Deterrents and promoters of rural environmental management (Case study of villages in Jokandan section of Talesh county

Villages as one of the habitats, due to their proximity to nature, have the greatest impact on the environment and are affected by it and have a high interaction with the environment. Therefore, village management is considered necessary in terms of environmental issues. For this reason, the present study seeks to investigate the deterrents and promoters of rural environmental management (a case study of villages in the Jokandan section of Talesh city).

The present research is applied in terms of purpose, which according to the studied components is a descriptive-analytical approach. The technique used to obtain the required data is library and field (questionnaire) and the statistical population of the villages of Jokandan Talesh village and 40 people are charities and experts. Lisrell software was used to analyze the data. Emphasis factor technique was used as a multivariate analysis technique to classify and prioritize the inhibitory and promoting factors of rural environmental management and in order to show the significance of each of the meda parameters, T-statistic was used.

In the ranking section based on standardized factor load, from the experts point of view, managerial-organizational factor, socio-cultural factor, natural-ecological factor, physical-infrastructural factor and economic factor are three important factors hindering the management of rural environment, respectively. In terms of driving factors, physical-infrastructural factor and according to experts, economic factor, natural-ecological factor, managerial-organizational factor, socio-cultural factor and physical-infrastructural factor are the important factors driving rural environmental management, respectively.Among all the challenges in the field of environmental management, the main obstacle is poverty. This factor, in addition to having a negative impact on achieving sustainable development, threatens the villages as a serious crisis. Rural poor by over-exploitation of natural resources cause more instability and this leads to the destruction of resources over time. Lack of knowledge of managers and experts also weakens the issue of environmental management and causes two serious harms to the rural environment.