Reframing Water Security Components

The importance of policy making in achieving "water security" on the one hand and complexity of human and water security, on the other hand, have raised the necessity of a comprehensive understanding of the "water security" concept as the first and one of the most significant steps of water policy making process.  So far, most of the analyzes related to water security and water policy making have been limited to the development of objective dimensions. To address this limitation, this article tries to redefine the concept of water security with fundamental-theoretical research, using the descriptive-analytical method. Results showed that in addition to the objective dimensions, it is necessary to pay attention to social, political, and cross-sectoral dimensions. Accordingly, this paper reframes the components of water security with consideration, 1) constructed identities in water relations, 2) the importance of the ideology of stakeholders, 3) identifying securitization and desecuritization of water projects and taking actions against associated politicizing, and 4) the importance of water-food-energy nexus.