Investigating the Role of Social Capital on Water Crisis Management

The main purpose of this study is to investigate the relationship between the components of social capital and the effectiveness of measures being efficient in adapting citizens to the water crisis. In this research, four main components of social capital (including: social trust, social participation, social support and social solidarity) as well as measures being efficient in the water crisis management (including: prevention, readiness, response, and restoration) were examined through the structural equation modeling. The statistical population of the present research that has been a cross-sectional survey, was citizens living in cities and villages of Bushehr province, which were investigated separately. In this regard, two statistical samples of 2000 people (separately for urban and rural residents) were selected and studied based on stratified-relative sampling method (in which each city was considered as a class and the sample was selected in proportion to population). The collected data were analyzed by the structural equation modeling using AMOS22 and SPSS22 software-. Data analysis and research hypotheses test showed that there is a significant relationship between the four main components of social capital and the effectiveness of measures being efficient in adapting citizens to the water crisis. The study results also indicated that the stronger the components of social capital, especially social support and social solidarity, the better the effectiveness of measures being efficient in water crisis management.