Studying Indicators of Sustainable Housing in Rural Areas (Case Study: Villages of Zarrindasht)

Indicators of sustainable housing as an essential tool for describing sustainability in social, economic and physical aspects of housing have special places in planning the rural housing. Therefore, developing a sustainable rural housing needs identification and analysis of various components of sustainable housing. The purpose of this study was to identify and explore the factors affecting the sustainability indicators for rural housing that has been conducted in the way of case studying of the rural areas of Zarrindasht. Research methodology in this study was descriptive - analytical and correlation that has been taken in a combined approach. The statistical population in this study is the household's heads of the rural residential units in Zarrindasht that using Cochran formula, 346 samples were randomly selected among them, and have been studied by questionnaire. Cronbach's alpha coefficient was calculated to determine the reliability of the questionnaire that, in this study, has been obtained more than 74/0%, which suggests the suitability of research tools. The results of the statistical analysis conducted in SPSS shows that the five factors - welfare facilities, economics, strength of building, productivity and compatibility with the environment– are able to explain about 82% of the variance of the research variables. Consideration of these factors seems to be essential in planning sustainable housing.

index, sustainable housing, rural areas, the city of Zarrindasht