Journal Paper

1. "Investigating social capital as a precondition in landscape Co-Management: Application of social network in southeastern Iran"
   Mehdi Ghorbani, Maryam Yazdanparast, Ahmad Naderi, leila avazpour
   JOURNAL FOR NATURE CONSERVATION, Vol. 86, No 126888, 2025
2. "How to manage regime shifts: insights from a dryland social–ecological system"
   Majid Rahimi, Mehdi Ghorbani, Khaled Ahmadaali
   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF WATER RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT, Vol. 55, No 1, pp.1-27, 2024
3. "Tracing water governance across different levels in Iran"
   Sedigheh Ghafari, Mehdi Ghorbani, Ali Salajegheh, Oliver Fritsch, Ahmad Naderi, Animesh Kumar Gain
   Environmental Science and Policy, Vol. 162, No 1, 2024
4. "Measuring the adaptive capacity of rangeland users under drought stress in North-eastern Iran: application of social network analysis"
   Mehdi Ghorbani, Behnaz Esmaeili, Elham Akbari, Maryam Yazdanparast, leila avazpour
   JOURNAL OF ARID ENVIRONMENTS, Vol. 225, No 105254, 2024
5. "Exploring the influence of regime shifts on ecosystem services in Iran’s ZayandehRud river basin"
   [] [], Mehdi Ghorbani, Khaled Ahmadaali
   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF RIVER BASIN MANAGEMENT, Vol. 111, No 1111, 2024
6. "Measuring the Multi-Level Resilience Based on Social Heterogeneity Faced with Drought in Rangeland Users"
   Mehdi Ghorbani, رضا باقری فهرجی, Amir Alambeigi, Shahram Khalighi Sigaroodi, Maryam Yazdanparast
   International Journal of Environmental Research, Vol. 18, No 23, 2024
7. "Dryland co‑management in Kerman province, Iran: a dynamic analysis of social networks"
   leila avazpour, Mehdi Ghorbani, Ahmad Naderi, Nafiseh Fakhar Izadi, حسین آزادی, Maryam Yazdanparast
   ENVIRONMENT DEVELOPMENT AND SUSTAINABILITY, Vol. 25, No 12, 2024
8. "Feasibility of groundwater resources in two soft and hard formations of Shamil-Takht watershed in Hormozgan province in the South of Iran."
   مهتاب صالحی , Rasoul Mahdavi, مرضیه رضایی , Mehdi Ghorbani, علیرضا نفرزادگان, Ameneh Mirzadeh, Atefeh Mahdavi, Asadollah Khorani
   DESERT, Vol. 28, No 2, pp.291-316, 2023
9. "Optimal consequence management of pollution intrusion into water distribution network considering demand variation and pipelines' leakage: a case study"
   Seyed Ghasem Razavi, Sara Nazif, Mehdi Ghorbani
   JOURNAL OF HYDROINFORMATICS, Vol. 1, No 1, 2023
10. "Evaluation of farmers’ adaptation capacity indicators with declining groundwater levels in Kazerun plain, Iran"
    Mehdi Ghorbani, Najme Ganji, Hassan Khosravi, Amir Alambeigi, حسین آزادی
    Sustainable Water Resources Management, Vol. 9, No 76, 2023
11. "Dryland river regime shifts in Iran: Drivers and feedbacks"
    Majid Rahimi, Mehdi Ghorbani, Khaled Ahmadaali, Ali Salajegheh, حسین آزادی
    RIVER RESEARCH AND APPLICATIONS, Vol. 1111, No 1111, 2023
12. "Contribution of small-scale farmers to global food security: a meta-analysis"
    حسین آزادی, Samane Ghazali, Mehdi Ghorbani, Rong Tan, Frank Witlox
    JOURNAL OF THE SCIENCE OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE, Vol. 103, No 6, 2023
13. "Community Resilience and Consequence Management of Pollution Intrusion Into Water Distribution Network: A Case Study"
    Seyed Ghasem Razavi Razavi, Sara Nazif, Mehdi Ghorbani
    SOCIETY & NATURAL RESOURCES, Vol. 1, No 1, pp.1-19, 2023
14. "Development of a Water Security Conceptual Model by Combining Human-Environmental System (HES) and System Dynamic Approach"
    Maryam Yazdanparast, Mehdi Ghorbani, Ali Salajegheh, Reza Kerachian
    WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT, Vol. -, 2023
15. "Structural characteristics of governmental and non-governmental institutions network: case of water governance system in Kor River basin in Iran"
    Majid Rahimi, Mehdi Ghorbani, Hossein Azadi
    ENVIRONMENT DEVELOPMENT AND SUSTAINABILITY, Vol. 111, No 111, 2022
16. "Quantitative and qualitative analysis of the dimensions of farmers’ adaptive capacity in the face of water scarcity"
    Maryam Afkhami, Banafsheh Zahraie, Mehdi Ghorbani
    JOURNAL OF ARID ENVIRONMENTS, Vol. 199, No 104715, 2022
17. "A novel framework for water right conflict resolution considering actors’ power and inter-organizational relationships analysis"
    Hossein Zanjanian, Mohammad Hossein Niksokhan, Mehdi Ghorbani, Abdul Razaq Rezaei
    JOURNAL OF HYDROINFORMATICS, Vol. 111, No 111, 2022
18. "Social capital and farmers’ leadership in Iranian rural communities: application of social network analysis"
    Zohreh Moghfeli, Mehdi Ghorbani, Mohammad Reza Rezvani, Mohammadamin Khorasani, Hossein Azadi, Jurgen Scheffran
    Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, Vol. 1, No 1, pp.1-25, 2022
19. "Bonding Social Capital of Rural Women in Southwest Iran: Application of Social Network Analysis*"
    Mehdi Ghorbani, Seyed Akbar Javadi, Sareh Rasekhi, Maryam Yazdanparast, Hossein Azadi
    RURAL SOCIOLOGY, Vol. 1, No 1, pp.1-26, 2022
20. "Sustainable Co-Management of arid regions in southeastern Iran: Social network analysis approach"
    Mehdi Ghorbani, Ahmad Naderi, Kristina Jane ckov, Petr Skleni ckac, Hossein Azadi, Frank Witlox
    JOURNAL OF ARID ENVIRONMENTS, Vol. 1, No 192, 2021
21. "Role of Social Network Measurements in Improving Adaptive Capacity: The Case of Agricultural Water Users in Rural Areas of Western Iran"
    Maryam Afkhami, Mehdi Ghorbani, Banafsheh Zahraie, Hossein Azadi
    Society and Natural Resources, Vol. 34, No 7, pp.1-20, 2021
22. "Effect of Collective and Council ownership on social and ecological indicators in wintery rangelands of Iran"
    Hasan Mohamadzadeh chenar, Jalil Farzadmehr , Mehdi Ghorbani, Warwick Badgery, Mohammad Reza Rahdari, Jesus Rodrigo Comino
    International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology, Vol. 19, No 4, 2021
23. "A Social-Relational Approach for Analyzing Trust and Collaboration Networks as Preconditions for Rangeland Comanagement"
    Mehdi Ghorbani, Hosein Azadi
    Rangeland Ecology & Management, Vol. 75, pp.170-184, 2021
24. "Harnessing indigenous knowledge for climate change-resilient water management – lessons from an ethnographic case study in Iran"
    Mehdi Ghorbani, Hamed Eskandari, Matthew Cotton, Omid Mehrab Ghoochani, Moslem Borji
    climate and Development, Vol. 10, No 1080, 2021
25. "The Impact of Industrial Investments on Land Use and Smallholder Farmers’ Livelihoods in Ethiopia"
    Diriba Dadi Debela, Till Stellmacher, Hossein Azadi, Girma Kelboro, Philippe Lebailly, Mehdi Ghorbani
    LAND USE POLICY, Vol. 99, No 105091, 2020
26. "Analysis of Production Relations and Linkages of Agricultural Producers Using Social Network Analysis Method (Case Study: Pistachio Producers in Damghan County)"
    Mohammad Reza Rezvani, Mehdi Ghorbani, Mohammadamin Khorasani, Zohreh Moghfeli
    Research and Rural Planning, Vol. 7, No 1, pp.1-17, 2018
27. "An Analysis of the Impact of Socio-Economic Variables upon Local Communities Participation in Rangeland Protection (Gomorgan Village - Malard Country)"
    Maedeh Naseri, Mehdi Ghorbani, Mohammad Jafari, Hamed Rafiee
    ECOPERSIA, Vol. 5, No 3, pp.1829-1836, 2017
28. "Estimating participation and willingness to pay of local communities for preservation and reclamation of desert areas(Case Stuy: Abuzeidabad district of Aran Va Bidgol county)"
    Zahra Eslamian, Mehdi Ghorbani, Tayyebe Mesbahzadeh, Hamed Rafiee
    DESERT, Vol. 21, No 2, 2016
29. "Communal institutions for the management of rangeland resources and dairy production in Taleghan Valley, Northern Iran"
    Mehdi Ghorbani, Ali Akbar Mehrabi, Hosein Azarnivand, Sosan Bastani, Mohammad Jafari, Klaus Seeland
    RANGELAND JOURNAL, Vol. 37, No 2, pp.169-179, 2015
30. "Response Surface Modelling of Noradrenaline Production in Hairy Root Culture of Purslane (Portulaca oleracea L.)"
