Having investigated the collection of defined rural physical-spatial development resources, the study investigated 96 cases in total of the proposed ideas for the rural physical-spatial development strategy of Iran. Based on the content analysis method, these ideas are classified into the two approaches of rural settlements' physical situation and the approach of the link and collaboration of towns and villages, which propose 8 macro strategies and 10 strategic issues for rural physical-spatial development in Iran. Accordingly, in the area of strategic issues of rural physical-spatial development, the approach of development and rehabilitation of rural settlements' physical situation out of approaches, he rural physical rehabilitation strategy out of the strategies and spatial and classification analysis out of the issues, have attracted attention of pundits of the country's rural physical-spatial development.

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