Zahed Dehghani; Iman Islami
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Weaknesses in managerial innovation and stakeholder interactions constitute one of the fundamental challenges undermining institutional resilience in natural resource governance within crisis-prone regions. This study aimed to examine the role of green management innovation and stakeholder interactions ...
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Weaknesses in managerial innovation and stakeholder interactions constitute one of the fundamental challenges undermining institutional resilience in natural resource governance within crisis-prone regions. This study aimed to examine the role of green management innovation and stakeholder interactions in enhancing institutional resilience in Sistan and Baluchestan Province. The research employed Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modeling (PLS-SEM) to analyze data collected from 315 valid questionnaires. In the proposed conceptual model, green management innovation was specified as the independent variable, stakeholder interactions as the mediating mechanism, and institutional resilience—conceptualized as a multidimensional macro-construct—as the dependent variable.The results indicated that green management innovation has a positive and statistically significant effect on institutional resilience, with a direct path coefficient of 0.414, explaining 41.4% of the variance in institutional resilience. Furthermore, green management innovation explained 44% of the variance in institutional resilience through stakeholder interactions, with an indirect effect estimated at 0.294. The mediating role of stakeholder interactions was confirmed through Sobel and bootstrap tests. Model adequacy was supported by a Kaiser–Meyer–Olkin (KMO) value of 0.831 and a significant Bartlett’s test of sphericity (sig = 0.000), indicating sufficient sample adequacy and meaningful inter-variable correlations. In addition, composite reliability values exceeded the recommended threshold of 0.7, and convergent validity values were above 0.5, confirming the reliability and validity of the measurement model.Overall, the findings demonstrate that green management innovation enhances institutional capacity to respond to social and environmental crises by redesigning managerial processes, reducing resource inefficiencies, and integrating environmental criteria into organizational decision-making. Simultaneously, interactions among governmental bodies, local institutions, and civil society actors—operating as a mediating mechanism—strengthen institutional synergy, social legitimacy, and network governance. Accordingly, the integration of green management innovation and multi-stakeholder collaboration represents an effective strategy for promoting institutional resilience in crisis-prone regions.
Mahin Fooladi; Iman Islami
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Rangelands, as one of the most important natural ecosystems, play a crucial role in maintaining biodiversity and supporting the livelihoods of local communities. This study aimed to identify and analyze the barriers to sustainable rangeland management in the Qashqai nomadic communities of Abadeh County. ...
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Rangelands, as one of the most important natural ecosystems, play a crucial role in maintaining biodiversity and supporting the livelihoods of local communities. This study aimed to identify and analyze the barriers to sustainable rangeland management in the Qashqai nomadic communities of Abadeh County. Using a qualitative approach and grounded theory methodology (Strauss and Corbin), data were collected through semi-structured interviews with local stakeholders. Nineteen participants were selected through snowball sampling based on theoretical saturation. Data were analyzed using open, axial, and selective coding, resulting in a conceptual model outlining the key obstacles to sustainable rangeland management in Qashqai nomadic communities of Abadeh County. The findings revealed that the main barriers to sustainable rangeland management include causal conditions (increasing pressure on rangelands, structural and systemic problems, and environmental degradation), contextual conditions (ecological and geographical limitations, socioeconomic challenges, and weak infrastructure and management), and intervening factors (external influences, technological and social transformations, crises and dysfunctions, and regional cooperation). Improvement strategies comprised rangeland ecosystem restoration, empowerment and participation of local communities, economic and legal support, sustainable development, and international cooperation. The consequences included ecological improvement, socioeconomic prosperity, reduced pressure on rangelands, increased investment, and pollution mitigation. The results emphasize the necessity of integrating indigenous knowledge with modern technologies and strengthening the participation of nomadic communities in decision-making to achieve sustainable rangeland management. This study offers practical strategies to improve rangeland management and ensure their long-term sustainability in the region.
Asghar Farajollahi; Iman Islami
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Sustainable livelihood approach is one of the new approaches in the field of sustainable rural development, which has been considered for poverty reduction and improving rural living standards, and their factors have a vital importance and role. Therefore, the aim of this study investigate the effect ...
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Sustainable livelihood approach is one of the new approaches in the field of sustainable rural development, which has been considered for poverty reduction and improving rural living standards, and their factors have a vital importance and role. Therefore, the aim of this study investigate the effect of ecotourism on sustainable rural livelihood in Palangan Village of Kurdistan Province. The statistical population in this study is all persons over 20 year’s old living in the studied village that are 623 peoples. Sampling was done randomly that using the Cochran formula, a total of 238 individuals were selected. A data collection tool was a researcher-made questionnaire that used after confirming the validity by experts' opinion and reliability by Cronbach's alpha coefficient (0.83). Data analysis was performed using SPSS16.0 software. The results of one-sample t-test showed that natural, social and human resources were not in a good condition under the influence of ecotourism in Palangan village. Financial and physical capitals have had a better effects and this effect was only significant in physical livelihood capital. The findings of this study showed that there is a need to improve the tourism situation in the study area in order to achieve sustainable livelihoods and in this regard, principled management, local community participation and the use of ecotourism potentials in Palangan village are necessary.
