Farm households’ resilience scale under water scarcity
Farm households’ resilience scale under water scarcity
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DOI：
10.1007/s11027-014-9546-7
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发表时间：
2015-12
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4
通讯作者：
H. Maleksaeidi;E. Karami;G. Zamani
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作者：
H. Maleksaeidi;E. Karami;G. Zamani
鉴于气候变化、日益严重的水资源短缺以及人们对复原力作为社会生态系统可持续性的一个重要维度的日益关注，本文的目的是（1）开发一个衡量缺水情况下社会生态系统复原力的量表，以及（2）说明所开发的量表具有有效性和可靠性。记录了用于制定农户复原力量表（FHRS）的九步方法。数据收集自伊朗法尔斯省Parishan湿地周围的450个农户。该湿地已被联合国教育、科学及文化组织（UNESCO）选定为生物圈保护区，并备案为国际湿地。为了开发 FHRS，对数据进行了不同步骤的因素分析。最终的研究结果是一个包含 31 个问题的量表，用于评估农户在缺水情况下的恢复能力。对该量表的效度和信度进行了检验和验证。考虑到研究人员和政策制定者在提高社会生态系统的复原力以减轻水资源短缺等灾害方面面临的挑战，使用 FHRS 可以更轻松地比较研究结果并评估缓解政策和计划的影响。虽然本研究以巴黎山湿地为研究区域，但所开发的FHRS的应用范围远远超出了该区域的地理范围。
In light of climate change, increasing water scarcity and growing interest in resilience as an important dimension of sustainability of socio-ecological systems, the aims of this article were to (1) develop a scale for measurement of resilience of socio-ecological systems under water scarcity and (2) illustrate that the developed scale has validity and reliability. An nine-step approach was documented for development of the Farm Households’ Resilience Scale (FHRS). The data were collected from 450 farm households around Parishan wetland, Fars province, Iran. This wetland has been selected by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) as a biosphere reserve and recorded as an international wetland. The data were subjected to factor analysis at different steps in order to develop FHRS. The final study outcome was a scale with 31 questions to assess farm households’ resilience under water scarcity. The validity and reliability of this scale were tested and verified. Considering the challenges researchers and policy-makers facing to improve resilience of socio-ecological systems in an effort to mitigate disasters such as water scarcity, use of FHRS makes it easier to compare findings and evaluate the impact of mitigation policies and programs. Although the Parishan Wetland was used as the study area of this study, the developed FHRS has application far beyond the geographic limits of this area.