introduction one of the most important environmental hazards that is happening in recent years in iran is the sudden reduction of water level of oromiye lake. because of different reasons such as civil projects, repetitive droughts, an increase in the average temperature in the region, and the resulted inhancement in the evaporation of the lake’s water, it has been susceptible to going dryand h...

the purpose of present work is to survey cultural and social factors affecting the attitudes of shirvan and chardavol county farmers toward agricultural water management. data was gathered through a field research and survey, using interviews and the questionnaire that was prepared for this purpose. the statistical population consisted of all the farmers (wheat cultivators) of shirvan & chardav...

Rangelands renewable resources play a very important role in ecosystem regulating, preserving plant genetic reservoirs, water cycle as well as providing large parts of forage requirements. These resources were considered to be a basis for sustainable development and also a basic platform for various economic activities. During the recent years in Iran, these valuable sources were subjected to s...

1. introduction behavioral approaches in agricultural studies are approaches which 1. sseek to understand behavior of farmers, 2. emphasize on psychological constructions such as attitudes, values and goals, and collect data related to the land, economic situation etc., and 3. enjoy quantitative methods. in general, such approaches are considered as a combination of motivational factors and str...

as an assessment method of the water resources, water poverty index (wpi) has become an available tool in water resources management. in particular, agricultural water poverty index (awpi) is an assessment tool for agricultural water in rural areas. during the past decades, mahidasht basin in kermanshah province has been declared by water policy makers as “forbidden” basin in terms of water exp...

rural migration is the process of people moving from rural areas to cities. rural migration to urban is an important issue for all countries. in this study, investigate the causes of rural migration to urban in malayer conty (hamedan province). stutistic population in this study was people who have migrated from their village and data for this study has collected from the 180 migrant households...

rural and nature tourism has experienced high growth over the past 20 years. one of the primary challenges facing rural tourism management is to establish a profitable and environmentally sustainable industry. moreover, sustainable tourism is a complex concept and it requires that nature and tourism activity should be studied from an integrated point of view. in this paper, we analyze how the e...

The private industry in wildlife damage control is expanding into territory predominantly occupied by public agencies in the past. There is a potential for overlap and competition in services provided by the public and private sectors in Kansas. We examined wildlife damage control activity reports from the Cooperative Extension Service (CES), Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks (IDWP), and ...