    Mehdi Ghorbani, Aghil Ghorbani, Mansoor Omidi, Mohammad Hashemi
    Turkish Journal of Agriculture-Food Science and Technology, Vol. 3, No 6, pp.439-443, 2015
31. "SOCIAL NETWORK ANALYSIS AND CO-MANAGEMENT NETWORK IN SUSTAINABLE RANGELAND MANAGEMENT IN SOUTHERN IRAN"
    Mehdi Ghorbani, Sareh Rasekhi, Aliakbar Mehrabi, S.akbar Javadi
    INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CURRENT LIFE SCIENCES, Vol. 14, No 9, pp.6948-6954, 2014
32. "The role of indigneus ecological know3ledge in managing rangelands sustainably in Northern Iran"
    Mehdi Ghorbani, Hosein Azarnivand, Aliakbar Mehrabi, Mohammad Jafari, Hooshang Nayebi, Klaus Seeland
    ECOLOGY AND SOCIETY, Vol. 18, No 2, 2013
33. "Identification and Prioritization of Factors Influencing Agricultural Water Price Index from Farmers' Viewpoint in Charkhab Village, Yazd Province"
    ایمان اسلامی , Mehdi Ghorbani, مسعود جعفری
    DESERT, Vol. 17, No 2, 2013
34. "The Role of Indigenous Ecological Knowledge in Managing Rangelands Sustainably in Northern Iran"
    Mehdi Ghorbani, Hosein Azarnivand, Ali Akbar Mehrabi, محمد جعفری , Hooshang Nayebi, Klaus Seeland
    ECOLOGY AND SOCIETY, Vol. 18, No 2, 2013
35. "Evaluation of the Social Capital of Local Communities in Line with the Governance of the Land (Study Area: Taftan City)"
    Mehdi Ghorbani, A. H. Garakani, [] [], سجاد امیری , Majid Rahimi
    Journal of Range and Watershed Management, Vol. 78, No 1, 2025
36. "Network Analysis of Organizational Relationships for Analyzing the Isfahan Water Resources Governance System"
    Abas Rahdan, Mehdi Ghorbani, Khaled Ahmadaali, Mahdi Zarghami, Ali Akbar Mehrabi
    Natural Resources Governance, Vol. 1, No 3, pp.219-237, 2025
37. "Investigating the Mode and Regime of Water governance in the Zayandeh Rood River Basin with an emphasis on the Role of Actors and Key Institutions"
    Abas Rahdan, Mehdi Ghorbani, Khaled Ahmadaali, Mahdi Zarghami
    Iranian Journal of lrrigation and Drainage, Vol. 18, No 5, pp.715-734, 2024
38. "Analysis of Actor Positions and Institutional Conflicts in Water Governance in Khuzestan"
    Sedigheh Ghafari, Mehdi Ghorbani, Ali Salajegheh, Ahmad Naderi, Mansour Ghanian, Hosein Azadi
    Iranian Journal of Rainwater Catchment Systems, Vol. 12, No 3, 2024
39. "Social Capital Dynamic of Local Stakeholder Network in Rural Co-Management: the case study of Gachsaran county"
    Mehdi Ghorbani, سید امیر حسین گرکانی, leila avazpour, Maryam Yazdanparast, Sajad Amiri
    journal of Rural Research, Vol. 15, No 3, pp.109-125, 2024
40. "Evaluating Land Governance with Emphasis on Dynamics of Organizational Relationships (Case Study: Gachsaran County)"
    A. H. Garakani, Mehdi Ghorbani, Sedigheh Ghafari, leila avazpour, سجاد امیری
    Natural Resources Governance, Vol. 1, No 2, 2024
41. "Dynamic Analysis of Organizational Cohesion in the Implementation of the Development and Advancement Rural Plan (Case Study: Gachsaran County)"
    حسن اشتری, Mehdi Ghorbani, Mohammadamin Khorasani, Sedigheh Ghafari
    journal of Rural Research, Vol. 15, No 2, pp.382-397, 2024
42. "Prioritization of Sustainable Business Plans in Line with the Development of Rural Entrepreneurship with an Emphasis on Rangeland Ecosystem Services (Case study: Maneh and Samalqan County, North Khorasan Province)"
    Mehdi Ghorbani, leila avazpour, Hosein Azarnivand, Hamed Rafiee
    Journal of Range and Watershed Management, Vol. 77, No 2, 2024
43. "Designing the Policy Making Model for the Development of Social Entrepreneurship (Case Study: Villages in the West of Iran.)."
    Mehdi Ghorbani, Mohammad Mehdi Latifi, Hossein Ali Soltani, Sajad Khani Pordanjani, Sarvenaz Gholami
    journal of Rural Research, Vol. 15, No 2, pp.1-20, 2024
44. "Measurement of Effective Components on the Resilience of the Social-Ecological System in Talaghan Facing Rangeland Use Change"
    Nafiseh Fakhar Izadi, Mehdi Ghorbani, Hosein Azarnivand, Mohammad Jafari, حمید امیرنژاد, Hossein Azadi
    Pasture, Vol. 18, No 2, pp.265-283, 2024
45. "Analyzing Structural Characteristics of Social Capital for Landscape-Community Based Management: A Case Study in Ghaleganj County"
    Ahmad Naderi, مریم یزدان پرست, Mehdi Ghorbani, leila avazpour
    Pasture, Vol. 18, No 1, pp.72-84, 2024
46. "Designing and Development of a Dynamic Water Security Model Based on Social-Ecological System Interactions (Neyshabur Plain watershed)"
    Maryam Yazdanparast, Mehdi Ghorbani
    Iranian Journal of Agricultural Economics and Development Research, Vol. 55, No 2, pp.183-204, 2024
47. "Environmental impact assessment of Mine Utilization Using Iranian Leopold Matrix (Study area: Sangan khaf mines)"
    Sajad Amiri, Hosein Azarnivand, Mehdi Ghorbani, Mohammad Jafari, Sajad Barkhordary Dorbash, حسین آزادی
    Journal of Range and Watershed Management, Vol. 77, No 1, pp.18-32, 2024
48. "Application of systems thinking approach in the extreme events analysis (Case study: Karoun Basin)"
    پیام آموزگاری, Arash Malekian, Khaled Ahmadaali, Mehdi Ghorbani, Seyed Hamzeh Safavi Homami
    integrated watershed management, Vol. 4, No 1, pp.46-60, 2024
49. "The Effects of Microfinance on Income and Lifting poor out of Poverty: Agent based Modeling"
    Moohamadreza Sadegimogadam, Mehdi Ghorbani, Mahsa Soltani Neshan, مهرداد حمیدی هدایت
    industrial management perspective, Vol. 14, No 1, pp.91-113, 2024
50. "Analysis of indigenous knowledge and economic evaluation In Asbads (case study: Nashtifan, Khaf)"
    فائزه علیخانی, Mehdi Ghorbani, Hassan Khosravi
    Journal of Iranian Anthropological Research, Vol. 13, No 2, pp.185-218, 2024
51. "Investigating organizational cohesion and knowledge sharing among organizational stakeholders in the direction of cooperative management of the Isin Plain Aquifer in Hormozgan"
    مهتاب صالحی , Rasoul Mahdavi, مرضیه رضایی , علیرضا نفرزادگان, Mehdi Ghorbani
    Desert Management, Vol. 11, No 4, pp.37-54, 2024
52. "Economic Evaluation of Rangeland Tourism Function (Study Area: North Khorasan Province, Maneh and Samolghan Counties)"
    leila avazpour, Mehdi Ghorbani, Hosein Azarnivand, Hamed Rafiee
    Journal of Range and Watershed Management, Vol. 76, No 3, 2023
53. "Evaluation of the Social Effectiveness of Empowerment Projects in Local Communities"
    Ahmad Naderi, Mehdi Ghorbani, Maryam Yazdanparast, leila avazpour
    Pasture, Vol. 17, No 3, 2023
54. "Introducing GHORBANI Business Model in Micro Enterprises for Empowering Local Communities"
    Mehdi Ghorbani, Mohammad Mehdi Latifi
    journal of Rural Research, Vol. 14, No 2, pp.310-325, 2023
55. "Dynamic Modeling of Land Use Changes based on Human-Environmental System in Taleghan Watershed"
    Roghaye Shad, Mehdi Ghorbani, Khaled Ahmadaali, Aliakbar Nazari Samani, Maryam Yazdanparast
    Journal of Range and Watershed Management, Vol. 76, No 2, pp.133-148, 2023
56. "Making of effective solution to achieve sustainable business based on the function of Ecotourism"
    Leila Avazpour, Mehdi Ghorbani
    Journal of Natural Environment (Iranian Journal of Natural Resources), Vol. 76, No 2, pp.259-269, 2023
57. "Analysis and Assessment of Water Security Index (WSI) in Neyshabour Plain Watershed"
    Maryam Yazdanparast, Mehdi Ghorbani, Ali Salajegheh, Reza Kerachian
    journal of Rural Research, Vol. 14, No 1, 2023
58. "Study of The Relation Between the Status of The Isin Bandar Abbas Plain Aquifer and Land Use Changes"
    مهتاب صالحی , Rasoul Mahdavi, مرضیه رضایی , علیرضا نفرزادگان, Mehdi Ghorbani
    Desert Management, Vol. 11, No 1, pp.95-116, 2023
59. "Levels of Separation of Behavioral Antecedents Based on Sustainability Indicators and Farmers Individual Characteristics (Case Study: Ghalehgang County)"
    فاطمه نرماشیری , Mehdi Ghorbani, Gholamreza Zehtabian, Hosein Azarnivand, Amir Alambeigi, رولند شولز
    journal of Rural Research, Vol. 13, No 3, 2022
60. "Analysis of Water Security Concept in Neyshabour Plain Watershed by Using Human-Environment System (HES) Interaction Framework"
    Maryam Yazdanparast, Mehdi Ghorbani, Ali Salajegheh, Reza Kerachian
