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作者

Moslem Savari;Mehrdad Moradi

来源

HABITAT INTERNATIONAL,Vol.124,P.102560

语言

英文

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作者单位

Department of Agricultural Extension and Education, Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources University of Khuzestan, Mollasani, Iran;Department of Agricultural Economics, Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources University of Khuzestan, Mollasani, Iran;Department of Agricultural Extension and Education, Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources University of Khuzestan, Mollasani, Iran;Department of Agricultural Economics, Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources University of Khuzestan, Mollasani, Iran;Department of Urban Design and Studies, Chung-Ang University, Seoul, South Korea;Department of Agricultural Economics, Ghent University, Coupure Links 653, 9000, Gent, Belgium;School of Spatial Planning and Design, Zhejiang University City College, Hangzhou, China;School of Public Administration, Zhejiang University of Finance and Economics, Hangzhou, China;Nottingham University Business School, University of Nottingham Ningbo China, Ningbo, China;School of Economics and Management, Southeast University, 2 Southeast University Road, Jiangning District, Nanjing, 211189, China;National School of Development and Policy, Southeast University, Nanjing, 211189, China;Business School, The University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, Western Australia, Australia;Department of Political Science, Northeastern University, 960A Renaissance Park, 360 Huntington Ave, Boston, MA, 02115, USA;China Agricultural University, College of Land Science and Technology, Beijing, 100193, China;Key Laboratory of Agricultural Land Quality and Monitoring, Ministry of Natural Resources, Beijing, 100193, China;West Branch of China Academy of Urban Planning & Design, Chongqing, 401121, China

摘要

Rural areas, where most people depend on agriculture, are extremely vulnerable to the drought that destroys agriculture, depopulates villages, and drastically reduces rural household livability (RHL). However, previous studies tended to focus on the adoption of drought adaptation strategies without defining and prioritizing their effectiveness to improve RHL. This study aimed to fill this gap in previous research by evaluating drought adaptation strategies' effectiveness to explain RHL in Iran. The participants of the study were all rural households in Hindijan city, Khuzestan province (southwest of Iran). To evaluate the adaptation strategies at RHL level, 42 strategies were classified into six categories (farm management, crop management, financial management, irrigation and water management, social activities and physical infrastructure management). According to the results, the studied rural households in southwestern Iran had low livability. The results also showed that the six adaptation categories explained 64.2% of the variance in RHL under drought conditions, which is quite a significant level. The most important adaptation classes under drought conditions were farming strategies and crop management. Overall, these results can be used to improve RHL and drought management for policymakers in this area.