Social network analysis for identifying actors engaged in water governance: An endorheic basin case in the Middle East

S Nabiafjadi, M Sharifzadeh, M Ahmadvand - Journal of Environmental …, 2021 - Elsevier
Water networks play an important role in complex multi-faceted water governance regimes
in which the involvement of various actors could potentially lead to coherent policies …

Analyzing farmers' drought risk management behavior: Evidence from Iran

M Neisi, M Bijani, E Abbasi, H Mahmoudi, H Azadi - Journal of Hydrology, 2020 - Elsevier
To control and reduce the effects of drought, it is essential for farmers to do drought risk
management so as to cope with climate change. The purpose of this study was to “assessing …

Institutional constraints to groundwater resource management in arid and semi-arid regions: a Straussian grounded theory study

RF Fatemeh, Y Masoud, G Saeed… - Hydrogeology …, 2021 - search.proquest.com
As institutions are key pillars of groundwater resource management (GRM) it is important to
determine the institutional constraints to GRM. This study used qualitative research methods …

The use of a bourdieusian “capitals” model for understanding farmer's irrigation behavior in Iran

F Rahimi-Feyzabad, M Yazdanpanah, RJF Burton… - Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
The objective of this paper is to empirically test the explanatory ability of cultural capital,
which is generally considered more qualitatively and rarely quantified, for farmers' water …

Community sentiment influences community participation: evidence from Ethiopia

BR Gamo, DB Park - Contemporary Social Science, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Community sentiment is an essential component of community development and can
influence residents' propensity to participate in their community. However, few studies have …

Pre-negotiation framework to promote cooperative negotiations in water resource conflicts through value creation approach

MM Urtiga, DC Morais - EURO Journal on Decision Processes, 2015 - Elsevier
The allocation of water resources has been a source of tension between people all over the
world. The need for water which everyone holds in common should be a motive for …

Impact of small-scale irrigation on the income of rural farm households: empirical evidence from Ethiopia

D Jatana, AA Tesfahun - International Journal of Social Economics, 2024 - emerald.com
Purpose Agricultural production in Ethiopia is largely dependent on seasonal rainfall. This
has made the agriculture-based economy of the country extremely vulnerable to the impacts …

Social capital and farmers' participation in multi-level irrigation governance in Thailand

D Mahaarcha, S Sirisunhirun - Heliyon, 2023 - cell.com
Irrigation governance in a community often involves multi-level interactions between formal
and informal institutions. Collective efforts by multiple actors at the local level, particularly …

Drivers of local people's participation in sustainable natural resource management: A case study in central Iran

V Raufirad, R Hunter, R Khalili, S Bagheri - Local environment, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
The driving forces behind natural resource management (NRM) vary among countries. Most
NRM programmes focus on biophysical drivers such as soil, water and vegetation, with little …

Socio-economic analysis of sub-watershed development impacts: A case study from Ethiopia

BR Gamo, GT Mekonnen… - Journal of Rural and …, 2021 - journals.brandonu.ca
Watershed development improves the economic, social, and environmental status of rural
communities, and mainly the lives of rural poor people. Our study identified the household …