Disastrous floods after prolonged droughts have challenged Iran

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Abstract

Heavy rainfall and flooding in late March and early April 2019 affected millions of people in Iran, caused deaths, displacement and catastrophic damage to the infrastructure. This is happening while the country has long suffered from frequent droughts and adaptive management practices are not in place to deal with such fluctuations.

Original languageEnglish
Specialist publicationFUF-bladet
Publication statusPublished - 2019 Jun 17

Subject classification (UKÄ)

  • Other Social Sciences not elsewhere specified

Free keywords

  • water management
  • climate and environment
  • historic Kashkan bridge
  • drought
  • flood
  • Iran

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