This research was anticipated that would be exploratory, aiming to derive the component structure of management strategies of drought in Nomads. In quantitative phase of the study, a questionnaire was developed. Prior to the application of exploratory component analysis, two checks of internal reliability and validity were undertaken. In order to measure the reliability, Cronbach Alpaha coefficient was calculated 0.89. Face and content validity of the instrument were established, refined using an expert panel. The total populations of Nomads in Jiroft Township located in southern of Kerman Province according to summer quarters were 2764 families, of whom 92 families were selected using stratified sampling with proportional to size (n=92). Totally 83 families were surveyed. Time delimitation of the study was the late of 2007 until 2010. Finally the component structure of management strategies of drought in the Nomads explained via exploratory factor analysis. In the first stage four components could explain 69 percent of the variation in the data scores. These components are: Risk Management of Water, Crisis Management, The Last Attempt to Survive and Nutrition Management of Livestock. In the second stage only one latent variable was extracted as drought management.
