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Explaining Sustainable Housing in Rural Settlements Based on a Community-Based Conceptual Framework (Case Study: Rural Area along the Zayandeh Rud River, Falavarjan Township)

Document Type : Research Paper

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1 Ph.D. student of Geography and Rural Planning, Kharazmi University, Tehran, Iran

2 Associate Professor, Department of Geography, Kharazmi University, Tehran, Iran

3 Professor, Department of Architecture, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran

10.30473/psp.2025.71895.2734

Abstract

Suitable housing in rural areas is considered a key factor in sustainable development and the improvement of the quality of life for rural inhabitants. In this regard, the present study aims to, in addition to extracting indicators of sustainable housing based on the lived experiences of rural people, assess the current housing situation in the rural areas along the Zayandeh Rud River in Falavarjan Township. The research method in this study is descriptive-analytical, and it is applied in terms of purpose. Data were collected in the first phase of the research through semi-structured interviews with 30 rural households, and in the second phase through a survey of 373 rural households. Based on the findings, the research concludes that normative meta-narratives derived from common mentality based on deductive logic (such as the conceptual model of sustainable housing), considering regional-local requirements, especially the local community's perception of explanatory power, do not have the same explanatory power for all spaces. The psychological-environmental dimension is an aspect of sustainable housing that has been neglected in meta-narratives but emphasized by the local community. Furthermore, based on the expanded conceptual model, this study revealed that housing development in the studied geographical area is not integrated, coordinated, and sustainable.

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Physical Social Planning
Volume 11, Issue 4
April 2025
Pages 21-38
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