Marzieh Keshavarz

Scopus Publications

Community participation in protected-areas management: A systematic literature review based on the sustainable development goals
Vahid Karimi, Elham Ahmadifard, Gerald G. Singh, Marzieh Keshavarz, Ezatollah Karami, Hossein Azadi, Masoud Yazdanpanah
Land Use Policy, 2026
Cropping Systems, Adaptive Livelihood, and Household Resilience among Maize Farmers in Nigeria
Oluwaseun Tosin Bamigboye, Vahid Karimi, Adenipekun Habeebullah Adeniran, Marzieh Keshavarz, Esmail Karamidehkordi, Suhaib Bandh
Results in Engineering, 2026
Beyond Survival: A wellbeing-centric indicator for assessing rural individuals’ resilience to climate change
Marzieh Keshavarz, Ehsan Masoomi
Environmental and Sustainability Indicators, 2026
Rural resilience to climate change is shaped by interacting material, institutional, and psychosocial processes; however, measurement efforts have tended to prioritize household assets and community-capital indices, thereby under-representing individual subjective experience. This study develops a theory-driven, wellbeing-centric indicator to assess individual-level resilience among rural inhabitants. Grounded in in-depth qualitative interviews (purposive, maximum-variation sampling; n = 66) and triangulated with key-informant input and participatory observation, three interrelated dimensions were identified— livelihood and life structure, relational belonging and sense of place, and psychological wellbeing and adaptive agency—comprising nine components and multiple empirically derived psychological anchors (e.g., financial security, role continuity, place attachment, self-efficacy, and emotion regulation). We argue that wellbeing plays a dual role in resilience: as a normative outcome that resilient systems seek to protect and as a psychosocial resource that mediates adaptive behavior. Framed within a multilevel model that explicitly recognizes governmental, community, and market determinants, the indicator is designed to complement existing measures of resilience to climate change. The wellbeing-centric indicator is offered as a complementary tool to existing material and community measures to render individual psychosocial pathways to adaptation both visible and actionable in rural settings.
From Paris to practice: a knowledge-mapping to climate justice research in developed and developing countries
Vahid Karimi, Marzieh Keshavarz, Ezatollah Karami, Elham Ahmadifard, Hossein Azadi, Masoud Yazdanpanah
Climatic Change, 2026
When nature treats farmers strictly: hazard management strategies in the Sistan Plain, Iran
Zahra Khakifirouz, Mehrdad Niknami, Marzieh Keshavarz, Mohammad Sadegh Sabouri
Climate and Development, 2026
Natural hazards have led to livelihood insecurity, poverty, and infrastructure destruction in arid regions. It is essential to enhance the farmers’ resilience to current and future hazards. In this respect, understanding adaptive strategies that increase the farmers’ resilience is imperative. The present qualitative research was conducted to identify adaptive strategies for farmers of the Sistan Plain (Iran) to enhance their resilience to hazards. Data were collected through in-depth and semi-structured interviews with experts, observation, and field notes. The results revealed drought, dust storms, and floods as the major hazards farmers face in this area. The adaptive strategies to drought could be divided into technical-agricultural management, water resources management, livelihood, and legal-infrastructure factors. In addition, strategies for enhancing farmers’ resilience to floods included infrastructure, technical, and livelihood management strategies. Also, the findings indicated that dealing with the dust storms requires applying technical, economic, legal, and infrastructure strategies. Risk management, good water governance and water diplomacy, accelerating economic growth, developing non-farm and small-scale enterprises, building capacity and empowering rural families, and strengthening infrastructures can enhance resilience to natural hazards in Sistan Plain.
Drivers of 5G technology acceptance: a Bayesian approach
Morteza Akbari, Marzieh Keshavarz, Azadeh Rezvani, Asieh Bakhtiar, Elmira Shahriari
European Journal of International Management, 2026
5G, or the internet of the 5th generation, is the newest technology that will play a more significant role in our lives than previous generations. The internet of the 5th generation not only connects humans but also connects machines and objects to each other and controls them. This level of efficiency enhances the user's experience and helps understand a new level of technology. Nevertheless, the successful application of 5G technologies is fundamentally influenced by the extent to which users are encouraged to accept it. Therefore, this research intends to explore drivers of 5G technology adoption. A total of 518 students from Iran and the USA were surveyed via a multistage stratified random sampling. The Bayesian approach and structural equation modelling were used for data analyses. Results indicated that self-efficacy, subjective norms, compatibility, trust, and relative advantages significantly influenced the intention to accept 5G technology.
