Structural and functional analysis of rural housing sustainability (Case study: Sarfirouzabad District in Kermanshah Township)

Sustainable housing is the center of economic and social activities of rural households and a factor affecting their well-being. The purpose of this study is to investigate and analyze the structural and functional stability of rural housing in Sarfirouzabad district, Kermanshah Township. Based on nature, the present study is applied-developmental, based on scope, it is case study, and based on method is descriptive-analytical. The reliability of the research (using Cronbach's alpha coefficient) is equal to 0.94 and the validity of the research was confirmed by the opinion of geographers. The statistical population of the study includes 527 households. The Cochran's formula was used to determine the sample size. Cochran's formula was used to determine the sample size, which resulted in the selection of 216 rural households. The sampling method was simple random. The results showed that six villages (66%) were recognized as sustainable villages in terms of housing sustainability, 1 village (11%) as semi-sustainable villages and 2 villages (22%) as unstable villages. Also, the item of durability of materials with a total effect of 0.317 was in the first priority, while the item of building strength with an overall effect of -0.153 had the lowest impact and is in the last priority.