البحث العلمي التطبيقي التنموي لتعزيز إدارة الموارد المائية في مواجهة التحديات والأزمات: وضع المياه في سورية نموذجا

Abstract EN

It is clear that the water scarcity crisis will exacerbate with the occurrence of climate change, which causes major shifts in precipitation patterns in arid and semi-arid regions such as the Arab countries.

Other countries are certainly not immune from this problem, as evidenced by prolonged droughts in many parts of Australia and America.

At the local level and in the past five decades before the start of the unjust war that has been going on since March 2011 - Syria has undergone tremendous changes and achieved great progress in social and economic development.

During the same period, the population of Syria increased from less than 3 million in 1970 to more than 24 million (at the end of 2013).

This development, which had a significant positive impact on livelihoods, was not immune from risk; the environment deteriorated and natural resources greatly depleted, and the problems of drought increased with the deterioration of water quality.

At the same time, most studies and researches have not provided adequate solutions to deal effectively with these problems and other related issues.

This paper presents an applied scientific methodology that helps efficiently in facing this critical water situation by achieving flexible management based on the improved planning and sustainable development of water resources in Syria during and after crises, with the possibility of applying this methodology in the Arab countries.