Drivers of collective action in agricultural water conservation: Applying the social identity model to Iranian farmers in a wetlands basin
Vahid karimi, Yan Tan, Ladan Naderi, Marzieh Keshavarz, Gerald G. Singh
Agricultural Water Management, 2025
Wetlands are vital ecosystems underpinning biodiversity, climate regulation, and rural livelihoods, yet they face escalating degradation from drought and anthropogenic pressures, particularly in developing regions. The internationally significant Bakhtegan Wetland in southern Iran exemplifies this crisis. While farmer participation is recognized as critical for sustainable wetland management, the psychosocial drivers of their engagement in collective action remain poorly understood. Addressing this gap, this study applies the Social Identity Model of Collective Action (SIMCA) to investigate the determinants of farmers’ intentions to engage in collective conservation. Data were collected via structured questionnaires from a stratified random sample of 200 farmers in the adjacent Fars Province. Analysis using structural equation modeling (SEM) demonstrated that collective efficacy, negative emotions, and climate-related behaviors are direct predictors of participation intention. Furthermore, social identity functions as a key mediator of these relationships. A key finding is the primacy of climate-related behavior and social identity as direct drivers, whereas the influence of collective efficacy was primarily indirect, acting through the reinforcement of a shared group identity. These findings advance the theoretical integration of social psychology and environmental management by validating the application of SIMCA in a natural resource conservation context. Practically, they suggest that effective policies for community-led wetland restoration should prioritize identity-based interventions, programmes designed to build collective efficacy, and targeted environmental education. This study underscores the necessity of integrating social dynamics into transformative governance strategies for threatened socio-ecological systems. • Applied the Social Identity Model of Collective Action (SIMCA) to wetland conservation. • Collective efficacy and climate behavior emerged as strongest predictors of participation. • Social identity significantly mediated farmers’ intention to engage in conservation. • Findings inform identity-based policies for participatory and transformative wetland governance
Rangeland Resilience on the Brink: Unravelling Ecosystem Services and Degradation Drivers
Qurban Aliyar, Marzieh Keshavarz
Rangeland Ecology and Management, 2025
Rangelands cover approximately 70-80% of Afghanistan’s land area and provide critical provisioning, regulating, supporting, and cultural ecosystem services that sustain rural livelihoods and biodiversity. Although ecological assessments quantify these ecosystem functions, local herders’ perceptions strongly influence grazing decisions, shape community engagement, and ultimately affect the success of resilience-building interventions. Consequently, understanding local perceptions is essential for designing interventions that align socio-cultural values with ecological realities. This study surveyed 200 households in Band-e-Amir National Park and the Shah-e-Foladi protected rangeland to document perceived ecosystem services and to identify drivers of perceived vulnerability to rangeland degradation. Respondents reported moderate-to-high awareness of provisioning services (fodder, fuelwood, and fiber) and of key regulating services (soil stabilization and water retention), but relatively limited recognition of supporting and cultural services. Overgrazing, shrub collection, and expansion of dryland farming emerged as the primary perceived threats to rangeland resilience. Multivariate regression analysis indicated that greater occupational dependency on rangeland resources and tenure insecurity were associated with higher perceived vulnerability, whereas higher household income was associated with lower perceived vulnerability. Notably, higher levels of social trust were also associated with increased perceived vulnerability, and greater awareness of ecosystem services heightened sensitivity to degradation risks. Taken together, these findings imply that integrated interventions—such as tenure reforms, livelihood diversification, community-based governance, and participatory education—tailored to local patterns of occupational dependence, tenure insecurity, economic capacity, social trust, and service awareness are likely to strengthen stewardship, reinforce ecosystem functions, and improve the resilience of Afghanistan’s rangelands.
