Identifying and analyzing the impacts of watershed plans implement in rural areas of Zanjan province (Case study: Khomarak village)

Rezaei, Roholla; Vadadi, Elham; Mehrdoost, Khadijeh; Safa, Leila

doi:10.22059/ijaedr.2014.51584

Identifying and analyzing the impacts of watershed plans implement in rural areas of Zanjan province (Case study: Khomarak village)

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

Roholla Rezaei

Elham Vadadi

Khadijeh Mehrdoost

Leila Safa

10.22059/ijaedr.2014.51584

Abstract

The main purpose of this survey was to identify and analyze of impacts of watershed plans implement in rural areas of Zanjan province. The kind of research method of the study was Descriptive-Correlation research. The statistical population of the study consisted of all the heads of household in Khomarak village (N= 170). According to Morgan& Krejcie table, 115 persons of them were selected by Simple Random Sampling for doing the study (n=120). A questionnaire was used to collect the data. A panel of experts in the field of participation and rural development established the validity of the questionnaire. A pilot study was conducted to establish reliability of the instrument. Cronbach alpha's coefficient for main scales of questionnaire calculated more than 0.75, which show appropriate reliability of questionnaire. Collected data were analyzed using the SPSSWin18 software. The descriptive results revealed that five variables including “increasing farm land prices”, “preventing and controlling of soil erosion” and “increasing water resources in village (springs, wells and subterranean)”, have achieved the highest priority, respectively. Also, the finding of factor analysis of impacts of watershed plans implement revealed that three factors named as environmental, economic and social explained 67.2% of total variances of impacts of watershed plans implement in the Khomarak village.

Keywords

Impacts

Watershed plans

rural people

Khomarak village