Open AccessINVESTIGATING THE FACTORS OF COMMUNICATION AND INFORMATION RESOURCES AFFECTING THE TENDENCY OF LOCAL COMMUNITIES TO PARTICIPATE IN THE COMPREHENSIVE MANAGEMENT OF HABLEHROUD WATERSHED IN TEHRAN PROVINCE
Author(s) -
Habibollah Mahdavivafa,
Habibollah Mahdavivafa
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
plant archives/plant archives
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2581-6063
pISSN - 0972-5210
DOI - 10.51470/plantarchives.2021.v21.s1.382
Subject(s) - cronbach's alpha , likert scale , statistical population , scale (ratio) , ranking (information retrieval) , psychology , population , watershed , sample (material) , reliability (semiconductor) , applied psychology , spearman's rank correlation coefficient , geography , statistics , computer science , mathematics , medicine , environmental health , psychometrics , descriptive statistics , cartography , clinical psychology , developmental psychology , power (physics) , chemistry , physics , chromatography , quantum mechanics , machine learning
The aim of this study is applied research in terms of purpose and field study in terms of control and supervision and correlation method in terms of research method. The statistical population of this study is selected villagers living in the watershed of Hablehrud River in Tehran province. The sample of this study (88households) were randomly selected from the statistical population of the villagers who participated in the project and were asked to collect the survey data.The tools used in this method to collect data and information of independent variables of this research are communication factors and information sources that have been extracted from the questionnaire and question and answer have been done in person. The data in the questionnaire were measured quantitatively or qualitatively on a ranking scale and based on a five-choice Likert scale. Therefore, the level of watershed managers' willingness to participate in watershed management projects and the variables of communication factors and information resources (radio, television, training classes, informing experts, educational videos and local leaders) was considered in order to measure the validity of the questionnaire from experts and experts. Watershed management has been used and Cronbach's alpha has been used to measure the reliability of the questionnaire, the amount of which has been obtained for different variables between 85% and 93%.The results of the relationship between communication factors and information resources and its indicators with the desire to participate based on the results of Spearman correlation test showed that there was a positive and significant relationship between communication factors and information resources with the tendency of watersheds to participate. The results of each of the issues of communication factors and information resources with the tendency of watershed managers to participate showed that there is a positive and significant relationship between all ind