Assessing the quality of drought adaptation in Regional Plans - case study of Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari province

The impact of regional development plans on water resources and water consumption has always been a concern for researchers. So one of the issues that is being raised by drought is how to assess the quality of regional development plans considering the drought. In this research, Fu and Tong plan assessment method called "Awareness-Analyzing-Action" was used for assessing the quality of six regional plans in Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari province. The findings of the study showed that the awareness component in all programs was considered moderately. Regarding the analysis component, comprehensive regional plans were in a good level, and other plans were at a modest level. The action component is considered moderately in all programs and the scores related to the component of action in the plans were not differing significantly. In terms of the overall program score, only one plan received a score above average and was at a good grade and the quality of the other plans was moderate. The results of ANOVA test showed that the mean of analysis component in the programs is more than the two components of awareness and action and there is no significant difference between the score of the three components of the programs. In other words, regional development programs have failed to succeed in three components of awareness, analysis, and action on drought adaptation.