Dryland co-management in Kerman province, Iran: a dynamic analysis of social networks

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Result on the web

<a href="https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10668-023-04346-y#citeas" target="_blank" >https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10668-023-04346-y#citeas</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10668-023-04346-y" target="_blank" >10.1007/s10668-023-04346-y</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Dryland co-management in Kerman province, Iran: a dynamic analysis of social networks

Original language description

Capacity building and social empowerment of the villagers are preconditions for sustainable development. Accordingly, the objective of the current study was to evaluate the structural characteristics of social capital for co-management and empowerment of rural communities by social network analysis (SNA) as a research method. According to the results, the density index in all of the studied areas was increased after the implementation of the empowerment project. In addition, on average, the reciprocity index increased nearly 30.50% in trust and 18.31% in collaboration networks in the studied villages. Thus, it could be understood that social capital and empowerment in local communities are both required and complementary. As a result, any action aimed at building the capacity of the local community, increasing social capital, and promoting trust and collaboration among local communities will ultimately lead to maintaining and strengthening the social structures of that community. Therefore, this community develops into a region, which serves as the foundation for long-term rural development. These results can be administered to other areas of research and interference such as studies of community development, participatory research, and social intervention. By exploiting these results, planners and policymakers can plan to improve the empowerment of rural communities, self-reliance, and rural development.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

10511 - Environmental sciences (social aspects to be 5.7)

Project

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Continuities

S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach

Publication year

2025

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Environment, Development and Sustainability

ISSN

1387-585X

e-ISSN

1387-585X

Volume of the periodical

27

Issue of the periodical within the volume

5

Country of publishing house

CZ - CZECH REPUBLIC

Number of pages

21

Pages from-to

12259-12279

UT code for WoS article

001137597100001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85181744778