    Iranian Journal of Rainwater Catchment Systems, Vol. 10, No 32, 2022
61. "Evaluation and analysis of desertification change using change vector analysis method (Ghalehgang County)"
    Fatemeh Narmashiri, Mehdi Ghorbani, Gholamreza Zehtabian, Hosein Azarnivand, Amir Alambeigi, رولند شولز
    Iranian Range and Desert Research, Vol. 29, No 1, 2022
62. "Analysis of Institution-Stakeholder Relations for the Nested Water Governance in Downstream of the Kor River Basin"
    Majid Rahimi, Mehdi Ghorbani, Arash Malekian, Amir Alambeigi
    Whatershed Management Research, Vol. 35, No 1, 2022
63. "Resilience Assessment in Social-Ecological Systems against Available Water Depletion (Case Study: Harchegan Village)"
    شهباز مهرابی, Mohammadreza Yazdani, Mehdi Ghorbani
    مدیریت بحران, Vol. 11, No 1, pp.67-80, 2022
64. "Assessment and Comparative Evaluation of Livability of Villages with and without Soil Conservation and Watershed Management Activities (Case Study: Chaharmahal va Bakhtiari Province)"
    Mohammadamin Khorasani, Mehdi Ghorbani, Zahra Tavakoli, Majid Akbari
    Iranian Journal of Agricultural Economics and Development Research, Vol. 52-2, No 4, 2022
65. "Investigating and analyzing the network of key organizational stakeholders in collaborative land use planning"
    Reza Shakeri, Mehdi Ghorbani, کامران شایسته
    Journal of Range and Watershed Management, Vol. 74, No 3, 2021
66. "Assessing the Effects of Natural resource plans in livelihood of Sarduieh nomads, Jiroft county"
    Hamidreza Saeidigraghani, Hosein Arzani, Hosein Azarnivand, Mehdi Ghorbani
    Journal of Range and Watershed Management, Vol. 74, No 3, 2021
67. "Analysis of Factors Affecting Resilience of Local Communities in the Face of Climate Fluctuations in Yazd"
    رضا باقری فهرجی, Mehdi Ghorbani, Shahram Khalighi Sigaroodi, Amir Alambeigi
    Journal of Range and Watershed Management, Vol. 74, No 2, 2021
68. "Measuring and Comparing the Structural Characteristics of Social Capital of Users in regard with Rangeland Governance (Case study: Sabzevar County, Khorasan Razavi Province)"
    Adeleh Khavar, Mehdi Ghorbani, Hosein Azarnivand, Amir Alambeigi, Shahram Khalighi Sigaroodi
    Iranian Range and Desert Research, Vol. 28/2, No 83, 2021
69. "An Exploration of the Impact of Empowerment through Micro-Credit Funding Upon Starting Rural Sustainable Businesses"
    Mehdi Ghorbani, Leila Avazpour, قائم شریعتی نیاسر
    Iranian Journal of Agricultural Economics and Development Research, Vol. 52/2, No 2, pp.355-370, 2021
70. "Measuring and Analyzing Adaptive Capacity of Socio-Ecological System in the Face of Declining Groundwater Aquifers (Studied Area: Kazerun Plain)"
    Najme Ganji, Mehdi Ghorbani, Hassan Khosravi, Amir Alambeigi
    Journal of Watershed Management Research, Vol. 12, No 23, 2021
71. "Determining the mode and regime of the water governance in the face of environmental changes from the perspective of institution and local stakeholders"
    Majid Rahimi, Mehdi Ghorbani, Arash Malekian, Amir Alambeigi
    Journal of Range and Watershed Management, Vol. 74/1, 2021
72. "Evaluation of some......."
    Arash Malekian, Parvin Mohammadi, Mehdi Ghorbani, Aliakbar Nazari Samani
    Desert Ecosystems Engineering Journal, Vol. 10, No 30, pp.65-80, 2021
73. "Measuring and Evaluating the Dimensions Affecting the improvement of Resilience of Rural Communities in the Face of Drought (Case Study: Sabzevar County)"
    رویا وزیریان, علی اکبر کریمیان, Mehdi Ghorbani, سید علیرضا افشانی, Mohammad Taghi Dastorani
    journal of Rural Research, Vol. 11/4, pp.630-645, 2021
74. "Clarifying the role and value of awareness of local communities in increasing the participation in rangeland protection (Case study: Malard County)"
    Maede Nasry, Mehdi Ghorbani, Mohammad Jafari, Hosein Azarnivand, Hamed Rafiee
    Journal of Range and Watershed Management, Vol. 73/4, 2021
75. "Monitoring and analyzing social networks and identifying key actors for sustainable management of natural resources"
    رویا وزیریان, علی اکبر کریمیان, Mehdi Ghorbani, سید علیرضا افشانی
    Iranian Range and Desert Research, Vol. 28/1, No 82, pp.181-194, 2021
76. "Analysis of......"
    Jamileh Salimi Kouchi, Ali Salajegheh, Mehdi Ghorbani, Arash Malekian, Amirreza Rezaei
    Journal of Range and Watershed Management, Vol. 73, No 3, 2020
77. "Analyzing the Conflict of Allocating Environmental Water Share Among Rival Governmental Organizations"
    Hossein Zanjanian, Mohammad Hossein Niksokhan, Mojtaba Ardestani, Hamid Abdolabadi, Mehdi Ghorbani
    The Journal of Environmental Science and Technology, Vol. 22, No 6, 2020
78. "Analysis and detection of community vulnerability ......."
    Parvin Mohammadi, Mehdi Ghorbani, Arash Malekian, Aliakbar Nazari Samani
    Iranian Range and Desert Research, Vol. 27, No 2, pp.287-299, 2020
79. "An Investigation of Social Capital of Beneficiaries toward sustainable Rural Development ( Case study: Telobine village, Mayamey county, Semnan province)"
    حسین صائمی پور, Mehdi Ghorbani, Arash Malekian, مهدی رمضان زاده لسبوئی
    Journal of Range and Watershed Management, Vol. 73, No 2, pp.367-377, 2020
80. "An Analysis of Validation of livability constructs of the Local Communities (Case study: Ghale Ganj District)"
    Mehdi Ghorbani
    Iranian Journal of Agricultural Economics and Development Research, Vol. 51/2, No 2, pp.243-261, 2020
81. "Animal Unit Equivalent and Daily Requirement of Sheep Breeds Grazing in Central Regions of Iran"
    جواد معتمدی ترکان, Hosein Arzani, Mehdi Ghorbani
    Journal of Range and Watershed Management, Vol. 73, No 1, pp.199-208, 2020
82. "The analysis of role and social structure in adapted local innovations for water resources management of Gezir Plain"
    مریم برزگر, Mehdi Ghorbani, Alireza Moghaddam Nia, Abdolvahed Hossaini Gezir
    Iranian Range and Desert Research, Vol. 26, No 4, pp.971-985, 2020
83. "Assessment of Bonding Social Capital for Establishment of Collaborative Governance of Natural Resources (Case Study: AbarKuh District, Yazd Province)"
    Mehdi Ghorbani, محمدرضا آخوندی, هدایت الله میرشمسی, سید حسین موسوی نیا
    Journal of Range and Watershed Management, Vol. 72, No 4, pp.1037-1047, 2020
84. "Analysis of the dynamic of organizational cohesion for establishing collaborative governance of watershed, case area: Sarayan District, South Khorasan"
    Mehdi Ghorbani, Samaneh Naseri, احمد حاج علیزاده
    Watershed managment Journal, Vol. 11, No 4, pp.879-890, 2020
85. "Social Network, Joint Image Building and Adaptation Toward Water Governance (Case Study: Taleghan Watershed)"
    Fariba Ebrahimi Azarkharan, Mehdi Ghorbani, Arash Malekian, Ali Salajegheh, Amir Alambeigi, Hedayat Fahmi
    Journal of Watershed Management Research, Vol. 10, No 20, 2020
86. "Investigating the Relationship between the Vulnerability of Communities and Climate Changes in Kermanshah Province"
    Parvin Mohamadi, Arash Malekian, Mehdi Ghorbani, Aliakbar Nazari Samani
    Geography and Environmental Sustainability, Vol. 32, No 3, pp.33-47, 2019
87. "on Efficacy-Self of Role Moderating the and Empowerment of Impacts the of Evaluation An"
    Mehdi Ghorbani, احمد حاج علیزاده, مسعود حیدروند
    journal of Rural Research, Vol. 10/3, No 3, pp.438-451, 2019
88. "The Positional Analysis of Stakeholders in the Structure of Water Governance in Taleghan Watershed"
    Fariba Ebrahimi Azarkharan, Mehdi Ghorbani, Arash Malekian, Ali Salajegheh, Amir Alambeigi, Hedayat Fahmi
    Iranian Journal of Watershed Management Science and Engineering, Vol. 13, No 46, 2019
89. "Assessing and Prioritizing Components of Local Community Adaptation Capacity in the Face of Climate Change (Study Area: Gonabad City)"
    Mehdi Ghorbani, سید مهدی تقی پور, Shahram Khalighi Sigaroodi, Amir Alambeigi
    Journal of Range and Watershed Management, Vol. 72, No 2, 2019
90. "Monitoring trend of land use changes and its role on the landscape metrics (A case study: north-east Ahvaz)"
    Mahsa Abdolshahnejad, Aliakbar Nazari Samani, Mehdi Ghorbani, Aziz Orsham, Fereydoon Taheri Sartashnizi
