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Identification of appropriate watershed management strategy using SWOT in Bazeh-Hovz watershed
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Hamzeh Noor *    , Jamal Mosaffaie , Ali Dastranj |
| Associate Professor, Soil Conservation and Watershed Management Department, Khorasan Agricultural and Natural Resources Research Centre, Mashhad, Iran, Email: h.noor@areeo.ac.ir |
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Abstract: (562 Views) |
| The first step in integrated watershed management is to pay attention to internal factors (strengths and weaknesses) and external factors (opportunities and threats) of the system and provide strategies based on their analysis. The present study will determine the watershed management plans of the Bazeh-Hovz watershed. First, the SWOT matrix and tables for identifying strategic indicators of internal and external factors were formed to achieve the present research's goals. After reviewing the reports, visiting the region, and brainstorming with experts, six weaknesses and six strengths were identified as the most important internal factors. Also, six threats and six opportunities were selected as the most important external factors in the SWOT matrix. Next, to complete the SWOT matrix, 12 experts familiar with the region and 25 people from the village councils in the region (3-4 people from each village and randomly) were consulted. In this regard, determining the scores of the factors using a Likert spectrum questionnaire and determining the relative weights of each factor using the hierarchical analysis technique was considered. The results of the survey of 37 experts, experts and residents of the watershed area of the watershed about the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats facing the comprehensive management of the watershed were extracted from the questionnaires. The results showed "pastures and the development of its by-products" with a weight of 0.34, "low income of watershed residents compared to urban areas" with a weight of 0.37, "underutilized government facilities for rural employment" with a weight of 0.38 and "sectoralism" and multiplicity in decision-making centers of the watershed" with a weight of 0.35 are the most important strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats in the watershed. Finally, the results showed that the score of internal and external factors is -0.19 and 0.31, respectively, which indicates the superiority of weaknesses and opportunities over strengths and threats. Therefore, a conservative strategy (WO) should be considered in this watershed. In this regard, rangeland restoration programs with people's participation, flood control measures upstream of the Qanats, and education and extension of the cultivation pattern are suggested. |
Article number: 5 |
| Keywords: Collaborative watershed management, socio-economic issues, conservative strategy. |
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