The study of water risis in Guilan province and the solutions

Subject Areas : Urban and Regional Planning Studies

Parviz Rezaei ¹ (استادیار گروه جغرافیای طبیعی دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی واحد رشت)

Received: 2006-09-08 Accepted : 2007-03-16 Published : 2007-02-20

Keywords: Southern Coasts of Caspian Sea. Guilan, Water Source,

Abstract :

One of the must important elements in the comprehensivedevelopment in any region is undoubtedly the accessibility of the sweetwater. Guilan located in southern coasts of the Caspian Sea and in northerof Alborz receiving various moist sources, is one of the densely rainedareas in Iran. The presence of different rivers along with the height of thewater table has caused the growth of economic activities dependent onwater. So the abundant of water sources has stopped the officials to thinkof accessing new sources or adapting necessary measures and policies torationalize the use of water sources. Increasing growth of population, lackof adequate instruments for job creation, traditional methods of using watersources along with unplanned development of agricultured area havecaused different problems especially in recent years that precipitation wereinsufficient. This paper has tried to consider the role and place of thewaters sources in the future planning of the State. The research methods isbased on the descriptive statistical methods and analyze of the watersources.