Owner & Primary Publisher: University of Tehran; Journal of Rural Research 2008-7373 9 3 2018 11 22 Documentary analysis of Persian papers published on rural housing in Iran in the recent decade Documentary analysis of Persian papers published on rural housing in Iran in the recent decade 430 445 67926 10.22059/jrur.2018.67926 FA Ahadollah Fatahi PhD candidate in geography and rural planning, Department of Geography, Faculty of Literature and Humanities, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran. Mehdi Pourtaheri Associate professor of geography and rural planning, Department of Geography, Faculty of Literature and Humanities, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran. 0000-0002-6388-8823 Abdoreza R. Eftekhari Professor of geography and rural planning, Department of Geography, Faculty of Literature and Humanities, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran. Journal Article 2015 12 29 A careful study of the dimensions of human life in rural areas and its accurate recognition for the design and construction of suitable houses require a special look at rural housing research in terms of physical, technical, economic, cultural, social and environmental aspects. This research analyzes the records in the literature on rural housing by referring to scientific journals in the field. The findings of the study indicate that most of the research has been conducted in a descending order in the provinces of North Khorasan, Fars, Zanjan, and Sistan and Baluchestan The series of studies carried out can be classified under nine issues including rural house designing and modelling, sustainable housing, structural-functional changes in houses, native architecture of Iranian houses, planning and policy, facilities and credits, housing rehabilitation, analysis of housing indices, and geographic analysis of housing elements. The findings of this research indicate three main approaches adopted in the study of rural housing in Iran. As much as 83.58% of all the research has been conducted with quantitative methodology, 13.43% with qualitative method, and just 2.98% (two cases) with combined methodology. Also, as the results show, of all the rural housing research in the country, 34.22% is retrospective, 11.94% is prospective, and 53.73% has addressed the existing housing situation. A careful study of the dimensions of human life in rural areas and its accurate recognition for the design and construction of suitable houses require a special look at rural housing research in terms of physical, technical, economic, cultural, social and environmental aspects. This research analyzes the records in the literature on rural housing by referring to scientific journals in the field. The findings of the study indicate that most of the research has been conducted in a descending order in the provinces of North Khorasan, Fars, Zanjan, and Sistan and Baluchestan The series of studies carried out can be classified under nine issues including rural house designing and modelling, sustainable housing, structural-functional changes in houses, native architecture of Iranian houses, planning and policy, facilities and credits, housing rehabilitation, analysis of housing indices, and geographic analysis of housing elements. The findings of this research indicate three main approaches adopted in the study of rural housing in Iran. As much as 83.58% of all the research has been conducted with quantitative methodology, 13.43% with qualitative method, and just 2.98% (two cases) with combined methodology. Also, as the results show, of all the rural housing research in the country, 34.22% is retrospective, 11.94% is prospective, and 53.73% has addressed the existing housing situation. https://jrur.ut.ac.ir/article_67926_ff247360b70708132f375c3c47ca2f78.pdf