Uniting for survival: collective conservation drivers and strategies for the Caspian red deer
Amir Alambeigi, Marzieh Keshavarz, Alireza Mohammadi, Dena Ziaei
Journal for Nature Conservation, 2025
Resilience to Climate Change in Agricultural Water-Scarce Areas: The Major Obstacles and Adaptive Strategies
Atefeh Ahmadi, Marzieh Keshavarz, Farid Ejlali
Water Resources Management, 2025
Transition from vulnerability to resilience to dust storms: a mixed-methods research
Zahra Khakifirouz, Mehrdad Niknami, Marzieh Keshavarz, Mohammad Sadegh Sabouri
Natural Hazards, 2025
Addressing the Resilience of Rural Households to Floods: The Case of the Tajan Watershed
Seyedeh Masoumeh Khasti, Fatemeh Shafiee, Ramin Fazloula, Marzieh Keshavarz
Journal of Watershed Management Research, 2025
The emergence of online social capital during the COVID-19 outbreak and its impact on individual coping and community resilience in rural areas
Roya Karami, Marzieh Keshavarz
Current Psychology, 2024
From the farmers' point of view, how threatening and harmful are natural hazards? A Q methodology
Zahra Khakifirouz, Mehrdad Niknami, Marzieh Keshavarz, Mohammad Sadegh Sabouri
International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 2024
Application of Complexity Theory and Agricultural Innovation System Approaches to Evaluate Performance of the New Agricultural Extension System: The Case of Iran
Jafari, N., Karami, E., Keshavarz, M., Karami, Sh., Azadi, Hossein
Journal of Agricultural Science and Technology, 2024
Perceptions of and adaptation to climate change in mountainous agro-pastoral communities: The case of the Afghan central highlands
Qurban Aliyar, Marzieh Keshavarz, Mohammad Wali Salari, David Haro-Monteagudo, Morteza Esmaelnejad, Neil Collins
Climate Risk Management, 2024
Water population density: Global and regional analysis
Bijan Nazari, Marzieh Keshavarz
Theoretical and Applied Climatology, 2023
Scaling up climate-smart regenerative agriculture for the restoration of degraded agroecosystems in developing countries
Marzieh Keshavarz, Hojjatallah Sharafi
Sustainable Production and Consumption, 2023
Framing a model for regular and occasional consumption of green foods in developing countries
Amir Alambeigi, Marzieh Keshavarz, Farzaneh Roshanpoor, Amirreza Rezaei
Journal Fur Verbraucherschutz Und Lebensmittelsicherheit, 2023
Climate-Smart Agriculture in Iran: Strategies, Constraints and Drivers
Payam Memarbashi, Gholamreza Mojarradi, Marzieh Keshavarz
Sustainability Switzerland, 2022
The effectiveness of livelihood management strategies in mitigating drought impacts and improving livability of pastoralist households
Samane Ghazali, Mansour Zibaei, Marzieh Keshavarz
International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 2022
Can climate-smart agriculture mitigate the Urmia Lake tragedy in its eastern basin?
