Human life has been subjected to the negative and harmful effects of natural hazards since the past. One of these natural hazards is drought, which has caused economic, social and environmental damages and leads to a decrease in the development level in different regions. Therefore, increasing resilience has been recognized as an effective approach to improve flexibility in facing various risks, including drought. The aim of the current research is to eva‎luate the economic, social, institutional and ecological dimensions of resilience of rangeland users in Ghelangan watershed sub-basin in Shahrekord County. The more detailed goals were to eva‎luate rangeland users' perception of drought, livelihood capital, factors affecting resilience, and to explain the support strategies in order to improve of rangeland users' resilience as well. The statistical population was the rangelands' users of Ghelangan rangeland and natural resources experts of Shahrekord County. The questionnaire was developed based on the Likert scale (very low, low, medium, high and very high). After compiling the questionnaire; the collected data were entered in Excel and analyzed with SPSS statistical software. The results showed that there is a significant difference between most of the components related to the users' perception of drought, livelihood capital, factors affecting resilience and the explanation of support strategies for both target groups as well. In addition, there is a significant difference between the two target groups in terms of each studied component. The divergence of views in understanding and prioritizing the components can be related to the difference in the attitude of the target groups. Regarding the difference in the point of view of the target groups, it can be attributed to the difference in the field and local understanding of the users and the different scientific, experimental and executive understanding of the natural resources’ experts. The convergence of the views of the target groups can be related to the creation of common understanding and mentality in different ways, in which many scientific-executive efforts may have been made. This research suggests that educational programs and collaborative workshops in various fields should be developed in order to bring different groups together, and planning should be done in line with common mentality and understanding, which can better help to solve issues and problems.

عليرضا موسوي , حجت الله خدري غريب وند

عليرضا سفيانيان , علي لطفي