Determinants of Sustainable Use of Water Resources: The Case of Kohkilouye and Boyerahmad Province

Subject Areas : environmental management

Mehrdad Bagheri ¹ , Hamid Mohammadi ² , Gholamreza Nouri ³ , Behrooz Mir ⁴

1 - Assistant Professor, Member of Academy Board, Islamic Azad University Yassoj
2 - 2- Assistant Professor , Member of Academy Board ,Islamic Azad University Zabol
3 - Assistant Professor , Member of Academy Board, Islamic Azad University Sistan & Baloochestan
4 - M.Sc. Agronomy, Zabol University

Received: 2009-01-30 Accepted : 2009-04-16 Published : 2013-03-21

Keywords: Sustainable Use of Water Resou, Sustainability Index, Kohkilouye and&#x0D, &#x0D, Boyerahmad Pr,

Abstract :

AbstractIrregular use of groundwater resources has confronted them with danger, obligating attempt towardsustainable use. The aim of this study was to investigate the determinant factors of sustainable use ofwater resources in Fars province. Sustainability was considered from two points of views using twoindices. In one view, sustainability of water resources was considered equal to reduce water waste. Inanother one, land and chemical fertilizer pattern was also considered, leading to a compound index.The data applied to the analysis were input usage pattern, produced crops and socio-economicgathered through Fars province farmers. The results in models showed that water waste wasconsidered as sustainability index. Producers’ income and their managerial abilities are of the mostimportant factors which affects sustainable use of water. While in the case of the models based on thecompound index, technical factors such as modern irrigation system, water transferring channels typeand distance between well and farm affect the sustainable use of water. The finding also revealed thatpresence of crops with high income risk doesn’t necessarily result increasing instability.

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