Impact of climate change on qanat evolution 2.4 Climate change in central plateau of Iran 2.5 Qanat as a technique to adapt to climate change
2.6 Qanat in comparison with other hydraulic structures
2.7 History of water management in Iran
2.8 Traditional water division systems 2.9 Irrigation cycle or "Madar" 2.10 Water division units
2.11 Traditional water division in river systems
2.12 Traditional water management and sustainability
Chapter 3: Social Aspects of Water in Central Iran
3.1 Qanat as a cooperative water supply system
3.2 Cooperation in construction-maintenance of qanat
3.3 Cooperation in the qanat's operation
3.4 Cooperation in the transfer of qanat knowledge
3.5 Cooperation in water division
3.6 Water cooperation in the cultural Landscape of the village of Meymand
3.7 Irrigated agriculture in relation to the other economic units in Meymand
3.8 Qanat and its position in the cultural landscape of Meymand
3.9 Domestic water supply in Meymand
3.10 Water division system in Meymand
3.11 Impact of climate change on agricultural livelihood in Meymand
Chapter 4- Cain and Abel in the Heaven of Water Cooperation
4.1 Geographical outline and local conditions of Abarkooh basin
4.2 Human habitation in Abarkooh basin and uneven distribution of vital resources
4.3 Climate change and its impact on the shared water resources in Abarkooh basin
4.4 Utilization of the shared water resources before and after the land reform
4.5 Shared groundwater resource in the local socio-economic context
Chapter 5- Cooperation in Lieu of Water
5.1 History of Hasan Abad qanat
5.2 Water division and management system of Hasan Abad qanat
5.3 Land and water ownership
5.4 Role of qanat management organization in transboundary cooperation
5.5 Operation and economic aspect of Hasan Abad qanat
5.6 Qanat of Hasan Abad in the context of modernity; positive and negative impacts
5.7 Cultural landscape of the qanat of Hasan Abad
Chapter 6 - Conclusion
6.1 Introduction
6.2 Sustainable management of shared aquifers in the model of livelihood differentiation
6.3 Sustainability and resilience in the model of common benefit
About the Author:
Majid Labbaf Khaneiki, UNESCO-ICQHS (International Center on Qanats and Historic Hydraulic Structures), Yazd, Iran
