Understanding the network dynamics of sustainable community-based ecotourism in Lorestan, Iran

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

1 Department of Agricultural Extension and Education, College of Agriculture, Tarbiat Modares University (TMU), Tehran, I. R. Iran.

2 Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development, College of Agriculture, Lorestan University (LU), Lorestan, I. R. Iran

3 Department of Agricultural Extension and Education, Khuzestan University of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources, Mollasani, I. R. Iran.

4 Department of Geography, University of Hildesheim, Hildesheim, Germany.

Abstract

Since many key actors intervene in providing services and meeting the needs of ecotourism and local communities, it is necessary to identify their position, cooperation and communication in order to strengthen interests, plan and empower organizational interactions and provide the needs and services of ecotourists and local people. Based on this, the purpose of this research was to analyze the network of sustainable community-based ecotourism (SCBET) actors. In this regard, from key informants in 20 responsible organizations in SCBET in Lorestan province, Iran, through purposeful snowball sampling, the necessary information was collected through a network analysis questionnaire and through social network analysis (SNA), UCINET and NetDraw software were analyzed. The results were extracted six dimensions of sustainability (management, environmental, economic, social, political and cultural) based on micro-level indicators (in-degree centrality, out-degree centrality, eigenvec centrality, closeness centrality (proximity) and betweenness centrality) and the diagrams of the networks of the mentioned dimensions of 20 key actors were drawn. The results obtained in the form of SNA can help tourism policy makers and decision makers to identify the challenges facing ecotourism and to analyze the various relationships between actors and stakeholders (private sectors, government and local communities).

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Article Title [Persian]

درک پویایی شبکه بوم‌گردی اجتماع‌محور پایدار در لرستان، ایران

Authors [Persian]

  • فرشته حافظی 1
  • مسعود بیژنی 1
  • سعید غلامرضایی 2
  • مسلم سواری 3
  • سابینه پانزر کروزه 4
1 گروه ترویج و آموزش کشاورزِی، دانشکده کشاورزی، تهران، ج. ا. ایران.
2 گروه اقتصاد کشاورزی و توسعه روستایی، دانشکده کشاورزی، دانشگاه لرستان، خرم‌آباد، ج.ا. ایران.
3 گروه ترویج و آموزش کشاورزی، دانشگاه کشاورزی و منابع طبیعی خوزستان، ملاثانی، ج. ا. ایران.
4 گروه جغرافیا، دانشگاه هیادلهایم، هایدلهایم، آلمان.
Abstract [Persian]

از آنجا که کنشگران زیادی در ارائه خدمات و رفع نیازهای بوم‌گردی و مردم محلی فعالیت دارند، شناسایی موقعیت، همکاری و ارتباطات آن‌ها، به منظور تقویت منافع، برنامه‌ریزی و توانمندسازی تعاملات سازمانی و تأمین نیازها و خدمات بوم‌گردان و مردم محلی، ضروری است. بر این اساس، هدف این پژوهش، بر تحلیل شبکه کنشگران بوم‌گردی اجتماع‌محور پایدار (SCBET) قرار گرفت. در این راستا، از مطلعان کلیدی در 20 نهاد کنشگر در SCBET در استان لرستان، ایران از طریق نمونه‌گیری هدفمند به شیوه گلوله برفی، اطلاعات لازم از طریق پرسشنامه تحلیل شبکه جمع‌آوری و از طریق تحلیل شبکه‌ اجتماعی (SNA) و نرم‌افزارهای UCINET و NetDraw تجزیه و تحلیل شدند. نتایج در قالب شش بُعد پایداری (مدیریتی، زیست‌محیطی، اقتصادی، اجتماعی، سیاسی و فرهنگی) بر اساس شاخص‌های سطح خرد (مرکزیت درجه ورودی، مرکزیت درجه خروجی، مرکزیت بردار ویژه، مرکزیت همجواری (نزدیکی) و مرکزیت بینابینی) استخراج گردید و نمودارهای شبکه‌های ابعاد مذکور 20 کنشگر ترسیم گردیدند. نتایج به‌دست آمده در قالب SNA قـادر اسـت سیاست‌گذاران و تصمیم‌سازان گردشگری را کمک نموده تا چالش‌هـای پیش‌روی بوم‌گردی را شناسایی نموده و روابط مختلف در بین کنشگران و ذینفعان (بخش‌های خصوصی، دولتی و جوامع محلی) را مورد بررسی و تحلیل قرار دهند.

Keywords [Persian]

  • بوم‌گردی پایدار
  • تحلیل شبکه اجتماعی (SNA)تعامل بین بخشی
  • کنشگران گردشگری
  • لرستان

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Iran Agricultural Research
Volume 43, Issue 1
December 2024
Pages 26-43

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