An analysis on water resources management with emphasis on water governance

Unsustainable withdrawal of water resources especially in groundwater made social-ecological damage consequently. These cause process of water resources management more complicated whereas performing conservation of water resources and turning to the "rules in use" would be the main problem in governance structure. The present study with investigation of existed solutions for unsustainable withdrawal of groundwater resources in around of Rafsanjan region, showed the conceptual problem and then reviewing international studies researched the effective factors on integrated water resources management. The results indicated lack of the comprehensive opinion in the economic framework of the historical processes in the studied region. The trend of the international studies displayed the impact of internal and outer changes on integrated water resources management. Changes of economic paradigm, psychological paradigm, changes existed in relation to programming, and systemic-analytic thoughts have important role in integrated water resources management and water governance.