Applied Research in Geographical Sciences

Applied Research in Geographical Sciences

Climate change reflects on security of the border villages, case study: Salas Babajani border villages

Authors
morad Kaviani Rad 1
meysam toulabi nejad 2
farid rezaei 3
1 Associate Professor of Political Geography, Kharazmi University, Tehran, Iran kharazmi university
2 PhD student, Kharazmi University, Tehran, Iran. kharazmi university
3 MSc in Climatology, Kharazmi University, Tehran, Iran. kharazmi university
10.29252/jgs.20.57.297
Abstract
The purpose of the present study is to investigate the effects of climate change on the border security of Thalassa Babajani villages. The study area consists of 11 villages of Salas Babajani city with a population of over 2500 people. 333 questionnaires were designed using Cochran formula. The research method was a descriptive-analytic and statistical questionnaire. The results showed that the impacts of climate change were firstly on food security and consequently security in the border villages of Thales Babajani so that most of the population in the study area were concerned about climate change such as flood and drought. Forced to change their livelihoods due to lack of food. The results also showed that with climate change, some former farmers have moved to their village boundaries for daily livelihoods due to climate change and food scarcity, which could in the future be the third border region and its villages. Serious challenges lead to insecurity. Because these people will face the same dangers as engaging in border guards between the two countries, Iran will result in the risk of death for those who were once farmers or ranchers and the security of the area would also be compromised.
Keywords
Security
Food security
Climate Change
border and city of Salas Babajani
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