Javad Motamedi; Ali Mohebi; Kambiz Alizadeh
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Background: Coping with climate change (CC) is part of the way to face this phenomenon. This depends on the understanding of CC and the degree of adaptability to it.Objective: The research was conducted with the aim of measuring the level of nomads' understanding (NU) of CCe and their adaptation strategies ...
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Background: Coping with climate change (CC) is part of the way to face this phenomenon. This depends on the understanding of CC and the degree of adaptability to it.Objective: The research was conducted with the aim of measuring the level of nomads' understanding (NU) of CCe and their adaptation strategies (AS) in the face of CC.Research method: The research was descriptive and the data collection tool was a questionnaire whose items were obtained based on interviews.Findings: NU of the effects of CC is not the same. According to them, CC has had the most obvious impact on vegetation. The priority of AS is also different in the face of CC. A positive relationship was observed between understanding the effects of CC and the degree of adaptability in facing CC. Nomads who had a better understanding of the effects of CC have used livestock management strategies to adapt to it. Age and history of animal husbandry had a positive relationship with the level of understanding of the effects of CC. A negative and significant relationship was also observed between the number of animals and the degree of compatibility.Conclusion: The NU of CC and its effects on the ecology of the environment is an important starting point in dealing with the negative effects of CC and choosing appropriate strategies to adapt or deal with it. So that the selection of suitable adaptation methods by the nomads reduces the vulnerability of CC on the condition of livestock and rangeland.
Emad Zakeri; Mahdi Ghorbani; Ali Bozorgmehr; Hojatollah Rabani Nasab
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Current nomad settlement programs seek improving the quality of nomads’ life as their ultimate goal. However, it seems some of these programs failed due to some problems such as socio- economic problems that appear after settlement or due to the lack of proper preliminary studies before the implementation. ...
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Current nomad settlement programs seek improving the quality of nomads’ life as their ultimate goal. However, it seems some of these programs failed due to some problems such as socio- economic problems that appear after settlement or due to the lack of proper preliminary studies before the implementation. Nomad settlement program in Northern Khorasan is not an exception; therefore, identification and prioritization of problems before implementation of the program in Northern Khorasan is essential for better planning. The required data to identify and prioritize nomad settlement problems and to plan for their proper settlement were gathered through a questionnaire including the criteria and sub-criteria as well as options to solve extant challenges. The questionaire then was completed by experts and analyzed by using the analytic hierarchy process in Expert Choice2000. The results showed that cultural and social management and planning factors with coefficients of (0.433) and (0.314), respectively left the greatest influence on the failure of relevant projects in North Khorasan province. Therefore; the reform of the administrative and planning system as an important solution to problems related to the management and planning criteria and increasing the nomads’ participation in planning and management as an important solution to problems related to social and cultural criteria were assessed in present study.
