Investigating the Environmental Security Consequences of the Water Crisis in the Watersheds of Western Fars Province

Document Type : مقالات علمی -پژوهشی

Authors

• Abolfazl Nazari ¹
• Hojat Mahkouii ²
• Amir Gandomkar ³
• Ali Shamsoddini ⁴

¹ Ph.D. Student of Political Geography, Najafabad Branch, Islamic Azad University, Najafabad, Iran.

² Associate Professor, Department of Geography, Najaf Abad Branch, Islamic Azad University, Najaf Abad, Iran

³ Department of Geography, Najafabad Branch, Islamic Azad University, Najafabad, Iran.

⁴ Department of Urban Planing, Shiraz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Shiraz, Iran.

https://doi.org/10.22067/pg.2024.85163.1250

Abstract

The purpose of this research is to investigate the environmental security consequences of the water crisis in the watersheds of western Fars province. The current research seeks to answer the question, what are the consequences of the environmental security of the water crisis in the watersheds of western Fars province? Therefore, in terms of the applied-developmental goal and in terms of the type of research method, it is quantitative with a descriptive-analytical nature. The statistical population of this research was 138 experts and elite people in the field of political geography and water resources management in Fars province, and the sample size was 102 people using Morgan's table. The data collected based on the exploratory factor analysis test was analyzed in spss software. The results showed that the most important environmental security consequences of the water crisis in the catchment basins of the west of Fars province were categorized into 4 factors of animal-plant environment, natural environment, climate and human environment respectively, and the most important consequences include (Changing the path of wildlife migrations, loss of plant species, reduction of aquatic breeding in the watershed, loss of animal species), from the animal-plant environmental factor, (water salinity, water source pollution, soil salinization) , drying up of wells and canals), from the natural environment index, (increase in desert areas, increase in temperature, increase in strong and hot winds and regional climate change), from the climate index, and (loss of infrastructure and houses) And the destruction of villages is an indicator of the human environment.

Keywords

• Environment Security
• Water Crisis
• Watersheds. Fars Province

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