Environmental challenges and its impact on rural settlement in Badrabad Village Using Grounded Theory Method

Despite the crucial role of rural areas in producing raw materials, there have always been a number of serious problems bothering this community. Unfortunately, environmental challenges have been affecting different aspects of rural life having the ability to destroy their life. The present qualitative study focuses on environmental challenges of Bdrabad (Located in the Rawansar township in Kermanshah Province) trying to identify the effects of these challenges. was selected people in the study Purposive sampling and needed information Were collected through In-depth interview and The focus groups in two steps (First, identify environmental challenges and secondly, Identify the effects of environmental challenges to the villagers). For data collection, at first, some meeting groups were arranged (5 focus groups with 6 to 9), then there were 19 direct observations and 14 individual interviews. Moreover, as the second step, there were 15 direct observations and 17 individual interviews. 3 centered groups with 6 to 11 participants per group. Grounded theory method was applied to analyze the data. The results showed that the most important environmental challenges in the village of Bdrabad are considered as destruction of meadows, reduced water resources, the disappearance of wildlife, garbage and waste, air pollution, soil erosion, the destruction of forest trees, problems arising from the use of pesticides and chemical fertilizers and infrastructure management problems. The findings also revealed that the most important effects of environmental challenges to the rural area are regarded loss of livestock and poultry, economic challenges, threaten food security, challenges relating to employment, changes in cropping pattern and psychological challenges and health.