Natural Disasters Research Institute
Journal of Housing and Rural Environment
2008-4994
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2008
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Village Desirable Habitation
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1- How have the rural and urban habitations situations been? 2- Is "village city" could be consider as different kind of habitation in the division of city and village habitation? 3- Among the total of 64911 small medium cities and large villages, which of them have more ability to fulfill a desirable habitation? At the present time, in total, there have been 1013 large to small cities and 64911 small medium and large villages in the country. The villages with historical and cultural characteristics and values are existed among them. Owing to the attraction of rural life with their habitation population have resulted an expeditious needs in the cities and rural system. The predominant consideration of architects and urban planners, directors, authorities and also the private and governmental facilities and capitals have directed tward them. All of them have struggled to realize their desirable and ideal habitations. Such concentration and considerations to cities have entailed the disesteem of 63898 small habitations potentials. Having consider the extensive spectrum of country's habitations have shown the existence of large rural habitations. The population in these settlements with some of their activities have remarkably social, economical and somatic potential facilities. These villages have possessed the relationship with smaller cities and villages as intermediate link among them. If their functions have determined and explained according to their potentials that they have, the desirable environments would formatted besides the equilibrium and exchange points of social and economical activities within the upper and lower level of habitations. This article has focused on special section of villages that have converted to desirable settlements with appropriate spatial and somatic circumstances in order to possess potential criterion and facilities. The first part of article will look at the situations of cities, villages and the special spectrum of villages that have such capability and determine among them. The second part of article is being allocated to the experts' theories with regard to the desirable and ideal cities and habitations' characteristics. Finally, it concluded with eight potential characteristics coincide to the presented views on desirable habitations that have been existed based on the field observations and understandings of large villages. If these characteristics have noticed, they would be upgraded the settlements to a desirable environments for the residents.
Natural Disasters Research Institute
Journal of Housing and Rural Environment
2008-4994
27
123
2008
10
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Iranian Shar - Urban Space
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One of imperceptible aspects of urban life is intellectual and moral legacy, collective memories of any nation and values which could be the source of inspiration, ::::union::::. Power and hope should be conserved. Clearly, Iranian traditional urban space (in city scale, it includes the main passages, grand mosque area, bazzar and other attachments and in district scale, it consists of tekye and hoseynieh or holy places to mourn for Imam Hussein) could not be comparable with west standards of urban space. Urban life continues to survive in urban space and events and occasions happens in this space. Urban space always has considered as a place for social interactions of citizens in order to have cities stability. Shape and qualitative values of Iranian traditional urban space has a special worth and we need to study it to obtain better understanding of emotional and perceptual world of our society and to redesign it. In this regard, using context analyzing method, this study will start to consider Iranian traditional urban space and concepts such as realms and limit hierarchy and discuss about how collective memories and historical memory of city conserve via silent but visual words of urban structure and finally this text continues with some suggestions about these concepts application. Here, there is no retrospective and nostalgic view. Actually this wrathful heritage which we speak about is superficial form of our culture – culture which is the basis and foundation of society and its life conservator. We conserve the past in order to conceive its contents and values and to generalize it to the future, because to create a radical future, we need to value to the praiseworthy past.
Natural Disasters Research Institute
Journal of Housing and Rural Environment
2008-4994
27
123
2008
10
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Inclusive Design
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FA
Today accessibility for all is recognized as a basic necessity in social life and there are attempts all over the world to ensure this. In our country, in spite of some governmental organizations trends toward accessibility and usability of spaces, no special attempt toward inclusive design that can satisfy the needs of majority, has been performed. The purpose of this paper is to identify the principles of Inclusive Design in the housing spaces. Necessity of this matter arises from that mobility disabilities that makes limitation for enormity of population. Limitations which outcome from disabilities of handicapped can not be considered as barrier against their access to desired spaces. They must be able to live with the greatest possible independence regardless of limitations and far away from stresses of constraints that usual people of society are free from them. The most usual aspect of handicapped is physical-movement disabilities. Inclusive Design for people with mobility limitations is appearance of providing equity access that will have extraordinary mental effects, in addition to their physical and sanitary security. Design of accessible spaces for all people is a challenge for specialists and designer, architect and urban designer in furniture, building and urban scale, which should be consider the wide spectrum of individuals. The spectrum which covers individual with limited physical capability or disabled, sentimental handicapped (blinds, weak-sighted, deaf, and semi-deaf) and people of various physical and movement capability (elderly people, children, women and etc.) as well as usual people and individuals who have other disabilities. Based on the findings in issues related to physical limitations of people with special needs and conception of the varied problems that such people have, in this paper some key solutions have been proposed for Inclusive Design, such as responsiveness, unlimited and independent access for all and flexible design of housing spaces.
Natural Disasters Research Institute
Journal of Housing and Rural Environment
2008-4994
27
123
2008
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Review on Physical Transition Process in Villages in the Country (with Emphasize on Villages Guide Plan)
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Rural guide plan while focusing on improvement and systematization of the existing rural textures, the plan is primarily designates land use for various development functions including residential, business, and agricultural, and then determines the degree of its expansion. This plan also facilitate for provision of essential public facilities within the rural settlement upgrading plan or regional comprehensive plans. The objective of the plan is for implementation such as paving the passages for rural developments, provision of social facilities and welfare, managing the physical structure of villages and providing the required facilities to upgrade rural houses, public services and living conditions. This article study the effect of guide plan implementation in environmental, social, economical and physical dimensions.
Natural Disasters Research Institute
Journal of Housing and Rural Environment
2008-4994
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2008
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A Glance to Variety of Architectural housing in Saryazd historical village
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In the hot arid climate region of Iran¸ the most residential area in villages with their simplicity and unreserved have their own special complexity¸ which are mostly been out of attention with regard to social relation between townships¸ customary culture¸ local and traditional intitative in way of livelihoods and architecture structure specially in rural housing. This situation has increased inducement of rural studies. In different regions of Iran with consideration to variety of climate condition¸ rural residential areas are completely different according to their physical texture¸ which has resulted a unique type of rural housing. Study and research have shown available abilities in rural architecture and vernacular pattern¸ could be good guidance for recognition of some part of historical identity and cultural reality of these areas. This study have concluded that the historical village of Saryazd with consideration to prototype and development in several historical periods¸ has got very exclusive architecture, specially in the form of rural housing.
Natural Disasters Research Institute
Journal of Housing and Rural Environment
2008-4994
27
123
2008
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Research Method Application in Rural Studies (with Emphasize on Concept of Focus Groups)
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Today, peception of agricultural and human science experts about rural research have been transformed. Quantitative research method is confronted with high critical points which have caused some experts to present new paradigm, such as Robert Chambers. This paper will study the focus group as a qualitative method. In focus group, facilitator and stakeholders work together with participation method, also it present the conept of focus group, abstract about other qualitative methods, and what situation focus groups have in hermeneutic paradigm. The study will conclude that focus groups have weakness and strength points with the emphasis on focus group and skill of researcher which is important. Finally, it is important that research to have high validity that we can use triangulating method, parallel seeing and use of another researcher, ….