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\title{Implications and Symptoms: Role of the Water Governance Components in
Iran on the Existing Water Bankruptcy}



\author[1]{Mehdi Ketabchy}%
\affil[1]{University of Maryland at College Park}%


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  \date{May 27, 2024}


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Iran is suffering from a state of water bankruptcy. Several factors have
contributed to the current water resources bankruptcy, ranging from
anthropogenic impacts, such as an inefficient agricultural sector and
aggressive withdrawal of groundwater, to climatological impacts. This
presentation suggests that water resources mismanagement in Iran should
be evaluated beyond the policy-makers decisions, as it recognizes that
the bankruptcy has been intensified due to the structural and
institutional form of the political system in Iran. This study discusses
the roots of the water bankruptcy and identifies four major shortcomings
caused by the political system: (1) the absence of public engagement due
to the lack of a democratic and decentralized structure; (2) adopting
ideological policies in domestic and foreign affairs; (3) conflicts of
interest and the multiplicity of governmental policy-makers and sectors;
and (4) a state-controlled, resource-dependent economy. Through the
development of a generic causal model, this study recommends a
systematic transition towards a democratic, decentralized,
non-ideological, and economically diverse political governance as the
necessary--but not necessarily sufficient--adaptive and sustainable
solution for mitigating the impacts of water resources bankruptcy in
Iran. The insights highlighted in this presentation could be employed to
inform water resources decision-makers and political actors in other
non-democratic and ideological political structures struggling with a
water resources crisis or bankruptcy.%
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