Analysis and ranking of livelihood strategies for villagers to deal with the effects of drought Case study: Zanjan city

Subject Areas : Regional Planning

zahra arboni ¹ (PhD student of geography and rural planning, Zanjan University,Zanjan,Iran.)
behroz yeghaneh ² (Associate Professor, Department of Geography, Zanjan University,Zanjan,Iran.)
jamshid einali ³ (Associate Professor, Department of Geography, Zanjan University,Zanjan,Iran.)
hosein farahani ⁴ (Associate Professor, Department of Geography, Zanjan University,Zanjan,Iran.)
mahdi cheraghi ⁵ (Associate Professor, Department of Geography, Zanjan University,Zanjan,Iran.)

Received: 2020-12-26 Accepted : 2021-05-24 Published : 2022-12-22

Keywords: Zanjan Province, Rural Development, Environmental hazards, livelihood diversity,

Abstract :

Natural disasters often disrupt people's livelihoods by destroying basic livelihoods and displacing people from the workplace. Drought, as the most costly and destructive natural hazards in most parts of the world, affects people's livelihoods. Among them, rural households are directly affected by the consequences due to the close dependence of the economy and livelihood of the inhabitants of these areas with their natural environment. Caused by this phenomenon and increase their vulnerability. In many rural areas, the survival or improvement of people's lives is not only possible through agriculture, but also the adoption of a wide range of livelihood strategies. The aim of this study was to analyze and rank the livelihood strategies of villagers in response to drought using Friedman ranking method, ORESTE ranking and Kruskal-Wallis test. The results of Friedman test indicate that there is a significant difference between livelihood strategies in rural areas of the study area. In the meantime, the solution for carrying out activities other than the agricultural sector with a rank (8.83) and the use of treated industrial wastewater to irrigate agricultural lands and gardens with a rank (5.81), to the highest and lowest average rank to Have dedicated themselves. The results of ORESTE model show that the villages of Chaypareh Pa'in, Ghani Bigloo and Qara Pashtloo with ranks (626.3), (871) and (889.4) respectively due to having unstable water sources such as aqueducts and springs also have The favorable situation of financial, natural and human assets in the application of livelihood strategies are in a higher rank than other rural areas.

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