Mehdi Ghorbani

Mehdi Ghorbani

Academic Rank : Professor
  • Head of the group of environmental social sicence
  • The Head of the Center of Natural Resources Governance at University of Tehran
  • The Head of the Institute of Social Business at University of Tehran
  • The Dean of the Faculty of Natural Resources, University of Tehran
  • The Editor of the Journal of Natural Resources Governance, University of Tehran
  • The Editor of the Journal of Social Business, University of Tehran
  • Associate Editor of the Journal of Environment, Development and Sustainability
Campus of Agriculture and Natural Resources / faculty of natural resources / احیای‌ مناط‌ق‌ خشک‌ وکوهستانی‌ / Campus of Agriculture and Natural Resources / faculty of natural resources
Scopus
  • 255 Citations
  • 9 h-Index
as of : 2025-04-15
Google Scholar
  • 1089 Citations
  • 16 h-Index
as of : 2025-03-03

Scholarly Works
20072025

  • 255Citations
  • 9 h-Index
  • 171 Article
  • 75 Conference
  • 18 Book
2025

1. Evaluation of the Social Capital of Local Communities in Line with the Governance of the Land (Study Area: Taftan City)

Ghorbani Mehdi, Garakani A. H., [] [], سجاد امیری, Rahimi Majid (2025)., Journal of Range and Watershed Management, 78(1).

2. Network Analysis of Organizational Relationships for Analyzing the Isfahan Water Resources Governance System

Rahdan Abas, Ghorbani Mehdi, Ahmadaali Khaled, Zarghami Mahdi, Mehrabi Ali Akbar (2025)., Natural Resources Governance, 1(3), 219-237.
2024

1. 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

Rahdan Abas, Ghorbani Mehdi, Ahmadaali Khaled, Zarghami Mahdi (2024)., Iranian Journal of lrrigation and Drainage, 18(5), 715-734.

2. Analysis of Actor Positions and Institutional Conflicts in Water Governance in Khuzestan

Ghafari Sedigheh, Ghorbani Mehdi, Salajegheh Ali, Naderi Ahmad, Ghanian Mansour, Azadi Hosein (2024)., Iranian Journal of Rainwater Catchment Systems, 12(3).

3. Economic Valuation of Honey Production and Medicinal Plants (Case Study: Taleqan County)

bakhshesh golbarg, Ghorbani Mehdi, avazpour leila (2024)., 16th international conference on Agricultural Science, Environment, Urban and Rural Development, 15 November, Tbilisi, Georgia.

4. Social Capital Dynamic of Local Stakeholder Network in Rural Co-Management: the case study of Gachsaran county

Ghorbani Mehdi, گرکانی سید امیر حسین, avazpour leila, Yazdanparast Maryam, Amiri Sajad (2024)., journal of Rural Research, 15(3), 109-125.

5. How to manage regime shifts: insights from a dryland social–ecological system

Rahimi Majid, Ghorbani Mehdi, Ahmadaali Khaled (2024)., INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF WATER RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT, 55(1), 1-27.

6. Tracing water governance across different levels in Iran

Ghafari Sedigheh, Ghorbani Mehdi, Salajegheh Ali, Fritsch Oliver, Naderi Ahmad, Gain Animesh Kumar (2024)., Environmental Science and Policy, 162(1).

7. Evaluating Land Governance with Emphasis on Dynamics of Organizational Relationships (Case Study: Gachsaran County)

Garakani A. H., Ghorbani Mehdi, Ghafari Sedigheh, avazpour leila, سجاد امیری (2024)., Natural Resources Governance, 1(2).

8. Dynamic Analysis of Organizational Cohesion in the Implementation of the Development and Advancement Rural Plan (Case Study: Gachsaran County)

اشتری حسن, Ghorbani Mehdi, Khorasani Mohammadamin, Ghafari Sedigheh (2024)., journal of Rural Research, 15(2), 382-397.

9. 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)

Ghorbani Mehdi, avazpour leila, Azarnivand Hosein, Rafiee Hamed (2024)., Journal of Range and Watershed Management, 77(2).