    Iranian Range and Desert Research, Vol. 26, No 2, 2019
91. "A Study of the Role of Awareness and Introduction of Economic Value of Carbon Sequestration Function of Atriplex canescence in Local Communities on Modified Rangeland Conservation (Case Study: Garmegan Village, Malard County)"
    Maede Nasri, Mehdi Ghorbani, Mohammad Jafari, Hosein Azarnivand, Hamed Rafiee
    Pasture, Vol. 13, No 2, 2019
92. "Pasture style livestock unit from pasture"
    Hosein Arzani, Ali Nikkhah Nikkhah, Javad Mo'tamedi, Mehdi Ghorbani
    Pasture, Vol. 13, No 2, pp.285-293, 2019
93. "Application of Network Analysis in Recognizing Key Stakeholder Networks of Local Stakeholders in Establishing Collaborative Natural Resource Management (Case Study: Sarayan Watershed, South Khorasan Province)"
    Mehdi Ghorbani, Jamileh Salimi Kouchi, Payam Ebrahimi, Sareh Rasekhi
    Journal of Range and Watershed Management, Vol. 72, No 1, 2019
94. "Analysis of Indigenous Knowledge and Local Initiatives in Water Resources Management (Study Area: Gezir Plain)"
    مریم برزگر, Mehdi Ghorbani, Alireza Hasanzadeh, عبدالواحد حسینی گزیر
    Journal of Iranian Anthropological Research, Vol. 8, No 2, 2019
95. "Recognition of social powers and its relationship with the formation of cooperative behavior in conflict management of water resources in Doroudzan dam watershed, Fars province"
    Jamileh Salimi Kouchi, Ali Salajegheh, Mehdi Ghorbani, Arash Malekian, Amirreza Rezaei
    journal of Rural Research, Vol. 9, No 3, pp.446-461, 2018
96. "Assessing the effect of land use changes on groundwater quality and quantity (Case study: west basin of Jazmoryan wetland)"
    Hamed Skandari Dameneh, Gholamreza Zehtabian, Ali Salajegheh, Mehdi Ghorbani, Hassan Khosravi
    Journal of Range and Watershed Management, Vol. 71, No 3, 2018
97. "Local initiatives and indigenous knowledge in community-based the management of water resources (Case study: Roozkin Village - Sarduyeh- Jiroft County)"
    Hamed Skandari Dameneh, Moslem Borji, Mehdi Ghorbani
    Journal of Range and Watershed Management, Vol. 71, No 2, pp.321-340, 2018
98. "The Estimating of local stakeholders willingness to pay for the conservation and rehabilitation of pastures (Case study: Rameh rangeland, Aradan city, Semnan province)"
    Azad Karami, Mehdi Ghorbani, Hosein Azarnivand, Hamed Rafiee
    Pasture, Vol. 12, No 2, 2018
99. "The analysis of bonding social capital in toward arid land co-management"
    Mehdi Ghorbani, Homa Mousavi Alashlu, Behnaz Esmaeili
    Iranian Range and Desert Research, Vol. 25, No 2, pp.378-387, 2018
100. "Bonding Social Capital Analysis and Assessment in toward Rural Sustainable Development (Case Study: Kerman Province, Rigan District)"
     Mehdi Ghorbani, Leila Avazpour, Marzieye Siramirad
     Quarterly of Social Studies and Research in iran, Vol. 7, No 1, pp.1-23, 2018
101. "Appraising the Structural Characteristics of Social Capital of Local Beneficiaries Network in Keeping with Collaborative Natural Resource Governance (Pilot: Sarayan County, South Khorasan Province)"
     Mehdi Ghorbani, Leila Avazpour, Mohsen Yousefi, Sadegh Heidari
     Journal of Range and Watershed Management, Vol. 71, No 1, pp.241-252, 2018
102. "Measurement and resilience analysis to retrogressive trend of rangeland in natural ecosystems"
     Leila Avazpour, Mehdi Ghorbani, Reza Erfanzadeh, مهدی رمضانزاده لسبویی
     journal of Rural Research, Vol. 9, No 1, pp.102-115, 2018
103. "Evaluation and Measurment of local stakeholders......"
     Hossein Saemipour, Mehdi Ghorbani, Arash Malekian, Mehdi Ramezanzade Lasbooei
     Pasture, Vol. 12, No 1, pp.62-72, 2018
104. "Analysis of Social Capital of Rangeland Users in Line with Land Community Based Management (Rigan District, Kerman Province)"
     Mehdi Ghorbani, Leila Avazpour, Marzieye Siramirad
     Pasture, Vol. 11, No 4, pp.436-445, 2018
105. "Investigation of Indigenous Knowledge of Rural Women in the Production and Management of Animal Products (Emamzadeh Saleh Kutah Village)"
     سمیه دهداری , Mohammad Faraji, Alam Cheraghian, Mehdi Ghorbani
     Pasture, Vol. 11, No 3, pp.306-320, 2017
106. "Estimating the extent of participation and willingness to pay local communities to preserve and restore desert areas"
     Zahra Eslamiyan, Mehdi Ghorbani, Tayyebe Mesbahzadeh, Hamed Rafiee
     Journal of Range and Watershed Management, Vol. 70, No 3, 2017
107. "Investigation of beekeeping potential in rangeland using Using Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP)"
     Mahdie Salehi, Hosein Arzani, Ali Tavili, Mehdi Ghorbani
     Journal of Range and Watershed Management, Vol. 70, No 3, pp.711-722, 2017
108. "Analysis of Actors’ Position and Social Capital of Beneficiaries in Co_ Management of Socio_Ecological Systems (Study Area: Hagholkhajeh Village, Mayamey District, Semnan Province)"
     Leila Avazpour, Mehdi Ghorbani, Reza Erfanzadeh
     Journal of Range and Watershed Management, Vol. 70, No 2, pp.435-448, 2017
109. "The Efficacy of Community-Based Management Approach toward Strengthening Bridging Social Capital and Reducing Social Exclusion (Case Study: Rigan County, Kerman Province)"
     Mehdi Ghorbani, خدیجه بوزرجمهری , Liela Avazpour, [] []
     Research and Rural Planning, Vol. 6, No 2, pp.157-169, 2017
110. "Analysis of Structural Characteristics of Social Capital in Society Oriented Rural Management Establishment (Aliabad Hashtsadmetri Village, Rigan District, Kerman Province)"
     Mehdi Ghorbani, Sareh Rasekhi, Azad Karami
     journal of Rural Research, Vol. 8, No 2, pp.228-241, 2017
111. "Prioritization of the Problems for Settling Nomads in Northern Khorasan Based on Hierarchical Analytic Process"
     Emad Zakeri, Mehdi Ghorbani, Ali Bozorgmehr, Hojattollah Rabani Nasab
     Journal of Range and Watershed Management, Vol. 70, No 1, pp.111-123, 2017
112. "Local stakeholders selection, social power and Centrality Index in adaptive range land co-management (Case study: Kodir village, Mazandaran province)"
     Elahe Alibabaei Omran, Mehdi Ghorbani, Mohammad Reza Marvi Mohajer
     Pasture, Vol. 10, No 4, pp.426-438, 2017
113. "Network Analysis of the Structural Pattern of Organizational Stakeholders in Water Resources Management with Purpose of Establishing an Integrated Management System for Water Resources in Garmsar Plain"
     Vahid Jafarian, Mohammad Reza Yazdani, Mohammad Rahimi, Mehdi Ghorbani
     Journal of Range and Watershed Management, Vol. 69, No 4, pp.835-849, 2017
114. "Sociological Appraisal of Interrelations of Environmental Behavior, Knowledge, and Attitude (Case Study: Students of University of Tehran)"
     Mojtaba Hemayat Khoah Jahromi, Farhang Ershad, Parvaneh Danesh, Mehdi Ghorbani
     kharazme, Vol. 7, No 2, pp.7-27, 2017
115. "Analysis of Participatory Need Measurement for Establishment of Rural Communities Based Management (Case Study: Bozijan Village, Mohallat District, Markazi Province)"
     Mehdi Ghorbani, Jamileh Salimi, Payam Ebrahimi
     journal of Rural Research, Vol. 7, No 4, pp.704-717, 2017
116. "Social monitoring: network analysis and social capital in sustainable forest resources management (case study: Kodir village, Kojur, Mazandaran province)"
     Elahe Alibabaei Omran, Mehdi Ghorbani, Mohammad Reza Marvi Mohajer, Mohammad Avatefi Hemmat
     JOURNAL OF FOREST AND WOOD PRODUCTS (JFWP) (IRANIAN JOURNAL OF NATURAL RESOURCES), Vol. 69, No 4, pp.657-665, 2017
117. "Indigenous Knowledge and Local Traditions for Sheep Dairy Products and Management (Case study: Takor village, Noor city)"
     Mostafa Firouzruz, Mehdi Ghorbani, Reza Erfanzadeh
     Journal of Range and Watershed Management, Vol. 69, No 3, pp.661-676, 2016
118. "Network Analysis of Power Structure of the Organizational Stakeholders In Charge of the Garmsar Plain Water Resources Management"
     وحید جعفریان , Mohammad Reza Yazdani, Mohammad Rahimi, Mehdi Ghorbani
     Iran-Water Resources Research, Vol. 12, No 3, pp.113-129, 2016
119. "Application of social network....."
