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
  • 281 Citations
  • 9 h-Index
as of : 2025-08-01
Google Scholar
  • 1247 Citations
  • 17 h-Index
as of : 2025-06-30

Scholarly Works
20072025

  • 281Citations
  • 9 h-Index
  • 181 Article
  • 76 Conference
  • 18 Book
2025

1. Quantitative Revelation of Regime Shifts in the Social-Ecological System of Zayandeh-Rud: Application of the Ball in the Basin Metaphor

Rahimi Majid, Ghorbani Mehdi (2025)., Journal of Environmental Studies, 51(1), 75-95.

2. Dynamic Analysis of Organizational Stakeholders' Cohesion and Determination of Land Governance Systems: Application of Social Network Analysis

Ghorbani Mehdi, Garakani A. H., Ghafari Sedigheh, avazpour leila, Rahimi Majid (2025)., integrated watershed management, 5(1).

3. Evaluation of Social Capital of Local Communities in Line with Integrated Watershed Management of Bakhriz Watershed

Salajegheh Sosan, avazpour leila, Ghorbani Mehdi (2025)., Journal of Range and Watershed Management, 2(78), 145-158.

4. Application of Social Network Analysis in Evaluating Social Capital with an Emphasis on Participatory Water Governance: A Case Study of Borujerd County, Lorestan Province

Afkhami Maryam, Ghorbani Mehdi, Babaei Sahar (2025)., journal of Rural Research, 16(1).

5. Resilience through Relationships: Evaluating rangeland governance structures in semi-arid Tafresh county

شریعتی نیا لیلا, Ghorbani Mehdi, Azarnivand Hosein, Rahimi Majid (2025)., JOURNAL OF ARID ENVIRONMENTS, 229(105397).

6. Analysis of Social Capital of Villagers in Towards of Local Sustainable Development

avazpour leila, Pendar Mehdi, Ghorbani Mehdi (2025)., Majlis & Economy, 3(1).

7. 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).

8. 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.

9. Analysis of the Urban Water Governance Network Structure in Tehran: Identification of Key Actors and Governance Regime

Mohamadian Samira, Ghorbani Mehdi, Malekian Arash, ابوطالب محمدی, Rahimi Majid (2025)., Natural Resources Governance, 1(4).

10. Measuring the Adaptive Capacity of Nomadic Resource Users to Climate Change (A Case Study of the Wintering Grounds in Dashtestan District, Bushehr Province)

رستم مراددوقزلو حمید رضا, Ghorbani Mehdi, Naseri Hamid Reza, Tavili Ali, Jalilian Sara (2025)., Journal of studies of nomads area planning, 4(2).

11. Investigating social capital as a precondition in landscape Co-Management: Application of social network in southeastern Iran

Ghorbani Mehdi, Yazdanparast Maryam, Naderi Ahmad, avazpour leila (2025)., JOURNAL FOR NATURE CONSERVATION, 86(126888).
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. Identifying and prioritizing sustainable coastal businesses (Study area: Qeshm Island)

Jafari MohammadAli, Pourebrahimabadi Sharareh, Ghorbani Mehdi, Rafiee Hamed, avazpour leila (2024)., Journal of Social Business, 1(1).

3. 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).

4. 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.

5. Analysis of the Iranian Environmental Governance System in the Review of the Seventh Development Plan Bill: Application of the Institutional Network Analysis

Rahimi Majid, avazpour leila, Ghorbani Mehdi (2024)., 16th International Conference on Agricultural Science, Environment, Urban and Rural Development, 15 November, Tbilisi, Georgia.

6. 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.

7. 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.

8. 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).

9. 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).

10. 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.

11. 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).

12. 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).

13. 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.

14. 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.