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Turkey

Dynamics of water use in Turkey by estimates of SHI (1998)

 
1960
1970
1980
1990
1995
2000
2010
2025
                 
Popultion, mln *
27.8
34.8
44.4
56.0
61.8
66.9
77.0
94.2
Irrigation area, th.ha **
 
1800
2090
2370
 
2679
3116
3596
Irrigation area, th.ha ***
1310
1800
2700
3800
4186
     
GNP, $US per capita ****
 
 1122
1448
1939
       
Water withdrawal, km 3
9.5
13.0
18.0
30.4
32.7
35.0
40.9
50.1
Water consumption, km 3
5.8
8.0
10.0
18.5
19.9
21.3
24.7
28.7
notes: * - Source: United Nations Organization
** - 1961-1993 Source: FAO Production Yearbook, 1965-1994. Rome: FAO; 1995 – 2025 - SHI 1995 forecast

*** - Source: Gleick, 1998

**** - Source: World Bank / IMF – International Financial Statistics Yearbook, 1980-1994. N.Y.: World Bank/IMF

Water use of Turkey (km 3 /year) by data of different authors

author
 
year
1970
1975
1980
1985
1990
1991
1992
2000 1)
2000 2)
2025 1)
2025 2)
IIASA
withdrawal
1993
       
17.8
           
WRI
withdrawal
1991-93
     
15.6
             
WRI
withdrawal
1997-98
         
33.5
         
WWDS
withdrawal
1998
       
30.4
       
51.5
50.2
UNSY
withdrawal
1992
       
24.3
           
Gleick
withdrawal
1993
     
15.6
             
Gleick
withdrawal
1998
           
31.6
       
Margat
withdrawal
1990
             
23
28
29
42
Margat
withdrawal
1990
             
8
10
10
15
Margat
withdrawal
1994
11.7
15.7
16.0
19.6
23.5
           
EnvInd
withdrawal
1992
 
19.4
 
IrNE
withdrawal
1997
 
31.6
       

notes: all estimates include water use for agriculture, industrial & domestic needs;

1) – high estimates

2) – low estimates

IIASA – Kulshreshtha S.N., 1993. World Water Resources & Regional Vulnerability: impact of future changes. Luxenburg: IIASA.

WRI – World Resources (1991-1992, 1992-1993, 1994, 1996, 1997-1998 ) – N.Y.: Oxford Univ. Press.

WWDS – World Water Resources. Demand & Supply: 1990 to 2025., 1998. Scenarious & Issues. Colombo:IWMI.

UNSY – United National Statistical Yearbook 1992, 39, 1993– N.Y..:UN.

Gleick, 1993 - Water in Crisis. A Guide to the World's Fresh Water Resources, 1993. Edited by P. Gleick. N.Y. Oxford Univ.Press.

Gleick, 1998 - The World’s Water. The Beneficial Report on Freshwater Resources 1998-1999, 1998, Peter Gleick, Washington, D.C. Covello, California.

Margat, 1990 – Prospects for Water Resourcesand Needs in the Mediterranean Countries, 1990. Contributions of the “Plan Blue”. J. Margat. Paris: EC.

Margat, 1994 - Water use in the World Present and Future., 1994. J.Margat. Paris: UNESCO.

Env.Ind. – Environmental Indicators, 1992. In depth analyses of individual indicators: intensity of use of water resources. Paris, OECD.

IrrNE – Irrigation in the Near East Region in Figures. 1997. Water Report 9. Rome: FAO.