Multi-criteria hybrid approach to prioritize climate change coping strategies in line with sustainable development

Document Type : Research Paper

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1 PhD, Department of Agricultural Extension & Education, Faculty of Agriculture, Tarbiat Modares University (TMU), Tehran, Iran.

2 Assistant Professor, Department of Rural Development, College of Agriculture, Lorestan University, Lorestan, Iran.

3 PhD Candidate, Department of Agricultural Extension & Education, Faculty of Agriculture, Bu-Ali Sina University, Hamedan, Iran.

10.29252/aridbiom.2020.1822

Abstract

Considering the widespread and cross-cultural effects of climate with different sectors of production, environment and human communities, climate change is considered as one of the most important environmental challenges. The main aim of this study was to prioritize climate change coping strategies among fisheries sector. The research was carried out using a survey and multi-criteria decision making. In this study, the research population was the fish breeders in the form of nonagricultural businesses in Khorramabad city (N = 295). The research sample was selected using Paten table. 125 individuals were selected by stratified random sampling method with appropriate assignment. In the second part, 10 experts from the field of fisheries were selected through snowball sampling. The main instrument of the study was a questionnaire whose reliability was calculated by ordinal teta coefficient. Ranking of strategies using the virock technique and the value of Q showed that among the economic strategies, the guarantee of purchasing by the government had the highest rank in terms of importance and sustainability. Turning assets into cash among fisheners is the first and fastest way to deal with droughts. The social strategies, promote the drought-resistant varieties have been more important. Breeding quantitative and qualitative of varieties among the technical strategies was of first rank in term of importance; but the combined cultivation of products in fish farming ponds was placed in the first rank in terms of achieving sustainability and feasibility.

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Journal of Arid Biome
Volume 9, Issue 2
March 2020
Pages 137-150

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