MODELING SOCIO-ECOLOGICAL STRUCTURE OF LOCAL COMMUNITIES PARTICIPATION FOR MANAGING LIVESTOCK DRINKING WATER USING THE AGENT-BASED APPROACH
Authored by I Islami, A Sadoddin, H Barani, A Asgharpourmasouleh, M Akhbari
Date Published: 2017
DOI: 10.15666/aeer/1503_11731192
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Abstract
The agent-based modelling (ABM) can illuminate how multi-dimensional
process of public participation emerges from simple behavior rules. It
can model the participation process which is too complicated using
congenital approaches. In the present research, the social structure of
human participation in managing livestock drinking water of arid
rangelands in Yazd Province, Iran, was designed using the four steps of
ABM. This study provides a true understanding of interactions of four
agents including government, livestock beneficiaries, natural resources
organization and NGOs with each other and with the natural environment.
In order to achieve conceptual proof, the Delphi technique was applied
for stepwise identification of agents and their real behaviors.
Additionally, quantification of decision elements and decision-making
hypotheses was examined using the Analytical Network Process (ANP). By
confirming the conceptual validity of decision-making hypotheses through
network analysis, the conceptual model was confirmed. The analysis
demonstrates that ``low income of livestock beneficiaries{''},
``successive droughts and low rainfall{''} and ``weakness of NGOs{''},
with normal weights of 0.31, 0.15, and 0.09, respectively are three
major drivers for problem of weak participation among local communities
in the study area. This research is an example of incorporating the ABM
approach in settling problems encountered with social system.
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Simulation
Management
Agent-based modeling (ABM)
systems
Local participation
Delphi technique
Analytical network process (anp)
Resources conflicts
Anp