What is it about?
This study, which designs a model for integrated watershed management in Iran, is based on qualitative research applying a grounded theory methodology.
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Why is it important?
Integrated watershed management has the capacity to sustain balance between the various components of a watershed basin. In fact, the art of integrated management entails balancing various tracts of forest, rangeland, and desert in a watershed basin, so that these resources are managed in a coordinated and consistent way. In addition, integrated watershed management tries not to exploit water resources more than needed. Watershed management needs to be developed via a combination of scientific approaches and indigenous knowledge. Results have indicated that an integrated approach to watershed management is one way forward and the aim of this study was accordingly to design a model for such management. The relevance of this study lies in its conceptualization of the concepts of watershed management in an integrated model.
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1. This study was based on qualitative research applying a grounded theory methodology. The relevance of this study lies in its conceptualization of the concepts of watershed management in an integrated model. The extracted systematic model that synthesis the different parts including inputs (contextual conditions, causal conditions and intervening conditions), process (strategies of integrated watershed management), and output (consequences) could act as a basis for future quantitative research, in addition a road map for planning, implementing and monitoring of watershed management projects by all stakeholders. 2. Designing integrated management approaches can help develop coordination mechanisms among responsible organizations, improve internal and external organizational coordination, and facilitate the participation of private interests, NGOs, and cooperatives in watershed management.
Zahra Athari
Razi University
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This page is a summary of: Designing a model for integrated watershed management in Iran, Water Policy, August 2017, IWA Publishing,
DOI: 10.2166/wp.2017.192.
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