Dryness of Lake Urmia in Iran and Its Impact on Farmers Displacement

Amin Sharifi Isaloo

Dryness of Lake Urmia in Iran and Its Impact on Farmers Displacement

Amin Sharifi Isaloo

School of Society, Politics and Ethics

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Concerns about the climate change and dryness of Urmia Lake have been raised since early 1970s, but the neglect of the surrounding fields and communities in that region is new. For example, salt storms caused by this dryness are an emerging threat for millions of people in north-western Iran. This adds to farmers anxieties about the future, aggravation of drought and an increase in the devastating effects of drought, etc. Despite several water management schemes and restoration plans by Iran’s government, the transformation of these programs into action has been slow and their adoption rates have been low among farm families. Drawing on Ulrich Beck's theory of the world ‘risk society’, this chapter will focus on Lake Urmia in Iran and its surrounding places to demonstrate how climate change together with wrong policies can lead to migration and displacement of farmers.

Original language	English (Ireland)
Title of host publication	English
Publisher	Palgrave Macmillan
Chapter	14
Pages	47-64
Number of pages	17
ISBN (Electronic)	9783031950209
ISBN (Print)	978031950193
Publication status	Published - Oct 2025

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