The Role of Retrofitting Rural Housing in Livability of Villages (Case Study: Rural District Mehrooyeh)

Subject Areas : Urban and Regional Planning Studies

Abdoreza R. Eftekhari ¹ (Professor, Dep. of Geography and Rural Planning, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran)
H. Lotfi Mehrooyeh ² (PhD. Candidate in Geography and Rural Planning, Sistan & Baloochestan University, Sistan & Baloochestan, Iran)
M. Pourtaheri ³ (Associate Professor Dep. of Geography and Rural Planning, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran)
R. talebifard ⁴ (PhD. Candidate in Geography and Rural Planning, Tabriz University, Tabriz, Iran)

Received: 2016-12-07 Accepted : 2018-10-22 Published : 2018-11-22

Keywords: Retrofitting, Rural Housing, livability, Village Mehrooyeh,

Abstract :

Livability is defined as a set of conditions for people living in a given area that are the cause of peace, prosperity and satisfaction for a long time, providing its residents. One condition in livability is housing that should be a safe place for purposeful and productive individual lifestyle. Rural housing is sometimes manifested in the way of living, livelihood, and ultimately as the forces and factors affecting environmental and social - economic trends. This research is a descriptive-analytic study. Study is conducted in Mehrooyeh village, BaluchAbad, Nomadic pump Mohammadi Sarlak, Village Goldasteh On the Suburban the central part Mehrooyeh one of districts of Mehrooyeh in the Kerman, Iran. Sample size is 251 households that were selected with the use of Cochran formula. From the results, it can be assumed that retrofitting has improved the livability in Mehrooyeh district. And the effects like increasing the tendency to remain in the village and prevent migration to cities, the construction of engineered housing with limited sizes for rural households, mental relaxation, social promotion, and the promotion of safety in times of unpredictable events such as earthquakes can be mentioned as the results of retrofitting. In addition, increase of the added value of the personal property of the villagers, the ability to demonstrate the talents of family members, increase of villagers’ satisfaction, creating jobs for people living in the village, and the transformation of village’s face to modern architecture can be highlighted as the other results.

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