Lake Urmia's Hydro-Social Dilemma

This book provides an in-depth study of Lake Urmia in north-western Iran, a region that has mutated from a turquoise solitaire into a white desert. While hydrological and technical perspectives dominate existing research of this region, this book turns to the underexplored social, discursive, and ontological dimensions of the crisis.Building on its theoretical foundation, the book traces Iran’s wa...