10. Measuring the adaptive capacity of rangeland users under drought stress in North-eastern Iran: application of social network analysis

Ghorbani Mehdi, Esmaeili Behnaz, Akbari Elham, Yazdanparast Maryam, avazpour leila (2024)., JOURNAL OF ARID ENVIRONMENTS, 225(105254).

11. Designing the Policy Making Model for the Development of Social Entrepreneurship (Case Study: Villages in the West of Iran.).

Ghorbani Mehdi, Latifi Mohammad Mehdi, Soltani Hossein Ali, Khani Pordanjani Sajad, Gholami Sarvenaz (2024)., journal of Rural Research, 15(2), 1-20.

12. Measurement of Effective Components on the Resilience of the Social-Ecological System in Talaghan Facing Rangeland Use Change

Fakhar Izadi Nafiseh, Ghorbani Mehdi, Azarnivand Hosein, Jafari Mohammad, امیرنژاد حمید, Azadi Hossein (2024)., Pasture, 18(2), 265-283.

13. Analyzing Structural Characteristics of Social Capital for Landscape-Community Based Management: A Case Study in Ghaleganj County

Naderi Ahmad, یزدان پرست مریم, Ghorbani Mehdi, avazpour leila (2024)., Pasture, 18(1), 72-84.

14. Designing and Development of a Dynamic Water Security Model Based on Social-Ecological System Interactions (Neyshabur Plain watershed)

Yazdanparast Maryam, Ghorbani Mehdi (2024)., Iranian Journal of Agricultural Economics and Development Research, 55(2), 183-204.

15. Identifying the Consequences of Explaining the Supply Chain of Rangelands Medicinal Plants

Sayadi Mohammad reza, Ghorbani Mehdi, Jafari Mohammad, Keshtkar Hamidreza, avazpour leila (2024)., 15th International Conference on Agricultural Science, Environment, Urban and Rural Development, 19 July, Madrid, Spain.

16. Application of systems thinking approach in the extreme events analysis (Case study: Karoun Basin)

آموزگاری پیام, Malekian Arash, Ahmadaali Khaled, Ghorbani Mehdi, Safavi Homami Seyed Hamzeh (2024)., integrated watershed management, 4(1), 46-60.

17. Environmental impact assessment of Mine Utilization Using Iranian Leopold Matrix (Study area: Sangan khaf mines)

Amiri Sajad, Azarnivand Hosein, Ghorbani Mehdi, Jafari Mohammad, Barkhordary Dorbash Sajad, آزادی حسین (2024)., Journal of Range and Watershed Management, 77(1), 18-32.

18. The Effects of Microfinance on Income and Lifting poor out of Poverty: Agent based Modeling

Sadegimogadam Moohamadreza, Ghorbani Mehdi, Soltani Neshan Mahsa, حمیدی هدایت مهرداد (2024)., industrial management perspective, 14(1), 91-113.

19. Analysis of indigenous knowledge and economic evaluation In Asbads (case study: Nashtifan, Khaf)

علیخانی فائزه, Ghorbani Mehdi, Khosravi Hassan (2024)., Journal of Iranian Anthropological Research, 13(2), 185-218.

20. Nature-Based Entrepreneurship; Financial Evaluation of Tourism Business Plan Based on Rangeland Ecosystems Services

avazpour leila, Ghorbani Mehdi (2024)., 9th International Conference on Science and Technology of Agricultural Science, Natural Resources and Environment of Iran, 18 March, Tehran, Iran.

21. Network Analysis of Stakeholders in the Persian Leopard Conservation Program: Uncovering Collaborative Relationships

rahimi majid, avazpour leila, Ghorbani Mehdi (2024)., 9th International Conference on Science and Technology of Agricultural Science, Natural Resources and Environment of Iran, 18 March, Tehran, Iran.

22. Investigating organizational cohesion and knowledge sharing among organizational stakeholders in the direction of cooperative management of the Isin Plain Aquifer in Hormozgan

مهتاب صالحی, Mahdavi Rasoul, مرضیه رضایی, نفرزادگان علیرضا, Ghorbani Mehdi (2024)., Desert Management, 11(4), 37-54.

23. Exploring the influence of regime shifts on ecosystem services in Iran’s ZayandehRud river basin

[] [], Ghorbani Mehdi, Ahmadaali Khaled (2024)., INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF RIVER BASIN MANAGEMENT, 111(1111).