Fire-prone landscapes are increasingly being settled. Monitoring this development is an emerging need, and a low-cost method would benefit emergency managers. Existing changedetection methods can be expensive and time consuming when applied to low-density urban change in large, vegetated areas. Nighttime satellite imagery is explored as means for addressing this problem, and a case study is pre...

One of the central duties of rural production cooperatives is to promote the adoption and application of sustainable agricultural practices by farmers, which hinges on several factors. Therefore, the study intends to evaluate the factors influencing the application of sustainable agricultural practices by paddy farmers. The research population included from all includes all  paddy farmers as me...

introductionto avoid the adverse consequences of tourism, some decisions must be made about its development. to achieve this purpose, one of the first steps is to identify the suitable regions for tourism development and land use planning which will eventually lead to optimum model of development of tourism destination. due to having unique natural attractions such as mountains, dense forests, ...

     The main purpose of this study was to identify and explain the effects of drought in rural areas of Iran. The statis­tical population of this study consisted of all the heads of households of Esfejin village in Zanjan County (N = 2932). A sample of 340 persons was selected using a method of simple random sampling. Data were collected from face-to-face interviews with respondents based on a...

Earthquakes happen suddenly and are immensely destructive. They not only destroy entire societal production and infrastructure systems but also seriously interfere with daily life and reduce opportunities to earn income in earthquake-affected areas. In this paper, using the Ning’er Ms 6.4 earthquake in 2007 as an example, we analyzed the livelihood vulnerability of rural households in Ning’er C...

background animal bites, especially dog bites, are common health problems which are rarely addressed. it is estimated that 15 million people are bitten by animals worldwide annually. diseases caused by animal bites are problematic matters in the world as well as in iran. the main disease caused by animal bites is rabies. rabies is a fatal acute viral disease causing inclusive symptoms in the ce...

the presence of women in social and managerial fields is one the indicator of social justice and development that leads to optimum use of capabilities and potentials of half of the country's rural population. in the recent years, establishing public institution of dehyary by the ministry of interior have provided new opportunity for women presence in rural management. this study aimed to identi...