Factors Influencing the Rural Migrations Resulting from Drought: A Case Study in Fars Province

Though, migration is known as one of the implications of drought, there might be found a limited number of studies conducted to explain the effects of migrations resulting from drought. Thus, this study investigates such a process and its effective factors in 2010 through a qualitative method by using documentary data of a village in Khasouyeh subdistrict in Fars province. Findings show that a series of various natural, economic and social factors result in permanent migration of households; the natural and economic factors, however, pave the ground for temporary migrations as well; moreover, migration never comes out of a sudden decision, rather it is resulted from inefficiencies of other options. Finally, while the migrants tend to face a lot of economic, emotional and social difficulties, the migration is still assumed as a useful strategy. Therefore, it is recommended that policy-makers facilitate a drought-consistency process by means of training and direct the rural migration flows toward the areas benefiting from adequate capacities to generate employments.