     Fatemeh Salari, Mehdi Ghorbani, Arash Malekian, Hedayat Fahmi
     Iran Soil and Water Reasearch, Vol. 47, No 2, pp.387-395, 2016
120. "Economic Valuation of Stocked Carbon Function in Arid and Semi-Arid Rangelands (Case Study: Malard District)"
     Maede Nasri, Mehdi Ghorbani, Hosein Azarnivand, Hamed Rafiee
     Iranian Range and Desert Research, Vol. 23, No 3, pp.396-404, 2016
121. "Evaluation and comparison of ecological health in three arid rangeland using Landscape Function Analysis (LFA) (Case study: Kalateh Roudbar, Damghan)"
     Khadijeh Rahimi, Mehdi Ghorbani, Mohammad Jafari, Ali Tavili
     Desert Management, Vol. 4, No 7, pp.35-45, 2016
122. "Analysis of structural characteristics of rural women network for establishment of collaborative management in desert areas"
     Mehdi Ghorbani, Liela Avazpour
     Iranian Range and Desert Research, Vol. 24, No 2, pp.383-391, 2016
123. "analysis of social capital of the rural women network for local communities empowerment (case study: bozijan village, mahalat district, markazi province)"
     Mehdi Ghorbani, Leila Avazpour, Sareh Rasekhi
     Quarterly of Social Studies and Research in iran, Vol. 5, No 2, pp.273-294, 2016
124. "Analysis of the Integrated Institution–User Network in Co-Management Action Plan of Rangeland (Case Study: Ghasr-e-Yaghoub, Khorram Bid, Fars Province)"
     Sareh Rasekhi, Aliakbar Mehrabi, S.akbar Javadi, Mehdi Ghorbani
     Journal of Range and Watershed Management, Vol. 69, No 2, pp.367-382, 2016
125. "Network Analysis and Appraisal of Social Capital of Beneficiaries for Rural Sustainable Development (Case Study: Bazijan Village, Mahalat County, Markazi Province)"
     Mehdi Ghorbani, غلامرضا هادربادی , Fariba Ebrahimi Azarkharan, Adeleh Khavar
     journal of Rural Research, Vol. 7, No 2, pp.406-420, 2016
126. "Local traditions and cooperation in milk producing and processing from grazing flocks of sheep in Lazur village"
     Elham Rahmani Azad, Mehdi Ghorbani
     Pasture, Vol. 10, No 1, pp.82-93, 2016
127. "Social Learning and the indigenous ecological knowledge exchange in natural ecosystem management (Case study: Lazur village- Firuzkooh region)"
     Elham Rahmani Azad, Mehdi Ghorbani
     Journal of Natural Environment (Iranian Journal of Natural Resources), Vol. 69, No 1, pp.183-196, 2016
128. "Analysis of Policy Network and Organizational Cohesion of the Stakeholders of Natural Resources of Semnan Province"
     Mehdi Ghorbani, وحید جعفریان , Mohammad Reza Yazdani, Mahsa Abdolshahnejad
     Journal of Range and Watershed Management, Vol. 69, No 1, pp.155-166, 2016
129. "Analysis of the social capital of rural micro-credit funds: Bostaq village in Sarayan Province"
     Mehdi Ghorbani, Fatemeh Salari, Mohammadamin Khorasani
     Space Economy & Rural Development, Vol. 5, No 1, pp.125-146, 2016
130. "Application of numerical taxonomy in prioritizing Social - economic impacts of desertification"
     Zahra Eslamiyan, Mehdi Ghorbani, Tayyebe Mesbahzadeh, Hamed Rafiee
     Iranian Range and Desert Research, Vol. 23, No 1, 2016
131. "Analysis and Assessment of “Social Capital in Small Development Networks” towards local sustainable Development (Case study: International RFLDL project - Sarayan Township, South Khorasan, Iran)"
     Mehdi Ghorbani, Liela Avazpour, Mohammadamin Khorasani
     journal of Rural Research, Vol. 6, No 3, pp.545-566, 2016
132. "Estimates of Participation and Willingness to Pay by Local Communities in Protecting and Reviving Deserts Areas"
     Zahra Eslamiyan, Mehdi Ghorbani, Tayyebe Mesbahzadeh, Hamed Rafiee
     Desert Management, Vol. پاییز و زمستان, No 6, 2015
133. "Network analysis and key actors in the management of wildlife (case study : Arasbaran Forest)"
     Asef Darvishi, Mehdi Ghorbani, Sima Fakheran, علیرضا سفیانیان
     Iranian Journal of Applied Ecology, Vol. 3, No 9, pp.29-40, 2015
134. "Social network analysis and structural scheme of social relation among rangeland stakeholders (Case study: Takor village, Noor)"
     Mostafa Firouzruz, رضا عرفانزاده , Mehdi Ghorbani, Sareh Rasekhi
     Pasture, Vol. 9, No 3, pp.244-254, 2015
135. "Analysis and assessment of social capital in toward increasing of local communities resilience and sustainable landscape management (Case study: Zangooi village, South Khorasan province, International RFLDL project)"
     Mehdi Ghorbani, Leila Avazpour, محسن یوسفی
     Journal of Range and Watershed Management, Vol. 68, No 3, pp.625-645, 2015
136. "Institutional Network Analysis for Regional Policy Making of Zargros Dry Forests (Case study: Boyer-Ahmad County)"
     Mehdi Ghorbani, Rabaneh Roghani, Mahroo Dehbozorgi
     JOURNAL OF FOREST AND WOOD PRODUCTS (JFWP) (IRANIAN JOURNAL OF NATURAL RESOURCES), Vol. 68, No 3, pp.615-623, 2015
137. "Analysis of trust and participatory management by users network toward rangeland co-management"
     Mehdi Ghorbani, Fatemeh Salari, Hamidreza Saeedi, Anvar Sanaee
     Pasture, Vol. 9, No 2, pp.181-194, 2015
138. "Social Monitoring in Local Stakeholders Network to Water Resources Local Governance (Case Study: Razin Watershed, Kermanshah City)"
     Fatemeh Salari, Mehdi Ghorbani, Arash Malekian
     Journal of Range and Watershed Management, Vol. 68, No 2, pp.287-305, 2015
139. "Analysis of network....."
