Impact of Hirmand and Farahrood Rivers on Economic Security of Nehbandan Border Area

In the present era, many regional conflicts and conflicts are the source of governments that have common watersheds. The formation and formation of natural waterways, which are the rivers, are influenced by various factors such as climatic conditions, geology, human and geographical factors. The rivers with the common border areas can have tangible effects on the relations of the two countries, especially on political and security issues. Common river basins, especially in arid and semi-arid regions of Iran, have been drastically reduced in recent years and have had various effects on the border areas of the country. Hirmand and Farahrud are not exceptions to this rule and the problem of water scarcity has caused economic changes in the border town of Nehbandan. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of Hirmand and Farahrood River on economic security of eastern regions of Iran in Nehbandan. The research method is descriptive-survey and two library and field methods have been used for data collection. The statistical population of the research is 12522 people in two cities of Bandan, Shoussef and Hong Border. According to the size of the statistical population, the sample size was 373 using Cochran formula. Sampling was done by stratified random sampling. The validity of the items in the questionnaire was confirmed by experts, and the reliability of the questionnaire was measured by Cronbach's alpha, which was 0.838, indicating high reliability of the questionnaire. The collected data were analyzed using SPSS software. The results of evaluating the effects of river water depletion on economic component using confirmatory factor analysis showed that economic welfare (0.856); household vulnerability (0.834); agricultural (0.908); employment and entrepreneurship (849). 0. Migration component (0.780); Investment component (0.790); Productivity component (0.775) and Feelings of security component (0.783) and overall have the greatest impact on economic security.