@article{fdi:010091623,
  title = {{C}hronicle of a disaster foretold : the politics of restoring {L}ake {U}rmia ({I}ran)},
  author = {{J}alal {M}irnezami, {S}. and {M}olle, {F}ran{\c{c}}ois and {T}alebi {E}skandari, {S}.},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{L}ike many of the world's large-scale terminal lakes, the {U}rmia saltwater lake in northwestern {I}ran is undergoing a process of desiccation. {T}he anticipated economic, social, environmental and health consequences of this are



daunting. {W}e set out to examine the policies that have been designed in response to the lake crisis in the past twenty years. {W}e focus on the set of measures proposed by the {U}rmia {L}ake {R}estoration {P}rogram ({ULRP}) and



explain why their impact on water savings are overstated while the potentially most effective measures are abandoned. {W}e then discuss the various social, institutional and political factors that have led to this state of



affairs. {I}dentifying and understanding the array of political and other factors that combine not only to impede appropriate remedial measures but also to fuel the overexploitation of water are essential to our comprehension



of how to avert unsustainable water futures.},
  keywords = {{IRAN} ; {URMIA} {LAC}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{W}orld {D}evelopment},
  volume = {182},
  numero = {},
  pages = {106713 [13 ]},
  ISSN = {0305-750{X}},
  year = {2024},
  DOI = {10.1016/j.worlddev.2024.106713},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010091623},
}