Nabavi, Ehsan2021-10-282021-10-281965-0175http://hdl.handle.net/1885/251279ABSTRACT: The rapid depletion of aquifers around the world is a growing concern. This depletion raises important questions at national and local levels about different aspects of groundwater over-exploitation and related social and political implications. Iran is a country which has historically relied on groundwater resources for development purposes, but in recent decades it has experienced a progressive decline in water levels of aquifers across the country. Groundwater policies and measures to control overabstraction have largely failed to restore the groundwater balance.application/pdfen-AU© 2018 The Author(s)https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/fr/deed.enGroundwater managementoverabstractionwater policywater lawwater governanceIran20182020-11-23Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial license