Analyzing the social capital in rangeland stakeholders network for adaptive co-management (ACM)

Social capital is one of the important criteria in relation with social system. In this study, we used social capital for Adaptive Co-management. We applied social network analysis and indices in the whole network level of “Goormomenin” common rangeland, Kalateh Roudbar region in Damghan city. The level of social capital in co-management procedures was evaluated. The density, centrality, reciprocity, transitivity, geodesic distance, and core- periphery in actor’s level were calculated based on trust and cooperation metrics. The results revealed that the degree of trust, collaboration, social cohesion, and social capital among rangeland stakeholders network was poor. The rate of trust and collaboration ambulation was measured as poor to average. According to the core-periphery index, central and peripheral actors and the group’s solidarity were identified. For adaptive Co- management with stakeholder’s social situation, we must preferment social capital based on social network principal indices.