The name of the book: Veins Of Desert

This book takes up the issue of qanats in general and some other subjects revolving around this technology. In fact, what makes this book distinct from the other works on qanats is its emphasis on interdisciplinary studies, viewing all qanat-related issues as a whole. In this book we tried not to rehash what is already available in many references about qanats, and not to linger over such general facts as its definition or mechanism, but have described some new approaches, for example the impact of new strategies or technologies on the destiny of qanats, the measures some countries are taking to preserve qanats, how to better identify this environment-friendly technique and how to learn from the know-how accumulated about qanats over time, in order to devise a sustainable groundwater abstraction system.