Impact Analysis of Upgrading the Indicators of Resilience over Sustainability of Rural Settlements against Floods (Item: rural areas of Zarrindasht county)

Flood is one of the most devastating natural disasters ever known in the world. Modern man is not yet fully able to harness this natural phenomenon. This is why people are looking for a solution to better reduce flood risks of flooding to reduce the amount of tolerance in face of the increase that today named as the resiliency. The aim of this study was to assess the resiliency of rural settlements against environmental hazards such as floods. The present study is analytic, in terms of purpose and methods of work. The study population included all heads of rural households in the city (7927 individuals), which 310 completed questionnaires are randomly completed among them. To analyze quantitative data of this study, single-sample t-test and regression analysis is used. T-test results show that social capital index with an average of 3.688 and economic indicators with an average of 2.501 have the lowest average among the indicators. The linear regression results show that the largest share and influence value among the indicators is the resiliency with 0.562 beta coefficient on social capital index, and the least amount of impact is a factor of economic indicators that is 0.093 beta coefficient.