Realization of water security in historic hydraulic structures of desert cities(Case Study of Yazd Desert City)

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1 Department manager of Civil Engineering , College of Engineering and Sciences, University of Science and Arts of Yazd

2 School of Environment, College of Engineering , University of Tehran

3 University of Science and Arts of Yazd

Abstract

Water is the most important element of life that plays a fundamental role in the emergence of human civilizations and the construction of cities. Today, security of water is recognized as an essential challenge. According to a systemic approach, water security is a complex and dynamic mechanism in which social and ecological processes interact with each other and, along with the recognition of feedback cycles, present reactive responses to human needs. The purpose of the present study is to explain the water security based on the systemic and integrated viewpoint, infer the analytical levels of water security, and present the conceptual model of the capability of the historic structures of desert cities in providing water security. This is an inferential-comparative study. Data collection tools are library studies and review of documents. The results of the developed comparative model indicate that the functions of the historic hydraulic structures of desert cities (economic-social-cultural-ecological) are in line with the analytical levels of water security (social security of water, economic security of water, environmental safety of water, urban security of water, and resilience to crises).

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Journal of Environmental Science Studies
Volume 4, Issue 2
May 2019
Pages 1512-1522

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