Investigating The Environmental Risk and Vulnerability of Cities in Sensitive Areas, Case Study of Ferdows City in Iran

By : Rostam Saberifar , Uday Chatterjee

Page No: 162-174

Abstract
The effects of desertification are now beyond the regions which are considered as the deserts in terms of climate, and they also affected the rural areas. Ferdows is among those cities which due to being located in the desert margins suffers from the completely negative effects and consequences of this phenomenon. For this purpose, this study aims to investigate economic and social aspects of desertification in Ferdows City and to determine whether or not we can adjust the consequences by the infrastructure and managerial changes. The required data are obtained through the empirical evidence and surveys of some experts in this field. The number of samples was selective and consisting of 50 experts. The collected data were analyzed by the SPSS software. The results indicate that the desertification phenomenon has a significant impact on the economic and socio-cultural development, and this in turn has affected other related aspects. Surveys from experts showed that the consequences of desertification indirectly affected the credibility and previous position of the city. A significant relationship between increased desertification and the decline in the economic status of the city was calculated through simple linear regression analysis. It can be concluded that the highest impact of desertification on the variable of the decreased economic development.

Authors :
Rostam Saberifar : Associate Prof., Payam Noor University, 19395-4697 Tehran, Iran.
Uday Chatterjee : Department of Geography, Bhatter College, Dantan, (Vidyasagar University), Paschim Medinipur – 721 426, West Bengal, India.
 

DOI: https://doi.org/10.32381/ATNAGI.2020.40.01.11