1 – introductiontourism is a powerful force of change in the economy in both the developed and in the least developed countries. due to the formation of the concept of sustainable development, tourism industry as well as like other industries has been seeking ways to further alignment with the concept. sustainable tourism as a form of alternative tourism, is seeking to improve the quality of li...

there are some barriers for rangers to take part in range plan projects andevaluation. their participation is very useful for range managers to plan and provide solutionsfor solving problems. this study aims at comparing barriers of participating from rangers andexperts point of view in lar moor rangelands, tehran, iran. in this research, data werecollected based on documentation-library and fi...

the main purpose of this survey was to identify and analyze the barriers in women’s economic participation in the rural regions of the zanjan province. the study was an analytical- explanatory research regarding its method. the statistical population of the study were consisted of all the rural women in the abhar-rod rural district (n= 1300). according to the krejcie and morgan table, a sample ...

We examine the impact of the coal boom of the 1970's and the coal bust of the 1980's on disability program participation. These shocks provide clear evidence that as the value of labor-market participation increases, disability program participation falls. For the Disability Insurance program, the elasticity of payments with respect to local earnings is between -0.3 and -0.4 and for Supplementa...

the aim of the present paper is to study the impact of public awareness and social cohesion on social participation of women in iran. since women constitute half of the population, their participation in political, economic, social and cultural areas can play an important role in community development. the study employs modernization approach as the conceptual framework and data collection is b...

the economic and social impact of public participation in hableh roud project has been assessed in the current study. this is a practical-operational research implemented as based upon descriptive method. the study population included 187 individual residents in 8 villages within the hableh roud catchment basin in tehran province. random sampling was utilized and the recommendations of experts ...

abstract human development and the importance of focusing on women’s participation has become one of the main concerns and issues attracting the attention of many people. in fact, many gender-related models and patterns have been proposed in this regard. accordingly, this paper is an attempt to evaluate the effects of development process on women’s participation in iran using an econometrics m...

Labor market participation rates of German and British females have risen during the last decades, whereas participation rates of males declined or remained stable. Nevertheless between the countries, di erences in aggregate gender speci c participation rates remain. Both countries di er with respect to economic development, labor market institutions, and the framework of the welfare system. Pa...

Introduction: Social participation is considered one dimension and also determinant of quality of life. The level of social participation of the elderly is influenced by various components such as socio-economic and demographic factors. The present study aimed to assess the relationship between social participation, quality of life, and some socio-economic factors in community dwelling elderly ...