Extended Abstract Introduction: In recent decades, developmental research, including economic, social, and ecological research, has focused on border areas and border effects. This interest in the regions along with the convergence frontiers of the countries has come from the notion that these special geographic regions may lead to economic compatibility and consistency in the convergence of c...

The drought occurs in a large number of livelihoods of rural households, especially in villages of border areas facing livelihoods. To deal with these effects, the use of coping strategies in rural areas is essential. Therefore, considering the importance of this issue, the purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of drought on rural communities and identify strategies for coping wi...