Sustainable Development and its Concepts in Rural Residential Spaces of Sistan, Iran

Abstract

Today, economizing on fuels and sustainable development are the most important cases in common international challenges. Energy saving, decreasing in expending oils and coexisting with the earth, are the most important measures in sustainable development. Because, consuming fuel in residential spaces is one of the most effective factors in earth pollution, concepts of sustainable development had been extended to the architecture and urban design. The author`s results from field study in the area with the aim of “sustainable architecture of Sistan” carrying out from 2012 to 2014 proves that some of measures which had been used in rural environment and residential spaces of Sistan, have contained most of new concepts in field of sustainable development. This research also indicates that the rural architecture of Sistan has not improved in comparison with other parts of Iran but has achieved special features which can follow concepts of sustainable development in field of rural environment and residential spaces of Sistan, too.