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Mixed-Method Evaluation of Watershed Management

Practices from Kushk-Abad Basin, Iran

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Authors:
  1. Bahram Mohammadi Golrang

    1. Soil Conservation and Watershed Management Research Department, Khorasan Razavi Agricultural and Natural Resources Research and Education center, AREEO, Mashhad, Iran

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  • Presents a mixed-method case study that combines qualitative and quantitative methods to draw a holistic picture of the challenges around watershed management in Iran
  • Evaluates socio-demographic and technical factors affecting the Kushk-Abad Basin Watershed Management Program
  • Describes local participation in management programs as well as citizens' perceptions of the programs' effects
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: SpringerBriefs in Environmental Science (BRIEFSENVIRONMENTAL)

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Table of contents (6 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxiii
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  2. Introduction

    • Bahram Mohammadi Golrang
    Pages 1-6

  3. Literature Review

    • Bahram Mohammadi Golrang
    Pages 7-32

  4. Materials and Methods

    • Bahram Mohammadi Golrang
    Pages 33-69

  5. Technical Evaluation of WMP

    • Bahram Mohammadi Golrang
    Pages 71-106

  6. Social Evaluation of Watershed Management

    • Bahram Mohammadi Golrang
    Pages 107-129

  7. Conclusion and Recommendations

    • Bahram Mohammadi Golrang
    Pages 131-143

  8. Back Matter

    Pages 145-164
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About this book

This volume evaluates technical and social aspects of a watershed management program in the Kush-Abad Watershed Basin in Iran. Author Bahram Mohammadi Golrang offers a way forward for a more integrated means to evaluate large scale rural environmental management projects, their effects on the physical environment, how to engage the public in such projects, and how nearby communities interact with them and perceive their effects. 


The analysis presented here focuses on land treatment efforts initiated by the Watershed Management Organization of Iran, and evaluation spans the project-planning stage through the project’s implementation to citizens’ perceptions of the project after it was completed. Project planners – especially those in developing countries – will find the lessons in this case study very useful in planning technically sound projects that achieve participation and satisfaction from local populations. 


Authors and Affiliations

  • Soil Conservation and Watershed Management Research Department, Khorasan Razavi Agricultural and Natural Resources Research and Education center, AREEO, Mashhad, Iran

    Bahram Mohammadi Golrang

About the author

Bahram Mohammadi Golrang earned his Bachelor and Master degrees in Watershed and Range Management respectively. His PhD in Watershed Management was obtained from University Putra Malaysia in 2015. Working as a researcher in Natural Resource Center of Khorasan, (AREEO), he has published more than 175 articles in conferences and 18 in prestigious Journals. 

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Mixed-Method Evaluation of Watershed Management

  • Book Subtitle: Practices from Kushk-Abad Basin, Iran

  • Authors: Bahram Mohammadi Golrang

  • Series Title: SpringerBriefs in Environmental Science

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-52147-3

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Author(s) 2017

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-52146-6Published: 31 March 2017

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-52147-3Published: 23 March 2017

  • Series ISSN: 2191-5547

  • Series E-ISSN: 2191-5555

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXIII, 164

  • Number of Illustrations: 6 b/w illustrations, 40 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Environmental Management

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