     Fatemeh Salari, Mehdi Ghorbani, Arash Malekian, Hedayat Fahmi
     Iranian Journal of Watershed Management Science and Engineering, Vol. 9, No 29, pp.35-46, 2015
140. "Social power and Centrality indicator of stakeholders' network toward rangeland co-management (Case study: Goormomenin rangeland- Kalateh Roudbar- Damghan)"
     Khadijeh Rahimi, Mehdi Ghorbani, Mohammad Jafari, Ali Tavili
     Journal of Range and Watershed Management, Vol. دوره 68, pp.47-64, 2015
141. "Analysing the social capital in rangeland stakeholders network for adaptive co-management"
     Mehdi Ghorbani, Khadijeh Rahimi, Mohammad Jafari, Ali Tavili
     Pasture, Vol. 9, No 1, pp.91-105, 2015
142. "Social Network : Social Power and key actor in Water resources co-management (Darbansar Village)"
     Fariba Ebrahimi Azarkharan, Mehdi Ghorbani, Ali Salajegheh, Mohsen Mohseni Saravi
     Iranian Journal of Watershed Management Science and Engineering, Vol. 9, No 28, pp.21-32, 2015
143. "Natural Rescources Management and the local level : social capital and social power in local beneficiaries network"
     Mehdi Ghorbani, Sareh Rasekhi, Jamileh Salimi, Rabaneh Roghani
     journal of Rural Research, Vol. 5, No 4, pp.779-808, 2015
144. "The analysis of information exchange network and key actors in Sorekhe Hesar policy making and management"
     Mostafa Naderi, Mehdi Ghorbani, Ahmad Reza Yavari
     Earth Knowledge Research, Vol. 5, No 20, pp.16-28, 2015
145. "Social network analysis of local stakeholders in water resources co-management (case study: Jajroud river- latian catchment-Darban Sar village)"
     Fariba Ebrahimi Azarkharan, Mehdi Ghorbani, Ali Salajegheh, Mohsen Mohseni Saravi
     Iranian Journal of Watershed Management Science and Engineering, Vol. 8, No 25, pp.47-56, 2014
146. "Cultural Ecology: Analysis of indigenous knowledge and social cohesion in milk management of grazing animals on rangeland"
     Sareh Rasekhi, Mehdi Ghorbani, علی اکبر مهرابی , سید اکبر جوادی
     Journal of Range and Watershed Management, Vol. 67, No 2, pp.217-232, 2014
147. "Khoshab, Indigenous Knowledge for Sustainable Water Management"
     Mehdi Ghorbani, Khadijeh Rahimi, Fatemeh Salari
     Iranian Journal of Rainwater Catchment Systems, Vol. سال دوم، تابستان 1393, pp.61-67, 2014
148. "Stakeholders’ Analysis, Social Power and Network Analysis in Natural Resources Co-Management"
     Mehdi Ghorbani, Mahroo Dehbozorgi
     Journal of Range and Watershed Management, Vol. 67, No 1, pp.141-157, 2014
149. "Indigenous Knowledge and Local Traditions in mamagement of sheep products (Case Study: Kodir village- Mazanderan province)"
     Elahe Alibabaei Omran, Mehdi Ghorbani, Mohammad Reza Marvi Mohajer, Mohammad Avatefi Hemmat
     Pasture, Vol. 8 (1), pp.71-84, 2014
150. "Quantifying Landscape Spatial Pattern Changes in the Caucasian Black Grouse (Tetrao mlokosiewiczi) Habitat in Arasbaran Biosphere Reserve"
     Asef Darvishi, Sima Fakheran, Alireza Soffianian, Mehdi Ghorbani
     Iranian Journal of Applied Ecology , Vol. 2, No 5, pp.27-38, 2013
151. "Daily metabolism energy required in the Qashqai Turkish race sheep in Fars rangelands"
     Hosein Arzani, جواد معتمدی, Ali Nikkhah Nikkhah, Hosein Azarnivand, Mehdi Ghorbani
     Iranian Range and Desert Research, Vol. 20, No 3, pp.433-444, 2013
152. "Study of human driving forces affecting land use changes (CASE STUDY: Syyed mahalleh villages and Drasra- Branch)"
     Ali Akbar Mehrabi, Mohammad Mohammadi, Mohsen Mohseni Saravi, Mohammad Jafari, Mehdi Ghorbani
     Journal of Range and Watershed Management, Vol. 66, No 2, pp.307-320, 2013
153. "The analysis of Local Stakeholders’ Network and key actors (social power) in Landscape co-management (Case study: Rangeland users in Lazur village)"
     Maryam Larijani, Mehdi Ghorbani, Elham Rahmani Azad
     Earth Knowledge Research, Vol. 13, No 4, pp.37-50, 2013
154. "Estimation of Agricultural Water Demand of Pomegranate in Charkhab Village of Yazd"
     Iman Eslami, مهرابی, Gholamreza Zehtabian, Mehdi Ghorbani
     Journal of Range and Watershed Management, Vol. 66, No 1, 2013
155. "Analysis of social network system in rangeland co-management(case study: Nariyan Village)"
     Mehdi Ghorbani, Hosein Azarnivand, Aliakbar Mehrabi, سوسن باستانی, Mohammad Jafari, Hooshang Nayebi
     Pasture, Vol. 7, No 1, 2013
156. "Animal Unit Equivalent (AUE) and daily energy requirement for Kabodeh breed sheep grazing on lowland and highland rangelands of Fars Province"
     Hosein Arzani, جواد معتمدی (ترکان) , Ali Nikkhah Nikkhah, Hosein Azarnivand, Mehdi Ghorbani
     Iranian Range and Desert Research, Vol. 19, No 4, pp.570-557, 2013
157. "Social netwok analysis: A new approach in policy making and planning of natural resources"
     Mehdi Ghorbani, Hosein Azarnivand, Ali Akbar Mehrabi, Sosan Bastani, Mohammad Jafari, Hooshang Nayebi
     Journal of Range and Watershed Management, Vol. 65, No 4, 2013
158. "Animal unit equivalent (AUE) and daily energy requirement for Kabodeh breed sheep grazing on lowland and highland rangelands of Fars province"
     Hosein Arzani, جواد معتمدی, Ali Nikkhah Nikkhah, Hosein Azarnivand, Mehdi Ghorbani
     Iranian Range and Desert Research, Vol. 19, No 4, pp.557-570, 2013
159. "Human factors effect on land use changes in rural regions (case study: Alkaleh and Sibon Villages, Tonkabon city)"
     محمد محمدی , Ali Akbar Mehrabi, Mehdi Ghorbani, محمد امین خراسانی
     Geography (Scientific Quarterly of the Iranian Geographical Society), Vol. 10, No 35, pp.279-298, 2012
160. "Investigation of human and nature by using cultural ecology"
     Avazeh Dolatshahi, Mehdi Ghorbani, Ali Hamidian
     Renewable Natural Resources Research, Vol. 8, No 2, 2012
161. "theory construction of watershed as a unit of participatory"
     Ali Akbar Mehrabi, Mehdi Ghorbani, علی گلکاریان , الهام السادات ابریشم
     Journal of Range and Watershed Management, Vol. 63, No 4, pp.529-541, 2010
162. "Assessment of landuse changes in Taleghan watershed ( case study: Upland of Taleghan)"
     Aliakbar Nazari Samani, Mehdi Ghorbani, حمیدرضا کوهبنانی
     Pasture, Vol. 4, No 3, pp.442-451, 2010
163. "بررسی تغییرات جمعیتی و اثرگذاریهای آن بر تغییرات کاربری اراضی مطالعه موردی منطقه بالاطالقان"
     Mehdi Ghorbani, Ali Akbar Mehrabi, محمدرضا ثروتی , Aliakbar Nazari Samani
     Journal of Range and Watershed Management, Vol. 63, No 1, pp.89-75, 2010
164. "An Investigation on the Population Changes on Relationship with Landuse Changes (Case study: Upland watershed of Taleghan)"
     Ali Akbar Mehrabi, محمدرضا ثروتی , Mehdi Ghorbani, Aliakbar Nazari Samani
     Journal of Range and Watershed Management, Vol. 1, No 63, pp.75-88, 2010
165. "معادل واحد دامی و انرژی مورد نیاز روزانه گوسفند نژاد قره گل در مراتع قشلاقی استان خراسان رضوی"
     Hosein Arzani, جواد معتمدی (ترکان) , Ali Nikkhah Nikkhah, Hosein Azarnivand, Mehdi Ghorbani
     manabe tabie iran, Vol. 63, No 4, pp.425-438, 2010
166. "Determination Equivalent animal unit and daily metabolism energy requirement in Farahani raca sheep"
     Hosein Arzani, زینب جعفریان جلودار , Ali Nikkhah Nikkhah, Hosein Azarnivand, Mehdi Ghorbani
     Iranian Journal of animal Science(Iranian Journal Of Agriculture Science), Vol. 2, No 2, pp.133-140, 2010
167. "Determination Equivalent animal unit and daily metabolism energy requirement in Khorasan Kurdish raca sheep"
     Hosein Arzani, جواد معتمدی , سیده خدیجه مهدوی , Ali Nikkhah Nikkhah, Hosein Azarnivand, Mehdi Ghorbani, Mohammad Ali Zare Chahouki
     Pasture, Vol. 4, No 3, pp.360-369, 2010
168. "تعیین معادل واحد دامی و انرژی مورد نیاز روزانه گوسفند نژاد سنجابی"
     Hosein Arzani, علی اسفندیاری , حسین نوروزیان , Mehdi Ghorbani, جواد ترکان
     Journal of Range and Watershed Management, Vol. 62, No 2, pp.186-175, 2009
169. "Seed age effects on Germination of some Sagebrush (Artemisia) species"
     Hamid Reza Naseri, Hosein Azarnivand, Mehdi Ghorbani, Zahra Mehrabanfar
     Iranian Range and Desert Research, Vol. 15, No 1, pp.59-68, 2008
170. "بررسی اثر زمان جوانه زنی بذرهای برخی از گونه های جنس درمنه"
     Roghaye AVALI, Hosein Azarnivand, Mehdi Ghorbani, زهرا مهربان فر
     Iranian Range and Desert Research, Vol. 15, No 1, pp.59-68, 2008
171. "بررسی اثر کلرور سدیم بر جوانه زنی دو گونه مرتعی Artemisia vulgaris و A. scoparia"
     Hosein Azarnivand, Mehdi Ghorbani, حامد جنیدی جعفری
     Iranian Range and Desert Research, Vol. -, 2007
172. "بررسی تغییرات شاخص های سطح خاک و ویژگیهای عملکردی مرتع در اثر شدت چرا و شخم مرتع ( مطالعه موردی اورازان طالقان )"
     Hosein Arzani, مهدی عابدی , احسان شهریاری , Mehdi Ghorbani
     Iranian Range and Desert Research, Vol. 14, No 1, pp.78-68, 2007

Conference Paper

1. "Analysis of the Iranian Environmental Governance System in the Review of the Seventh Development Plan Bill: Application of the Institutional Network Analysis"
   Majid Rahimi, leila avazpour, Mehdi Ghorbani
   16th International Conference on Agricultural Science, Environment, Urban and Rural Development, 2024