Ebrahim Karimi Sangchini; Iman Islami
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Evaluations of the threatening factors to wetlands are necessary to sustain these ecosystems and improving them. The main goal was to identify and prioritize the factors threatening the Choghakhor wetland watershed. This research has been consisted of a cohort of 315 participants in an exploratory mixed ...
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Evaluations of the threatening factors to wetlands are necessary to sustain these ecosystems and improving them. The main goal was to identify and prioritize the factors threatening the Choghakhor wetland watershed. This research has been consisted of a cohort of 315 participants in an exploratory mixed method. Data analysis was performed by One-Sample T-Test and non-parametric Friedman Test. Factors threatening were evaluated and prioritized in four areas including: natural disasters, and biological, cultural and socio-economic threats. Living in the area, threats to this wetland are in an undesirable and unacceptable state. Likewise, the greatest impact is associated with the cultural threats and the biological threats obtaining the lowest priorities. In the field of cultural threats, a lack of coordination between government agencies in matters relating to the wetland with a mean score of 2.35. In the field of socio-economic threats, inter-basin water transfer from the Mount Sabzkouh to Choghakhor wetland with a mean score of 11.69; in terms of natural disasters, climate change and the melting of mountain glaciers with a mean score of 6.04; and, in the field of biological disasters, unauthorized grazing (over the production capacity of rangelands) have been recognized as the first priorities with a mean score of 2.29. As the final statements, it appears that cultural, followed by socio-economic threats are the most significant factors contributing to the destruction of this ecosystem. In the perspective of the participants, cultural and educational-based management could be the ideal solution for the current condition of the wetland.
Hossein Sarvi sadrabad; Iman Islami
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Water is one of the major sources of development in countries and one of the greatest challenges of the present century, which can be the source of many of the positive and negative developments in the world, and in fact destruction of water resources is the destruction of the foundations of development. ...
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Water is one of the major sources of development in countries and one of the greatest challenges of the present century, which can be the source of many of the positive and negative developments in the world, and in fact destruction of water resources is the destruction of the foundations of development. Researches has shown that improved management of conservation, exploitation and distribution of water resources is possible by reducing Governmental Entrepreneurship and stakeholders' participation and community participation through participatory management. Accordingly, social network analysis is considered as an approach to analyzing the relationships of local stakeholders for sustainable water resources management. The purpose of this research is to survey social network of local stakeholders using social network analysis in Sadr Abad village in Nodoushan catchment of Yazd. This research has been done on the basis of two connections of trust and participation using network level and subgroup level indicators. The results indicate that the degree of cohesion and social capital is moderate, and the stability and equilibrium of the network is also high, which indicates the high level of transmission in the relationships of trust and participation. Also, the correlation between the two connection of trust and participation, based on the QAP index, is 64 percent and it is appropriate and high level. Water management network in Sadrabad has the potential of greater cohesion and social capital, that prerequisite of it is to utilize the appropriate state of trust to increase participation.
Iman Islami; Ali Akbar Mehrabi; Gholam Reza Zehtabian; Mehdi Ghorbani
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Agriculture sector is the main consumer of water in the world. In productive sectors likeagriculture, water is considered as a valuable mediatory commodity or production input.Demand for agriculture water comes from consumers› (agriculture products›) behavior. Thisstudy aims to evaluate ...
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Agriculture sector is the main consumer of water in the world. In productive sectors likeagriculture, water is considered as a valuable mediatory commodity or production input.Demand for agriculture water comes from consumers› (agriculture products›) behavior. Thisstudy aims to evaluate water use optimality in Pomegranate Arbors at the Charkhab village inthe Yazd province. The data was randomly collected from 95 people of 153 beneficiaries inthe study area. This study surveys water demand variations in the case of one percent changein water procurement expenses in Yazd. Elasticity estimation revealed that pomegranateproducers› sensitivity to agriculture water price changes is high. To be specific, one percentincrease in the price of agriculture water would decrease water demand by 24.32 percentamongst pomegranate producers in Yazd. Production elasticity of water input was obtained0.0565 which is located in the third part of production region and means over-consumption ofwater by producers due to its low price. Given high demand for water in this arid area havingappropriate polices in water pricing for optimal water consumption is needed.
