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Medientyp:
E-Artikel
Titel:
Colonial Management of Iranian Kurdistan; with Emphasis on Water Resources
Beteiligte:
Hassaniyan, Allan;
Sohrabi, Mansour
Erschienen:
University Library System, University of Pittsburgh, 2022
Erschienen in:
Journal of World-Systems Research, 28 (2022) 2, Seite 320-343
Sprache:
Nicht zu entscheiden
DOI:
10.5195/jwsr.2022.1081
ISSN:
1076-156X
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Beschreibung:
Iranian Kurdistan (a region referred to by the Kurds as Rojhelat/East Kurdistan), which possesses a large variety of minerals, oil reserves, dense forests, and massive surface and underground water resources, has for decades supplied the economic, agricultural, and industrial sectors in Iran, mainly benefiting the development of the central parts of the country and bringing significant income to the state. This has occurred while the Kurdish region remains among the most economically underdeveloped and deprived areas of Iran. The Iranian state’s economic and developmental approach to Kurdistan’s natural resources, and the mechanisms of extractions and exploitation of these resources, have resulted in extensive environmental degradation, affecting the public health in the Kurdish region, and not least de-development and further underdevelopment in this region. Taking into account the extent of extraction and use of Kurdistan’s natural resources reveals the Kurdish-state relation as an internal core-peripheral relationship, resulting in the centre’s destruction of the natural environment and exploitation of the natural resources of the periphery. This paper sheds light on the Iranian state’s economic and developmental activities, with a focus on water resources in the Kurdish region and the consequences of their use on the natural environment.