Brief CV
								
								I completed my BSc study in rangeland and watershed management engineering in 1996 at Mazandaran University. Then I  received a master degree in natural resources engineering with a focus on combating desertification from Tehran University in 1998. Since 1999, I had the oppertunity to collborate with several international project at the Forests, Rangelands and Watershed Management Organization in Iran. In 2012, I received my PhD degree in Natural Science (Dr.rer.nat.) with the distinction of  Magna Cum Laude from Center for Development Research (ZEF) University of Bonn. Then, I joined the Geography Department at Kharazmi University in Iran, and became an Assistant Professor in 2013. My main research interests are community development, climate change adaptation and vulnerability, water resource governance, drought and desertification.   
								
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										ٍEnglish
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										German
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										Azari
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									 Executive Activities
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										Nomads and rural adaptation strategies to climate change.
										فردین رحیمی
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										Analysis of social capital for participatory management of Irrigation water sources in (Malayedkoub rural district) in Sarab
										محمد زارعی
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										Analysis of effects the new town on the rural-urban; A case study of Aliyshahr new town
										محمد حسینی
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										Spatial analysis of rural tourism destinations in Shabestar city
										مجتبی دنیائی داریان
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										Explanation on Sustainable Housing in Rural Areas  ( The Case of rural dwellings in Zayandehrood Wateershed in Flavarjan County(
										زهره صادقی قهدریجانی
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										Capacities and limitations of rural employment in the west of Alborz city
										جواد کریمی
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										key drivers of rural employments in west Alborz
										جواد کریمی
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										Spatial Relationships Between Urban and Rural Areas and TheirDevelopmental Impacts on Each Other (Case Study: Savojbolagh County)
										بابک امیدی
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										Environmental migrations of villages in Hamidieh city, Khuzestan province
										علی رئیسی للری
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										the factors affecting the cooperative management of underground water resources in the villages of Akhtar Abad, Mallard
										سحر دادگاهی
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										economic-social security  of villages in border areas، a case study of piranshahr city
										عمران یاری
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										Futures Studies on Sustainable Nomadic Livelihoods case study Il Kalhor Tehran
										شبنم کشاورزملایی
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										The Explanation of Agrarian Structure in the Rural Area of Western Part of Ormia lake
										روزینا حنیفی
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										Integrated ecotourism development management of ecotourism in protected areas, Parvar protected area, province of Semnan.
										امیر تیمورتاش
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										The Analysis of local community perception of a good village
										شیرین عزیزی کلوسفروشی
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										Analysis of the spiritual experience of foreign female tourist in iran
										نسرین غلامعلی فرد
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										The analysis of the barriers to the social instability of villagers in Dezful
										مصطفی عبدالهی
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										Evaluation of sustainable development of rural constellation Plan
Case: babolkenar  plan(city of babol)
										فاطمه رضایی
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										The Role of In-Service Training on Empowerment and Job Performance of Social Insurance Agents for Farmers, Villagers and Nomads in Fars Province
										سمیرا زاهدریگ
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										Evaluation of Factors Affecting Environmental Quality in Rural Settlements of Pirashahri, Case: Chichkloo Village in Islamshahr
										عادل عباسعلی
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										Explanation of network spatial organization in Rural Constellations (case study: central district of Tonekabon county)
										محمد رمضان جورنبیان
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										Analysis of local community perception on subsidence hazard in rural areasCase of study: Zahra Bala rural district in Boyin Zahra county
										زینب ولی پور
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										Development of the value chain products Handicrafts of the beneficiaries of Eshtehard County Relief Committee (Alborz Province)
										مهسان قائمی کوران کردیه
									 Published books
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										Mountain pastoralism and changing environment: survival of the fittest
										Asghar Tahmasebi, Eckart Ehelers
										
										2016
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										Pastoral Vulnerability to Socio-political and Climate Stresses
										Asghar Tahmasebi
										دانشگاه بن
										2013
									 Published articles
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										Social Capital Drives Beekeeping as Livelihood Diversification Strategy: A Study of Pastoralists in Northeast Iran
										AmirMasoud Pouyafar, Hossein Arzami, Seied Akbar Javadi, Asghar Tahmasebi
										Journal of Agricultural Science and Technology
										2024
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										Participatory Rural Development Planning: Insights from Shahdad District
										Hamid Jalalian, Asghar Tahmasebi, Farhad Azizpour, Mojdeh Kalantarzade
										Journal of Sustainable Rural Development
										2024
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										Explaining Sustainable Housing in Rural Settlements Based on a Community-Based Conceptual Framework (Case Study: Rural Area along the Zayandeh Rud River, Falavarjan Township)
										Zohreh Sadeghi, Farhad Azizpour, Asghar Tahmasebi, mohsen sartipipour
										
										2024
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										Aligning Trends in Climatic Parameters and Nomads' Indigenous Knowledge about Climate Change in Central Iran (Case Study: Semirom town)
										Razieh Saboohi, Hossein Barani, Morteza Khodagholi, Ahmad Abedi Sarvestani, Asghar Tahmasebi, Hart Nadav Feuer
										Weather Climate and Society
										2022
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										Microfinance and social capital formation- A social network analysis approach
										Asghar Tahmasebi, Fatemeh Askaribezayeh
										SOCIO-ECONOMIC PLANNING SCIENCES
										2020
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										Nomads' indigenous knowledge and their adaptation to climate changes in Semirom City in Central Iran
										Razieh Saboohi, Hossein Barani, Morteza Khodagholi, Ahmad Abedi Sarvestani, Asghar Tahmasebi
										THEORETICAL AND APPLIED CLIMATOLOGY
										2018
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										An Analysis of the Obstacles in front of Rural Social Insurance Using Analytical Network Process (ANP) in Hamedan County
										Hassan Afrakhteh, Hamid Jalalian, Asghar Tahmasebi, Maryam Armand
										journal of research and rural planning
										2017
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										Climate change and mountain pastoralism the Shahsevan of Northwest Iran
										Asghar Tahmasebi, eckarehlers eckarehlers, SCHETTER CONRAD
										Erdkunde
										2013
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										Indigenous knowledge for water management in Iran s dry land Siraf
										Asghar Tahmasebi
										INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES
										2009
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