Qanat hazard in Iranian urban areas: explanation and remedies

Sustainable Tourism Development in Historic Cities of Arid Regions With the Revival of Qanat (Yazd City)

“…Due to the lack of proper use of this structure and its abundant capabilities, it seems that the subject of qanat tourism and the enjoyment of its technology, structure, beauty and natural and geological attraction can make it more sustainable. A lot of studies have been done on the Qanat and its functions include, Mehrvaran (2005), Sadeghirad (2005), Nasiriyen (2006), Mustafa and Usman (2007), Hussain et al (2008), Laghaei et al (2012), Abbasnejad et al (2016), Parise (2016), Goes (2017), but the distinction between the research and the similar research is the attention to the qanat tourism aspect and th e combination of the two SWOT and AHP models for the presentation of the strategy.…”

“…Accordingly, strategies for the restoration and revitalization of this qanat have been presented as a sample for sustainable water management and the use of qanat capacities in the urban fabric. For instance, Abbasnejad et al (2016) examine the hazards of qanats in the urban areas due to the structure of qanats (Figure 2), and they believe this problem can be considered as a specific type of geologic danger and have explained the causes, effects, and solutions to contrast this danger. English, 1968) According to Parise (2016)'s study, has made comments on the previous article and believes that qanat is not a geologic hazard, but qanat systems have the remarkable importance on the development of similar underground structures in many countries of the Mediterranean Basin, which this remarks the relevance of qanat as cultural heritage sites and the need for their preservation and valorization.…”

Morphometric dataset of the alluvial fans at the southern part of Nayband fault, Iran

“…Tectonic setting and climatic fluctuations could fundamentally control morphometrics of alluvial fans, the prominent geomorphological landforms in mountain fronts, by uplifting and maintaining the topography, controlling the sediment supply and duration of deposition through increasing gradients of drainages [1] , [2] , [3] , [4] , [5] , [6] , [7] , [8] , [9] , [10] especially in arid zones where little changes in precipitation can effectively affect stream discharge [11] . These landforms that could be served as important groundwater reservoirs [12] , [13] made out of loose rock materials that are formed at the mountain fronts where drainages reach the plain. In a mountain range, some of the alluvial fans show different characteristics which are important as they present the history of the changes that have taken place in the region over millennia.…”

Qanats as an Endangered Traditional Hydraulic Heritage. An Integrated Methodology for Documenting, Restoring and Reusing an Ancient Iranian

“…A kind of groundwater extraction, a qanat consists of an underground gallery which conveys water to the surface, and several vertical shaft-wells to bring the water for diverse uses. Soils excavated from the shafts are piled around their collar thus creating a line of short mounds (Abbasnejad, Abbasnejad, Derakhshani, & Hemmati Sarapardeh, 2016;Bensi, 2020;Khaneiki, 2019;Yazdi & Khaneiki, 2017). Unlike an aqueduct, a qanat is a dynamic system which cuts through the soil and advances into the saturated area underground (Yazdi & Khaneiki, 2017).…”

“…Impacts are the influence of the situation in which they can strongly affect a site as a direct result of an action (ICCROM, 2016). Buildings as an action resulted by human-induced drivers and threats can result in vegetation loss of the area which can be one of the main reasons in qanat destructions (Abbasnejad, Abbasnejad, Derakhshani, & Hemmati Sarapardeh, 2016;Khaneiki, 2019;Saberi, 2006).…”