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Challenges for the Future

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This chapter is basically a wrap-up of current problems regarding water resources and management in Turkey and discusses challenges for the future in the light of these problems. The most challenging issue appears to be water scarcity resulting from fast increases in population, urbanization, industrialization, agriculture, expansion of tourism, and increases in economic activities, climate change, and resource depletion. The chapter also discloses how authorities and water communities in the country react to these challenges and plan new targets for the future.

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. Past Director General, State Hydraulics Work (DSI), Ankara, Turkey

    Dogan Altinbilek

  2. Past Vice President, World Water Council, Marseille, France

    Dogan Altinbilek

  3. Professor, Civil Engineering Department, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey

    Dogan Altinbilek

  4. Faculty of Engineering, Civil Engineering Department, Dokuz Eylul University, Izmir, Turkey

    Nilgun B. Harmancioglu

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Correspondence to Dogan Altinbilek .

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  1. Civil Engineering, Hydraulics and Hydrology, Dokuz Eylul University, Buca, Izmir, Turkey

    Nilgun B. Harmancioglu

  2. Civil Engineering Department, Middle East Technical University, Cankaya, Ankara, Turkey

    Dogan Altinbilek

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Altinbilek, D., Harmancioglu, N.B. (2020). Challenges for the Future. In: Harmancioglu, N., Altinbilek, D. (eds) Water Resources of Turkey. World Water Resources, vol 2. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-11729-0_17

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