Analyzing the attitude of key actors on the factors affecting the instability of rural housing development Case: villages in Zayanderood river basin Villages

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 Phd Student of Geography and Rural Planning, Department of Human Geography, Faculty of Geographical Sciences, Kharazmi University, Tehran, Iran

2 Associated Prof. in Geography and Rural Planning, Department of Human Geography, Faculty of Geographical Sciences, Kharazmi University, Tehran, Iran

3 Assistant Prof. in Geography and Rural Planning, Department of Human Geography, Faculty of Geographical Sciences, Kharazmi University, Tehran, Iran

4 Professor in Architecture, Department of Architecture, Member of the rural architecture research core, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran

Abstract

Improving the condition of rural housing and reducing factors of housing instability can help improve the quality of life and sustainable development. The current research is practical in terms of its purpose and in terms of the method of doing it, it is of a mixed type (quantitative and qualitative). In this research, the factors affecting housing instability in the villages on the outskirts of Zayandeh River in Flowerjan City have been investigated. The participants in the research are experts and opinion activists in 20 villages in the Zayanderood River basin, the level of Flowerjan City and Isfahan province, who were selected by purposeful sampling method. Theoretical saturation was achieved with the number of 30 people. A semi-structured interview technique was used to collect information. Finally, among the (discovered) factors, after refining and categorizing, 37 key factors of housing instability were selected and the extracted items were prioritized using the Q method and the data collected in the Q Methodology software with the component analysis method. Principal components PCA and varimax rotation were analyzed. Based on the findings of the research, it was concluded that there are four different views related to the factors of rural housing instability. The group of academics (with the majority of faculty members) on the factors of bureaucratic governance in receiving facilities and services and the weak foundation for access to quality assurance insurance in the construction industry, the group of executive experts (with the majority of educated people) on the factor of increasing the cost of housing construction, the group of diplomas The local community and researchers emphasized the factor of excessive increase in the cost of housing construction, and finally, the educated group of the local community emphasized the long service delivery time by the trustees and the increase in housing construction costs.

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