Tahereh Maleki, Hossein Koohestani, Marzieh Keshavarz
Agricultural Water Management, 2022
Climate change and vulnerability: The case of mena countries
Razieh Namdar, Ezatollah Karami, Marzieh Keshavarz
ISPRS International Journal of Geo Information, 2021
Adaptation to climate change through agricultural paradigm shift
Vahid Karimi, Ezatollah Karami, Shobeir Karami, Marzieh Keshavarz
Environment Development and Sustainability, 2021
Farmers' decision to use drought early warning system in developing countries
Lida Sharafi, Kiumars Zarafshani, Marzieh Keshavarz, Hossein Azadi, Steven Van Passel
Science of the Total Environment, 2021
Assessing rural households' resilience and adaptation strategies to climate variability and change
Marzieh Keshavarz, Reihaneh Soltani Moqadas
Journal of Arid Environments, 2021
Agricultural land use change under climate variability and change: Drivers and impacts
Tahereh Tahmasebi, Ezatollah Karami, Marzieh Keshavarz
Journal of Arid Environments, 2020
Drought risk assessment: Towards drought early warning system and sustainable environment in western Iran
Lida Sharafi, Kiumars Zarafshani, Marzieh Keshavarz, Hossein Azadi, Steven Van Passel
Ecological Indicators, 2020
Assessing the vulnerability of farm families towards drought in Kermanshah province, Iran
Kiumars Zarafshani, Tahereh Maleki, Marzieh Keshavarz
Geojournal, 2020
Co-production of knowledge and adaptation to water scarcity in developing countries
Zahra Zarei, Ezatollah Karami, Marzieh Keshavarz
Journal of Environmental Management, 2020
Farmers’ attitude towards using treated wastewater for irrigation: The question of sustainability
Masoud Khanpae, Ezatollah Karami, Hamideh Maleksaeidi, Marzieh Keshavarz
Journal of Cleaner Production, 2020
What influences farmers' intentions to conserve on-farm biodiversity? An application of the theory of planned behavior in fars province, Iran
Hamideh Maleksaeidi, Marzieh Keshavarz
Global Ecology and Conservation, 2019
Vegetable farmers' knowledge, attitude and drivers regarding untreated wastewater irrigation in developing countries: A case study in Iran
Hamideh Maleksaeidi, Sakineh Ranjbar, Farzad Eskandari, Mohammad Jalali, Marzieh Keshavarz
Journal of Cleaner Production, 2018
Irrigation water management in Iran: Implications for water use efficiency improvement
Bijan Nazari, Abdolmajid Liaghat, Mohammad Reza Akbari, Marzieh Keshavarz
Agricultural Water Management, 2018
Vulnerability and Adaptation of Livestock Producers to Climate Variability and Change
Vahid Karimi, Ezatollah Karami, Marzieh Keshavarz
Rangeland Ecology and Management, 2018
Climate change and agriculture: Impacts and adaptive responses in Iran
Vahid Karimi, Ezatollah Karami, Marzieh Keshavarz
Journal of Integrative Agriculture, 2018
Livelihood vulnerability to drought: A case of rural Iran
Marzieh Keshavarz, Hamideh Maleksaeidi, Ezatollah Karami
International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 2017
Climate change and drought: Building resilience for an unpredictable future
Salgot M., Oron G., Cirelli G.L., Dalezios N.R., Díaz A., Angelakis A.N.
Handbook of Drought and Water Scarcity Environmental Impacts and Analysis of Drought and Water Scarcity, 2017
Agricultural water vulnerability in rural Iran
Marzieh Keshavarz
Water Policy, 2016
Farmers' pro-environmental behavior under drought: Application of protection motivation theory
Marzieh Keshavarz, Ezatollah Karami
Journal of Arid Environments, 2016
Farmers' attitude towards wastewater use in Fars Province, Iran
Fatemeh Sheidaei, Ezatollah Karami, Marzieh Keshavarz
Water Policy, 2016
Farmers' decision-making process under drought
Marzieh Keshavarz, Ezatollah Karami
Journal of Arid Environments, 2014
Adaptation of Iranian farmers to climate variability and change
Marzieh Keshavarz, Ezatollah Karami, Mansoor Zibaei
Regional Environmental Change, 2014
Institutional adaptation to drought: The case of Fars Agricultural Organization
Marzieh Keshavarz, Ezatollah Karami
Journal of Environmental Management, 2013
The social experience of drought in rural Iran
Marzieh Keshavarz, Ezatollah Karami, Frank Vanclay
Land Use Policy, 2013
Beckett's metatheatrical philosophy: A postmodern tendency regarding waiting for Godot and Endgame
Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences, 2012

RECENT SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS

Community participation in protected-areas management: A systematic literature review based on the sustainable development goals
V Karimi, E Ahmadifard, GG Singh, M Keshavarz, E Karami, H Azadi, ...
Land Use Policy 167, 108037 , 2026
2026
Validating the invisible: A mixed-methods approach to establishing reliable WEF nexus indicators for sustainable organic saffron production
F Khalili, S Choobchian, M Keshavarz
Scientific Reports , 2026
2026
Cropping Systems, Adaptive Livelihood, and Household Resilience among Maize Farmers in Nigeria
OT Bamigboye, V Karimi, AH Adeniran, M Keshavarz, E Karamidehkordi, ...
