Social networks` analysis of rural stakeholders in watershed management

Fatemi, Mahsa; Rezaei-Moghaddam, Kurosh; Pourghasemi, Hamid Reza

doi:10.1007/s10668-021-01399-9

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“…The most important of these concepts is centrality, power, and grouping (Narayan et al, 2020;Fatemi et al, 2021). Graph theory and NetDraw software were used to plot the data (Scott, 2012).…”

Section: Sampling and Data Analysismentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Grouping the actors of a network allows understanding of how an agent or organization behaves within a group, as well as the overall behavior of the network Leahy and Anderson (2008). Also, the identification of weak and strong sections within a network is provided by examining the number and severity of communications between and within the groups Fatemi et al (2021).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…In order to determine the stability of the network of relationships and the degree of reciprocity of the links of trust and participation, the reciprocity of links in the network is used Karimi Gougheri et al (2018b). The higher the level of this index in the network of relationships is, the higher the level of constructive interaction between the people in the network, and the stability of the network of relationships is ensured Fatemi et al (2021).…”

Section: Reciprocity Of Links In the Networkmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The multiplicity of organizational stakeholders with changing policies, approaches, priorities, capacities, and interests, and the lack of a comprehensive system to identify their role and structural relationships in the watershed management network are the most significant challenges faced by integrated watershed management in Iran. In participatory resource management, identifying key stakeholders is significant in terms of which stakeholders are more influential on the participatory management of natural resources based on their relationships with other people in the network (Fatemi et al, 2021). In this regard, social network analysis would be an appropriate method to use.…”

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The network analysis of organizations in watershed management toward sustainability in Northern Iran

Rezaei-Moghaddam

Fatemi

2023

Front. Environ. Sci.

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Introduction: The integrated water resource management is considered for development planning and water and soil resources management with an emphasis on the socio-economic features of the region for sustainability. The main purpose of study was to identify the organizations involved in the watershed management of Chehelchay of Golestan province in Iran, as well as analyzing the types of communications and interactions between organizations in terms of intensity and type.Methods: Three networks of information exchange, coordination and participation were studied due to network analysis. Thus, the related organizations involved in participatory and comprehensive management of Chehelchay watershed (30 organizations) were introduced during the trips of the research team to the site and using special questionnaire. Then, the other specialized questionnaires were collected from the informed panels of each organization to provide the required data in the network analysis. A total of 84 specialists were interviewed. About half of the respondents (42 individuals) had graduate education and their average work experience was about 15 years. One third of the respondents (28 individuals) were women. The data analysis process was performed with UCINET6.631 and NetDraw.Results and Discussion: The results indicated that the density index in information exchange (31.5%), coordination (27.5%) and participation (10%) networks were less than average. In the participation network, the values of the density index are very low and coherence is the same among the networks (information exchange, coordination, and participation). The results of reciprocity index among the organizational actors in the networks of information exchange (31.10%), coordination (33.52%) and participation (10.13%) were also less than average. Therefore, identifying the key actors with high social power in the network of local natural resources is a requirement of watershed participatory management plan. The runtime and cost of implementing natural resource projects can be significantly decreased by understanding and deploying these organizations and individuals. Social power and comprehensive participatory management is generally the key tools for building trust between local natural resource users. A systematic shift is also required from governmental management toward governance in order to achieve sustainable natural resource and watershed management.

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The network analysis of organizations in watershed management toward sustainability in Northern Iran

Rezaei-Moghaddam

Fatemi

2023

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“…Community renewable energy (CRE) proposes the active involvement of communities in the shared ownership and/or management of RE (Seyfang et al, 2013;van der Schoor & Scholtens, 2019;Walker & Devine-Wright, 2008). Involving rural stakeholders in the comprehensive management of their natural resources is a powerful strategy (Fatemi et al, 2021). It can foster social acceptance of RE (Shi et al, 2016;Yildiz et al, 2015) and let the benefits from the projects leak into the communities where they are placed (Clausen & Rudolph, 2020;Mignon & Rüdinger, 2016;Okkonen & Lehtonen, 2016).…”

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Sustainable energy transition and circular economy: The heterogeneity of potential investors in rural community renewable energy projects

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Environ Dev Sustain

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Community renewable energy has been acknowledged as a necessary step in the transition toward a sustainable energy system. It can contribute to the achievement of energy autonomy by communities. In rural settings, it can be a driver of sustainable rural development. And it can be seen as a specific contribution to circular economy from the energy sector. The willingness to invest in community renewable energy has received some attention in previous research but needs further investigation at the local rural scale through quantitative approaches. Based on a survey in a small Galician village, this study contributes to the filling of this gap. The willingness to invest of its inhabitants is analyzed in relation to alternative financial, sociodemographic and sociopsychological features. Survey results show the heterogeneity of individual attitudes and concerns that condition the willingness to invest in rural community renewable energy and the different perceptions of risk and return related to these projects. Cluster analysis allows identifying four different investor profiles (skeptics, financial illiterate, enthusiasts, yield investors). These should be accounted for by project promoters and policymakers when designing incentives and strategies to foster community renewable energy in rural settings.

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Correlating CO2 emissions of cities with the inter-city carbon compensation mechanism: a regional perspective in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River (MRYR), China

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Social networks` analysis of rural stakeholders in watershed management

Cited by 8 publications

References 12 publications

The network analysis of organizations in watershed management toward sustainability in Northern Iran

The network analysis of organizations in watershed management toward sustainability in Northern Iran

Sustainable energy transition and circular economy: The heterogeneity of potential investors in rural community renewable energy projects

Correlating CO2 emissions of cities with the inter-city carbon compensation mechanism: a regional perspective in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River (MRYR), China

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