2. "Economic Valuation of Honey Production and Medicinal Plants (Case Study: Taleqan County)"
   golbarg bakhshesh, Mehdi Ghorbani, leila avazpour
   16th international conference on Agricultural Science, Environment, Urban and Rural Development, 2024
3. "Identifying the Consequences of Explaining the Supply Chain of Rangelands Medicinal Plants"
   Mohammad reza Sayadi, Mehdi Ghorbani, Mohammad Jafari, Hamidreza Keshtkar, leila avazpour
   15th International Conference on Agricultural Science, Environment, Urban and Rural Development, 2024
4. "Nature-Based Entrepreneurship; Financial Evaluation of Tourism Business Plan Based on Rangeland Ecosystems Services"
   leila avazpour, Mehdi Ghorbani
   9th International Conference on Science and Technology of Agricultural Science, Natural Resources and Environment of Iran, 2024
5. "Network Analysis of Stakeholders in the Persian Leopard Conservation Program: Uncovering Collaborative Relationships"
   majid rahimi, leila avazpour, Mehdi Ghorbani
   9th International Conference on Science and Technology of Agricultural Science, Natural Resources and Environment of Iran, 2024
6. "Economic-Financial Evaluation of Animal Husbandry Business Plan: Enhancing Meat Production Efficiency through Rangeland Ecosystem Services in Order to Food Security in Iran"
   leila avazpour, Majid Rahimi, Mehdi Ghorbani
   16th international conference on food industry science organic farming and food security, 2023
7. "The Impact of Empowerment and the Moderating Effect of Self-efficacy upon Willingness to Start Rural Sustainable Business"
   Mehdi Ghorbani
   International Social Business Summer Program (ISBSP), 2019
8. "Appraisal of Rural Women Liveability Index (Case study: Ghale Ganj District, Kerman Province, Iran)"
   Mehdi Ghorbani
   International Social Business Summer Program (ISBSP), 2019
9. "the analysis of social relations of water resources beneficiaries networks toward water resources co-management and adaptation in the face of the effect of climate change (case study: iran, taleghan watershed)"
   Fariba Ebrahimi Azarkharan, Mehdi Ghorbani, Arash Malekian, Hanss Bressers
   international conference of climate change and water, 2018
10. "Animal Unit of Grazing Animal"
    Hosein Arzani, Ali Nikkhah Nikkhah, Javad Motamedi, Mehdi Ghorbani, زهرا ارزانی , Diana Askarizadeh
    International Rangeland Congress 2016, 2016
11. "Indigenous Knowledge of Water Management towards Sustainable Development"
    Ali Hamidian, Mehdi Ghorbani, Alireza Moghaddam Nia
    International congress on landscape ecology, 2014
12. "Network Analysis and Social Cohesion in Watershed Co-management, Case Study: Taleghan Region, Northern Iran"
    Mehdi Ghorbani, Mahroo Dehbozorgi
    sustainable watershed management, 2014
13. "Evaluation of Environmental Literacy, Ethics and Attitudes of Higher Education Students, Iranian Perspectives"
    Ali Hamidian, Mehdi Ghorbani, Ali Salajegheh
    2nd International Conference on Global Environmental Changes, 2014
14. "Air pollution modeling of the industrial complexes and cities in the Kurdistan region using AERMOD view"
    حسین مرادی, Majid Rouhi, Hossein Madadi, Mehdi Ghorbani
    first International Symposium on Urban Development: Koya as a Case Study, 2013
15. "Social and policy networks in water governance"
    Mehdi Ghorbani, حسین مرادی
    First International Symposium on Urban Development: Koya as a Case Study, 2013
16. "Application of the AERMOD modeling system for air pollution dispersion in the South Pars oilfield"
    Majid Rouhi, حسین مرادی, Mehdi Ghorbani
    First International Symposium on Urban Development: Koya as a Case Study, 2013
17. "Toward Sustainable Management of Miankaleh Biosphere Reserve"
    Ali Hamidian, Mehdi Ghorbani, سعید میرزایی
    International Caucasian Forestry Symposium, 2013
18. "Forest and Rangeland Management using Indigenous Ecological Knowledge, a Case Study of Barzok District, Iran"
    Ali Hamidian, Mehdi Ghorbani, سعید میرزایی
    International Caucasian Forestry Symposium, 2013
19. "Study of Tourism and Social Impacts in Rural Areas of Iran (Case Study: Abyaneh village)"
    Ali Hamidian, سعید میرزایی, Mehdi Ghorbani
    International Caucasian Forestry Symposium, 2013
20. "Investigation on Impact of Social and Economical Problems on Environmental Challenges in Miankaleh Biosphere Reserve"
    Ali Hamidian, Mehdi Ghorbani
    International Conference on Biosphere Reserves, The Way to Sustainability, 2013
21. "Investigation on Customary Management of Natural Resources in Zagros Region a Case Study of Barzok District Isfahan Province"
    Ali Hamidian, Mehdi Ghorbani
    The 1st International Conference on Biodiversity in Zagros Region, 2012
22. "Effects of Population Changes on Landuse Changes (Case study: Taleghan watershed"
    Aliakbar Nazari Samani, محدثه امیری, Mehdi Ghorbani
    The GIAN 7th International Symposium on Dryland Ecology, 2011
23. "An investigation into demographic evolution of Taleghan region from the perspective of natural resources (Case Study: Bala Taleghan region"
    Ali Farsoudan, Ali Akbar Mehrabi, Mehdi Ghorbani
    IX international Rangeland conference, 2011
24. "Theory construction about Priority of human factor in livestock and rangeland Equivalence"
    Ali Akbar Mehrabi, Mehdi Ghorbani
    IX international Rangeland conference, 2011
25. "Thedetection of land-use changes using RS and GIS (Case study: Abbas Abad and Nashtarood"
    Mehdi Ghorbani, Ali Akbar Mehrabi, Mohammad Mohammadi, محمد جعفری شلمزاری, رمضان ذاکری
    IX international Rangeland conference, 2011
26. "The assessment of land-use changes and its relations to population changes (Case study: Bala Taleghan"
    Mehdi Ghorbani, Ali Akbar Mehrabi, Mohammad Jafari, رمضان ذاکری
    IX international Rangeland conference, 2011
27. "Development of the Framework of Human-Environment System (HES) Interactions in the Concept of Water Security (Study Area: Neyshabour Plain)"
    Maryam Yazdanparast, Mehdi Ghorbani, Ali Salajegheh, Reza Kerachian
    10th International Conference on Rainwater catchment systems, 2021
28. "Assessment of Rangeland user’s Network for Co-management (Case study: Bajestan district, Khorasan Razavi province)"
    Mehdi Ghorbani
    The 1st International and the 8th National Conference on Rangeland Management in Iran, 2021
29. "Stakeholder Networks Analysis for Sustainable Water Resources Management"
    مریم برزگر, Mehdi Ghorbani
    3rd national conference on new research in agriculture, environment and natural resources engineering, 2019
30. "Participation of stakeholders in indigenous mechanisms for water governance"
    مریم برزگر, Mehdi Ghorbani
    Second International Conference on Urban Architecture and Geography in Sustainable Development, 2019
31. "Indigenous innovation is a factor in implementing local water governance"
    مریم برزگر, Mehdi Ghorbani
    First International Conference on Sustainable Development in Agriculture, Environment, Geography and Energy, 2019
32. "pplication of Value Engineering in Implementing Integrated Watershed Management Approach"
    Ali Shahbazi, Ali Salajegheh, Arash Malekian, Mehdi Ghorbani
    13 th National Conference on Watershed Management Sciences and Engineering And the third national conference on conservation of natural resources and the environment, 2018
33. "Qualitative and quantitative monitoring of groundwater using GIS (Case Study: Kazeroon Aquifer)"
    Najme Ganji, Mehdi Ghorbani, Hassan Khosravi
    international conference on society and environment, 2018
34. "The role of the traditional Goochem structure in flood exploitation"
    Maryam Barzegar, Mehdi Ghorbani
    international conference on society and environment, 2018
35. "Estimation and Analysis of the Economic Value of Medicinal Plants as an Opportunity for the Empowerment of Range Rangelands (Case Study: Sink Chal and Vaiser Rangelands, Aradan District)"
    Azad Karami, Mehdi Ghorbani, Hosein Azarnivand, Hamed Rafiee
    international conference on society and environment, 2018
36. "Measurement the Criteria of Water Governance in Taleghan Watershed"
    Fariba Ebrahimi Azarkharan, Mehdi Ghorbani, Arash Malekian
    International conference on Society and Environment, 2018
37. "Analysis of the micro-indicators of the social network of exploiters and identification of key actors for the participatory management of water resources (Case study: Sheikh Miri Sadat village, Borujerd city)"
    Maryam Afkhami, Banafsheh Zahraie, Mehdi Ghorbani
    7th national conference on iran water resources management, 2018
38. "Assessing water governance using water governance assessment matrix and interactive methodology in Taleghan watershed"
    Fariba Ebrahimi Azarkharan, Mehdi Ghorbani, Ali Salajegheh, Arash Malekian, Amir Alambeigi, Hedayat Fami
    11th international congeress of civil engineering, 2018
39. "Assessment of social learning capacity and its impact on water resources management in the catchment scale (Case study: Sheikh Miri Sadat village, Borujerd city)"
    Maryam Afkhami, Elham Zakeri, Banafsheh Zahraie, Mehdi Ghorbani