Results in Engineering, 110841 , 2026
2026
When nature treats farmers strictly: hazard management strategies in the Sistan Plain, Iran
Z Khakifirouz, M Niknami, M Keshavarz, MS Sabouri
Climate and Development 18 (2), 141-152 , 2026
2026
Citations: 1
From Paris to practice: a knowledge-mapping to climate justice research in developed and developing countries
V Karimi, M Keshavarz, E Karami, E Ahmadifard, H Azadi, ...
Climatic Change 179 (2), 30 , 2026
2026
Citations: 3
Drivers of 5G technology acceptance: a Bayesian approach
M Akbari, M Keshavarz, A Rezvani, A Bakhtiar, E Shahriari
European Journal of International Management 28 (1), 100-123 , 2026
2026
Citations: 6
Drivers of collective action in agricultural water conservation: Applying the social identity model to Iranian farmers in a wetlands basin
Y Tan, L Naderi, M Keshavarz, GG Singh
Agricultural Water Management 322, 110015 , 2025
2025
Citations: 5
Beyond Survival: A Wellbeing-Centric Indicator for Assessing Rural Individuals’ Resilience to Climate Change
M Keshavarz, E Masoomi
Environmental and Sustainability Indicators, 101078 , 2025
2025
Citations: 3
Rangeland Resilience on the Brink: Unravelling Ecosystem Services and Degradation Drivers
Q Aliyar, M Keshavarz
Rangeland Ecology & Management 103, 507-515 , 2025
2025
Addressing the Resilience of Rural Households to Floods: The Case of the Tajan Watershed
SM Khasti, F Shafiee, R Fazloula, M Keshavarz
Journal of Watershed Management Research 16 (2), 97-113 , 2025
2025
A Promising Model of Farmers' Resilience to Floods: A case study of Sistan Plain
Z Khakifirouz, M Niknami, M Keshavarz, MS Sabouri
Journal of Rural Research 16 (2), 107-124 , 2025
2025
Citations: 1
Uniting for survival: collective conservation drivers and strategies for the Caspian red deer
A Alambaigi, M Keshavarz, A Mohammadi, D Ziaei
Journal for Nature Conservation, 127014 , 2025
2025
Application of Complexity Theory and Agricultural Innovation System approaches to evaluate performance of the New Agricultural Extension System: the case of Iran
N Jafari, E Karami, M Keshavarz, S Karami, H Azadi
Journal of Agricultural Science and Technology 26 (1), 13-26 , 2025
2025
Citations: 5
Assessing the Vulnerability of Farmers to Natural Hazards in the Sistan Plain
Z Khakifirouz, M Niknami, M Keshavarz, MS Sabouri
Iranian Agricultural Extension and Education Journal 20 (2), 69-94 , 2025
2025
Citations: 1
Livelihood Vulnerability and Adaptation of Tehran Province’Farm Families to Climate Change: Strategies and Drivers
M Dargahi Maraghe, M Keshavarz
Iranian Agricultural Extension and Education Journal 20 (2), 199-221 , 2025
2025
Citations: 1
Resilience to climate change in agricultural water-scarce areas: The major obstacles and adaptive strategies
A Ahmadi, M Keshavarz, F Ejlali
Water Resources Management 39 (3), 1195-1214 , 2025
2025
Citations: 22
Transition from vulnerability to resilience to dust storms: a mixed-methods research
Z Khakifirouz, M Niknami, M Keshavarz, MS Sabouri
Natural Hazards 121 (3), 2565-2586 , 2025
2025
Citations: 7
An assessment of rural household vulnerability to floods: The case of Tajan watershed
SM Khasti, R Fazloula, M Keshavarz
Iranian Journal of Soil and Water Research 55 (8), 1359-1376 , 2024
2024
The emergence of online social capital during the COVID-19 outbreak and its impact on individual coping and community resilience in rural areas
R Karami, M Keshavarz
Current Psychology 43 (19), 17787-17800 , 2024
2024
Citations: 16
From the farmers' point of view, how threatening and harmful are natural hazards? AQ methodology
Z Khakifirouz, M Niknami, M Keshavarz, MS Sabouri
International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction 102, 104278 , 2024
2024
Citations: 6

MOST CITED SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS

Climate change and agriculture: Impacts and adaptive responses in Iran
