Desertification in the sense of land degradation or reduction of biological potential in arid and semi-arid and semi-arid regions is affected by two categories of natural and human factors. Desertification places many constraints on agriculture, food supply, animal husbandry, industry development, and service costs. Due to the destructive and irreparable effects of desertification, identifying and eva‎luating the effective factors in desertification and determining the areas affected by this problem is a necessity in each region. The aim of this study was to investigate the role of socio-economic criteria in prioritizing their desertification development in Neyok area. First, by studying the sources and consulting with relevant experts and specialists, the most important socio-economic criteria involved in desertification of the region were determined and then questionnaires were designed to score and calculate the weight and priority of these criteria and completed by a sufficient number of experts and specialists. The weight of different criteria was calculated using expert Choice software. Economic indicators include 3 sub-criteria of livestock and harvesting and change of use, and plans and social indicators also include 3 sub-criteria of population, poverty and institutional factors. The results showed that economic indicators with a weight of 0.667 have the first priority in desertification of Neyok and social indicators with a weight of 0.333 are the second priority. Among the main criteria studied, economic indicators, land use change criteria and designs with a weight of 0.683 has the most weight. In the next rank is the criterion of livestock and animal husbandry with a weight of 0.200. Cut and harvest criterion with a weight of 0.177 was ranked third. Also, among the main criteria of social indicators of desertification, the criterion of institutional factors with a weight of 0.637 is in the first priority and the factors of poverty and population with weights of 0.258 and 0.105 were in the next ranks.

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حميد رضا جعفري