Currently 60 percent of Iran’s land is located in water-stressed regions, where Hamedan is known as a semi-arid province and is also a province with a high population concentration with a dominant agricultural economy. For analyzing human-related crises we need multidimensional measures and AWPI has a socio-economical dimension and multidimensional criteria for assessing status. Hence, the purpose of the present study was to develop and evaluate the water resources status in the agriculture sector of Hamedan province using AWPI as a typical area in western Iran. The present applied study was conducted to evaluate the status of water poverty in the agriculture sector of Hamedan province using the Agricultural Water Poverty Index (AWPI). This index includes five components: resources, access, use, capacity, and environment. The indicators explaining each of the five components of AWPI were collected from different literature and the data were collected using databases, statistics, and the national census of 2016. A total of five principal components and 55 indicators were developed and were used to evaluate the status of water resources. The value of the composite AWPI was developed by the weighted mean of the five principal components. The data were analyzed using SPSS and GIS software. The components, criteria, and sub-criteria of AWPI were weighted using the principal components analysis. The mean AWPI for Hamedan province was 40.55, which indicates that the province is placed in the middle to high water poverty status and this poverty is mostly due to the components of resources, capacity, access, and use.

The main purpose of this study was to analyze Iran’s developmental plans in order to examine and compare their direction and conformity with the sustainable development theory via the compass of sustainability. The approach involves a content analysis used in line with qualitative research methodologies. The results indicated that, in the first developmental plans, there was no direct reference to sustainable development. In the second to fifth plans, the main focus was on the social, environmental, and economic dimensions of development; which were common elements seen in the policies of all the plans. An analysis of the fourth plan revealed that expressions related to sustainable development appeared more frequently, indicating a stronger emphasis on sustainable development by decision-makers.

سابقه و هدف: در کشور ایران از حدود 5/88 میلیارد مترمکعب آب استحصال‌شده از منابع سطحی و زیرزمینی، حدود ۸۳ میلیارد مترمکعب یعنی 5/93 درصد به بخش کشاورزی اختصاص می‌یابد، در ایران بخش کشاورزی بزرگ‌ترین مصرف‌کننده آب است. مصرف رو به افزایش منابع آب سطحی و زیرزمینی، معلول افزایش جمعیت، افزایش سطح زیر کشت و تولیدات کشاورزی هست که به‌تبع آن سبب کاهش دسترسی به منابع آب و افت سطح ایستابی و تخلیه آبخوان‌ها شده است. آمارها نشان می‌دهند که مصرف رو به افزایش این منابع استراتژیک، سبب تهدید کمیت و کیفیت این منابع شده است به ­طوری ­که هم ­اکنون تعداد زیادی از دشت­ های کشور در شرایط بحرانی قرار دارند. دشت رومشکان، یکی از دشت‌های واقع در حوضه کرخه هست که در طی چند دهه اخیر با کاهش قابل توجه از منابع مواجه شده است (دشت رومشکان یک دشت ممنوعه است) و این تحقیق قصد دارد به تدوین راهبردهایی در راستای مدیریت پایدار منابع آب این دشت بپردازد.مواد و روش‌ها: پژوهش حاضر از نوع تحقیقات کاربردی و توصیفی (غیر آزمایشگاهی) می‌باشد که با استفاده از تکنیک دلفی فازی به بررسی راهبردهای مدیریت پایدار دشت رومشکان پرداخته است. حجم نمونه این تحقیق 28 نفر از اساتید،...