An Analysis of Spatial Distribution of Sustainable Rural Housing in Iran (Case Study: Miyankooh District, Ardal County)

This study has been dine through a descriptive-analytic method, which studies housing sustainability status in economic, social and environmental dimensions, and housing distribution among 23 villages located in Ardel township, Miankou region. The statistical population of the study consisted of all household caretakers of Miankouh region, among which 270 were questioned randomly. The results of the survey on the status of social and economic sustainability of housing in the study area showed that the mean of two reverse dimensions was 2.48 and 2.81, respectively, which was lower than the average.  Conversely, two dimensions of the study, the environmental sustainability dimension of housing, showed that the average calculated for this dimension was 3.18 that showed a better situation. The results of the study on the general situation of housing sustainability in Miankouh area showed that the average measured (2.74) was lower than the average basis, and therefore, Miankouh rural district is not in a suitable position in terms of housing sustainability. The spatial distribution results of housing in Miankouh district explained that villages in the studied area experience the same pattern in terms of housing sustainability, and the only village of Kazemiyah, which is formed from the integration of several villages, has the least sustainability and is in front of the village of Choldan with proper access and communication position among the villages of the region with a higher level of housing sustainability.