Crisis management In Naqsh-e Rostamand Persepolis World Heritage Sites: excessive Subsurface Water withdrawal and The Shiraz-Esfahan Railway Hazard. (case study)

Naqsh-e-rostam and Persepolis World Heritage Site(WHS) are among significant legacies remained from achaemenid Empire (530-330 B.C.E) which is located at south west of Iran in the Marvdash plain. Crisis management and relating studies in these areas are one of the most fundamental issues.According to recent hydrologic studies, more than twenty meters of crust earth layers have been settled down due to drought and thousands of dug wells. Moreover, the developing modern structures and uprising novel civilization have been a drastic hazard in these sites. Shiraz-Esfahan railway projects is one of the examples.In this article, we try to have a new approach to crisis management regarding natural hazards and urban development adverse effects such as: drought, excessive subsurface water withdrawal and Shiraz-Esfahan railway project at Naqsh-e -rostam and Persepolis world heritage sites

Keywords:

world heritage , Persepolis , Naqsh-e-rostam , management , crisis