Study the situation of housing social indicators in rural areas of Ahvaz County

Housing indicators maybe the most important and fundamental factor in housing planning. Consideration of housing social indicators in one of the approaches to understanding housing characteristics which can lead to the discovery of effective parameters of housing issue and can facilitate any planning or making decision for housing. The aim of this article is to study the situation of the social quantitative and qualitative indicators of housing in rural areas of Ahvaz County. The methodology used in this article is a combination of descriptive, analytical method and case study. The results of the consideration and comparison of housing social indicators in rural areas of Ahvaz County within the years of 1996 to 2006 shows there are problems in terms of social quantitative indicators of housing and unbelievable bad conditions (density of family per dwelling, density of persons per room and density of persons per dwelling). But from view point of social qualitative indicators of housing (average building area of dwellings, construction materials), ownership, the way of ownership of housing, infrastructure facilities and basic services of housing units have had a relative developing trend. Therefore, housing planners and authorities should pay special attention to the importance of social indicators in improving the citizen's housing quality on the one hand and deal with the housing problems in connection with all related factors, both quantitative and qualitative on the other hand. Hence, it lies upon the housing planners and authorities to consider the social indicators in housing development plans with overall view, fundamentally and with more serious attention.