Systematic Review of Studies on Slums (1996-2017)

Introduction : With the expeditios growth of urban popula tion in developing countries, slums as a social predicament and problem has impeded the urban management of these countries. From this viewpoint, and by doing multiple re searche studies, the researchers of different courses in Iran have tried to survey the grounds of formation and growth of this phenonmenon as well as its consequences and effects. Regarding the nature of the topic, a remarkable variety is observed in the ‘statement of the problem’ and ‘methodol -ogy’. This paper systematically reviewed the field of slums in the past two decades, a critical assessment of how to face field researchers, including the geography and management was carried out as well. The systematic review method in this study provides the opportunity to conduct a descriptive and analytical survey of them with reflections, questions, meth -odology, theoretical framework, and other selected paper characteristics. The findings of this review show that there is no consensus about the term”slums or marginalization” in Iran, and little effort has ben made to offer a public accep tance as regards the definition. It is obvious that in the design of related issues, a quantitative approach has been to be the dominant approach of active researchers in this field. Method : The method used in the current study was a sys tematic review and analysis of the previous studies. Sys tematic reviews provide useful and concise summaries of a given subject on a particular topic, and contrary to the traditional approach to reviewing articles, such as early research, follow strict and rigorous principles. Their ap 1-