Evaluation of the viewpoints of Jokandan Vill residents on the challenges faced the flood risk management (Case study: the Khoshkerood drainage basin)

Rural areas encountering natural hazards, particularly flooding, have proved to be highly vulnerable due to the close relations between these areas and their surrounding natural environments. The structure and non-structure based methods of flood risk management should be used to decrease the adverse effects of the hazards. These methods that are applied before, at the time, and after flooding can play an efficient role in preventing the rise of damages. In our country, we use flood management processes only after the occurrence of a flood, yet the actions are very slow and inadequate. Thus, it can be concluded that the process of flood risk management is faced with some challenges and as long as we have these challenges in hand one cannot expect to reduce the detrimental effects of flooding. The present study investigates these challenges in the river basin of Khoshkerood in Talesh County. We used field-descriptive survey as a research methodology and applied library and field work methods to gather the required data. The tools of questionnaire and SPSS Software were also used to analyze the information. In analysis, our sample population was selected by a simple random sampling of 50 people from headmen of households in Jokandan Vill. The results indicate a poor public participation and the lack of readiness of the rural people against the flooding and the people also believe that the risk management organizations in charge do not perform their functions efficiently to inhibit and halter the hazards.