Ahmad Hajarian
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The purpose of this article is to investigate the obstacles and challenges of rangeland ecotourism from the perspective of experts and stakeholders using the Delphi method and confirmatory factor analysis.The present research is applied research in terms of purpose and descriptive-analytical research ...
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The purpose of this article is to investigate the obstacles and challenges of rangeland ecotourism from the perspective of experts and stakeholders using the Delphi method and confirmatory factor analysis.The present research is applied research in terms of purpose and descriptive-analytical research in nature and has a quantitative qualitative approach. The statistical population of the study consists of two groups. The first group included experts and the second group included stakeholders. The sample size for the first group was selected using snowball or chain sampling of 28 people and the second group is based on the statistics of about 1000 people in rural areas of Isfahan province, which was determined based on Cochran's formula of 276 people.Data analysis was performed using SPSS software version 23. In order to identify the existing challenges of rangeland ecotourism in rural communities of Isfahan province, Delphi technique was used. The results in the qualitative part of the research indicated that the most important challenges facing rangeland ecotourism are structural and managerial factors, policy-making, financial and economic factors, individual-personality, research and information. In the quantitative part, using confirmatory factor analysis, there are 5 factors, which are: financial and economic factors, managerial and structural factors, weakness of laws and comprehensive policy, research and information, and individual and personality factors, respectively, which is 78.73. Explains the percentage of total variance.
hamid barghi; Bahman Shafiei; ahmad hajarian
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The present study was conducted using analytical-descriptive methods with the aim of investigating the limitations and abilities of using the rangelands of Kermanshah province by Dehyar using AHP and SWOT models. The statistical population consisted of experts from the Natural Resources Bureau of 14 ...
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The present study was conducted using analytical-descriptive methods with the aim of investigating the limitations and abilities of using the rangelands of Kermanshah province by Dehyar using AHP and SWOT models. The statistical population consisted of experts from the Natural Resources Bureau of 14 people. The tool used to collect the data was a questionnaire which was designed according to the review of the field of research and individual interviews with the experts of the Natural Resources Bureau of the region. Data collected using SWOT and AHP model have been investigated. The results indicated that the most important points in the field of exploitation of rangelands in Kermanshah province are determining the appropriate season and grazing time in rangelands with a weight score of 0.96, the most important weakness, non-principled exploitation of rangelands with a weight score of 1.04, the most important opportunity , The beginning of activities for preserving rangelands in Kermanshah, such as seeding of rangeland species proportional to climate, soil and ... with a weight score of 1.02, and the most important threat is the lack of precise monitoring and strong management of the unit in maintaining pasture and inter-system coordination with a weight score of 0.80. Also, in the prioritization of strategic factors based on the AHP model, it was observed that the most important non-principle exploitation of rangelands with a weight of 0.289 and then the beginning of conservation activities in Kermanshah, such as seeding of rangeland species proportional to climatic, soil and
