Designing the policy model of the country's water resources with the approach of identifying damages and providing strategies to improve the productivity of the country's water industry
Subject Areas : governmental managementElahe Yousefian 1 , Abolhassan Faghihi 2 , Karam Allah Danesh Fard 3
1 - PhD. Student in Public Management, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.
2 - Prof. in Public Management, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.
3 - Professor and Faculty Member of Islamic Azad University, Science and Research Branch, Tehran,Iran
Keywords: Policy making, water resource management, Productivity, theme analysis.,
Abstract :
The water crisis is one of the most important issues in the future of Iran, which threatens the possibility of living in many human and animal habitats. This crisis is more than the result of the lack of water resources, it is the result of unfavorable water governance in Iran, which has brought it to the border of warning.The purpose of this research is to design the country's water resources policy model in order to improve the productivity of this industry in the country. This research is exploratory from the objective aspect, fundamental from the audience aspect and among mixed research.In the qualitative phase of this research, the theme analysis method was used, and in the quantitative phase, the structural equation modeling method was used.In the qualitative phase, to design the research model, interviews were conducted with 19 experts and experienced experts of the country's water sector who were selected purposefully. Based on the findings, 3 governance, policy and operational gaps were identified. Also, 10 strategies for water governance were identified. In the quantitative stage, to validate the research model, 189 managers and specialists in the Ministry of Energy were asked for their opinions with a researcher-made questionnaire, the sample size was calculated using Cochran's formula, and the sampling method was simple random. Finally, the results of the research showed that using the ideal model of governance in water resources management policymaking can be effective and create valuable results in order to improve the productivity of the country's water industry.