    11th international congeres on civil engineering, 2018
40. "Analysis of Indicators of Social Networks in Participatory Water Resources Management of Semi-Arid Regions (Case study: Ghaleshamsi Village of Broujerd County)"
    [] [], Banafsheh Zahraie, Mehdi Ghorbani
    3rd National Conference on Hydrology of Semi-Arid Regions, 2018
41. "Network Analysis of Water Users and Social Powers in Participatory Water Resources Management (Case Study of Rahimabad village in Boroujerd County)"
    [] [], Banafsheh Zahraie, Mehdi Ghorbani
    3rd National Conference on Hydrology of Semi-Arid Regions, 2018
42. "Assessing the Impact of Comprehensive and collaborative management and Non-collaborative Management of Natural Resources on Local Communities livability (Case Study: Chaharmahal & Bakhtiari Province)"
    Zahra Tavakoli, Mohammadamin Khorasani, Mehdi Ghorbani
    International Conference on Natural Resources Management in Developing Countries, 2018
43. "Appraisal and Analysis of Social Capital in the Context of Rangeland Co-Management (Case Study: Tolobin Village, Mayamei County, Semnan Province)"
    Leila Avazpour, Mehdi Ghorbani, Reza Erfanzadeh
    natural hazards and environmental crises, strategies and challenges, 2016
44. "The Measuring Of The Effect of Dimensions and Indicators of Rangland Users Resilience in the Face of Rangland Destruction (Case Study:Nardin village,Mayamey District, Semnan Province)"
    Leila Avazpour, Mehdi Ghorbani, Reza Erfanzadeh
    natural hazards and environmental crises, strategies and challenges, 2016
45. "Assessment of Local water governance using SNA in sustainable water management"
    Fatemeh Salari, Mehdi Ghorbani, Hedayat Fahmi
    The first of National Conference on Society, Natural Resources, Water and Environment, 2015
46. "Identify social powers and local leaders and their role in local governance water"
    Fatemeh Salari, Mehdi Ghorbani, Mina Pouresmaeel
    National Conference on Society , Natural Resources , Water and Environment ; Challenges and Solution, 2015
47. "Traditional knowledge of water in toward increasing resilience of social-ecological systems"
    Mehdi Ghorbani, Sahar Nasabpoor
    National Conference on Society , Natural Resources , Water and Environment ; Challenges and Solution, 2015
48. "Social network analysis and capital local stakeholders in participatory forest management practice"
    Elahe Alibabaei Omran, Mehdi Ghorbani, Mohammad Reza Marvi Mohajer
    National Conference on Society , Natural Resources , Water and Environment ; Challenges and Solution, 2015
49. "Evaluation of cohesion and social capital in natural resource management with the use of social network analysis approach"
    Khadijeh Rahimi, Mehdi Ghorbani, Mohammad Jafari, Ali Tavili
    National Conference on Society , Natural Resources , Water and Environment ; Challenges and Solution, 2015
50. "Social network analysis of local stakeholders in water resources at the macro level"
    Fariba Ebrahimi Azarkharan, Mehdi Ghorbani
    National Conference on Society , Natural Resources , Water and Environment ; Challenges and Solution, 2015
51. "The role of traditional knowledge and local traditions in water resources management"
    Mehdi Ghorbani, Azad Karami, Javad Akbare
    National Conference on Society , Natural Resources , Water and Environment ; Challenges and Solution, 2015
52. "Analysis of local stakeholders in tenure and policy Water resources with network analysis"
    Fariba Ebrahimi Azarkharan, Mehdi Ghorbani
    National Conference on Society , Natural Resources , Water and Environment ; Challenges and Solution, 2015
53. "determination of importance social relations in social-ecological systems of adaptive co-management"
    Khadijeh Rahimi, Mehdi Ghorbani, Mohammad Jafari, Ali Tavili, Fatemeh Eynloo
    National Conference on Society , Natural Resources , Water and Environment ; Challenges and Solution, 2015
54. "Indigenous ecological knowledge in water resources management"
    Fatemeh Salari, Mehdi Ghorbani
    National Conference on Society , Natural Resources , Water and Environment ; Challenges and Solution, 2015
55. "Pasturalist of indigenous knowledge holders in the management and distribution of milk cows"
    Elahe Alibabaei Omran, Mehdi Ghorbani, Mohammad Reza Marvi Mohajer
    National Conference on Society , Natural Resources , Water and Environment ; Challenges and Solution, 2015
56. "Analysis of Ecological knowledge of indigenous and cultural ecology in sustainable management of natural ecosystems"
    Elham Rahmani Azad, Mehdi Ghorbani
    National Conference on Society , Natural Resources , Water and Environment ; Challenges and Solution, 2015
57. "Iranian Pattern for Collaboration and Empowerment of Local Communities with the Approach of Social Network"
    Mehdi Ghorbani
    Third International Conference Natural - Cultural Heritage for Sustainable Development in Rural Areas, 2015
58. "the role of key stakeholders and local powers in arid rangelandssustainable management(case study: goormomenin rangeland in kalate roudbar)"
    Khadijeh Rahimi, Mehdi Ghorbani, Mohammad Jafari
    2nd confrence of desert, 2014
59. "social systems analysis and social cohesion in sustainable management of arid regions(case study: changi rangeland in kalate roudbar, damghan)"
    Khadijeh Rahimi, Mehdi Ghorbani, Mohammad Jafari, Ali Tavili
    2nd confrence of desert, 2014
60. "Local Beneficiaries' network analysis in water co-management in farm (case study: Boolan village in Kermanshah city)"
    Fatemeh Salari, Mehdi Ghorbani, Arash Malekian, هدایت فهمی
    SECOND NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON FARM WATER MANAGEMENT, 2014
61. "Investigation of indigenous knowledge dimensions in natural resources management and pastoralism in Baladeh region- Mazanderan provience"
    Mostafa Firuzrouz, Mehdi Ghorbani, رضا عرفانزاده
    The 4th international conference on environmental challenges and dendrochronology, 2014
62. "Cultural ecology: traditional ecological knowledge of herd management in Kodir Village, northern Iran"
    Elahe Alibabaei Omran, Mohammad Reza Marvi Mohajer, Mehdi Ghorbani, Mohammad Avatefi Hemmat
    The Second Conference of Forestry Students, 2014
63. "Environmental Indigenous Knowledge and Local Traditions for Herd Management and Dairy Products among Rural Women"
    Sareh Rasekhi, Mehdi Ghorbani, Ali Akbar Mehrabi
    3rd International Conference on Behavioral Sciences, 2014
64. "Indigenous Knowledge and Local Traditions for Dairy Products Management"
    Elham Rahmani Azad, Mehdi Ghorbani
    3rd International Conference on Behavioral Sciences, 2014
65. "Cultural Ecology: Analysis of Indignous Ecological Khowldge in Environment Management"
    Mehdi Ghorbani
    The 3 th international conference on environmental planning & management, 2013
66. "Social network analysis in environment governance"
    Mehdi Ghorbani
    The 3 th international conference on environmental planning & management, 2013
67. "Monitoring land use/cover changes in Arasbaran protected area"
    Asef Darvishi, Sima Fakheran, Alireza Soffianian, Mehdi Ghorbani
    The 1st international Conference of IALE-Iran, 2013
68. "Analysis of Landscape Pattern Changes in the Caucasian Black Grouse Habitat in Arasbaran Biosphere Reserve"
    Asef Darvishi, Sima Fakheran, علیرضا سفیانیان, Mehdi Ghorbani
    The 1 th international Conference of IALE-Iran, 2013
69. "New method for analyzing the importance of social networks in watershed management"
    Mehdi Ghorbani, Fariba Ebrahimi Azarkharan
    The 1st International Conference on IALE-Iran, 2013
70. "Indigenous Knowledege toward human and desert mechanism"
    صابر باغخانی, Mehdi Ghorbani, فریبا ابراهیمی
    1st National Conference of Desert, 2012
71. "Customary management of natura resources in arid regions, Barzok village, Isfahan province"
    علی حمیدیان, Mehdi Ghorbani
    1st National Conference of Desert, 2012
72. "Utilization mechanism of Rangelands in Lazour village, Tehran"
    Mehdi Ghorbani, آوازه دولتشاهی, علی حمیدیان, Ali Farsoudan
    5th Range and Range Management Conference, 2012
73. "The role of social networks in natural resources management"
    Mehdi Ghorbani, Hosein Azarnivand, Ali Akbar Mehrabi, سوسن باستانی, Mohammad Jafari, Hooshang Nayebi
    5th Range and Range Management Conference, 2012
74. "Socioeconomic Issues in Abyaneh Village, Isfahan Province"
    علی حمیدیان, Mehdi Ghorbani
    5th Range and Range Management Conference, 2012
75. "The application of social network analysis for development purposes"
    Mehdi Ghorbani, Ali Akbar Mehrabi, Hosein Azarnivand, سوسن باستانی, Mohammad Jafari, Hooshang Nayebi
    1st International Conference on Rural Development, Experiences, Future for Local Development, 2011
76. "Relationship between population change and landuse changes"
    Mehdi Ghorbani, Ali Akbar Mehrabi, Hassan Ahmadi, Aliakbar Nazari Samani
    4th national conference of Range and rane managment in Iran, 2009