V Karimi, E Karami, M Keshavarz
Journal of Integrative Agriculture 17 (1), 1-15 , 2018
2018
Citations: 529
Farmers' pro-environmental behavior under drought: Application of protection motivation theory
M Keshavarz, E Karami
Journal of Arid Environments 127, 128-136 , 2016
2016
Citations: 400
The social experience of drought in rural Iran
M Keshavarz, E Karami, F Vanclay
Land use policy 30 (1), 120-129 , 2013
2013
Citations: 383
Livelihood vulnerability to drought: A case of rural Iran
M Keshavarz, H Maleksaeidi, E Karami
International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction 21, 223-230 , 2017
2017
Citations: 224
Irrigation water management in Iran: Implications for water use efficiency improvement
B Nazari, A Liaghat, MR Akbari, M Keshavarz
Agricultural water management 208, 7-18 , 2018
2018
Citations: 220
What influences farmers' intentions to conserve on-farm biodiversity? An application of the theory of planned behavior in fars province, Iran
H Maleksaeidi, M Keshavarz
Global Ecology and Conservation 20, e00698 , 2019
2019
Citations: 173
Farmers' decision-making process under drought
M Keshavarz, E Karami
Journal of arid environments 108, 43-56 , 2014
2014
Citations: 132
Assessing rural households' resilience and adaptation strategies to climate variability and change
M Keshavarz, RS Moqadas
Journal of Arid Environments 184, 104323 , 2021
2021
Citations: 123
Vulnerability and adaptation of livestock producers to climate variability and change
V Karimi, E Karami, M Keshavarz
Rangeland Ecology & Management 71 (2), 175-184 , 2018
2018
Citations: 119
Co-production of knowledge and adaptation to water scarcity in developing countries
Z Zarei, E Karami, M Keshavarz
Journal of environmental management 262, 110283 , 2020
2020
Citations: 118
Climate change and vulnerability: the case of MENA countries
R Namdar, E Karami, M Keshavarz
ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information 10 (11), 794 , 2021
2021
Citations: 114
Drought risk assessment: Towards drought early warning system and sustainable environment in western Iran
L Sharafi, K Zarafshani, M Keshavarz, H Azadi, S Van Passel
Ecological Indicators 114, 106276 , 2020
2020
Citations: 101
Adaptation of Iranian farmers to climate variability and change
M Keshavarz, E Karami, M Zibaei
Regional environmental change 14 (3), 1163-1174 , 2014
2014
Citations: 88
Sociology of sustainable agriculture
E Karami, M Keshavarz
Sociology, organic farming, climate change and soil science, 19-40 , 2009
2009
Citations: 82
Farmers’ attitude towards using treated wastewater for irrigation: The question of sustainability
M Khanpae, E Karami, H Maleksaeidi, M Keshavarz
Journal of Cleaner Production 243, 118541 , 2020
2020
Citations: 77
Institutional adaptation to drought: The case of Fars Agricultural Organization
M Keshavarz, E Karami
Journal of environmental management 127, 61-68 , 2013
2013
Citations: 60
A typology of farmers’ drought management
M Keshavarz, E Karami, A Kamgare-Haghighi
American-Eurasian Journal of Agriculture & Environmental Sciences 7 (4), 415-426 , 2010
2010
Citations: 60
Agricultural land use change under climate variability and change: drivers and impacts
T Tahmasebi, E Karami, M Keshavarz
Journal of Arid Environments 180, 104202 , 2020
2020
Citations: 58
Climate change and drought: building resilience for an unpredictable future
H Maleksaeidi, M Keshavarz, E Karami, S Eslamian
Handbook of drought and water scarcity, 163-186 , 2017
2017
Citations: 50
Vegetable farmers' knowledge, attitude and drivers regarding untreated wastewater irrigation in developing countries: A case study in Iran
H Maleksaeidi, S Ranjbar, F Eskandari, M Jalali, M Keshavarz
Journal of Cleaner Production 202, 863-870 , 2018
2018
Citations: 49

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