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Vulnerability Assessment of Rural Households to Urmia Lake Drying (the Case of Shabestar Region)

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  • Rasoul Maleki

    (Department of Rural Development Management, Yasouj University, Yasouj 7591874831, Iran)

  • Mehdi Nooripoor

    (Department of Rural Development Management, Yasouj University, Yasouj 7591874831, Iran)

  • Hossein Azadi

    (Department of Engineering Management, University of Antwerp, Prinsstraat 13, 2000 Antwerp, Belgium
    Department of Geography, Ghent University, 9000 Gent, Belgium)

  • Philippe Lebailly

    (Department of Economic and Rural Development, Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech, University of Liege, B-5030 Gembloux, Belgium)

Abstract

One of the most important environmental problems in Iran is the destruction and drying of Urmia Lake (UL). UL is one of the main causes of suitable weather for agricultural boom and tourist attraction and it should be considered that the villagers exposed to UL drying have a strong dependence on vulnerable resources such as water, air, soil and plants for their livelihoods and have low adaptive capacity with this crisis for reasons such as poverty, lack of awareness and lack of infrastructure. This study was designed to evaluate the vulnerability of rural households to UL drying in the Shabestar region. The vulnerability was calculated based on Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) definition and using vulnerability index ( VI ). Research population included rural households of Shabestar region (N = 19,249) and about 347 households were selected as the research sample using multistage cluster sampling technique. Results showed that the average score of respondents was 0.455 (moderate) in exposure, 0.359 (moderate to low) in sensitivity, 0.404 (moderate to low) in adaptive capacity and finally, the vulnerability index ( VI ) was 0.470 (range of 0 to 1). 12.8% of households had low, 70.5% had medium and 16.7% had high vulnerability towards UL drying.

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  • Rasoul Maleki & Mehdi Nooripoor & Hossein Azadi & Philippe Lebailly, 2018. "Vulnerability Assessment of Rural Households to Urmia Lake Drying (the Case of Shabestar Region)," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 10(6), pages 1-20, June.
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