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The long road to recovery: Community responses to industrial disaster Note to the reader from the UNU This hook is an outcome of a research project on "Community Responses to Industrial lazards" carried out under the Environment Programme of the United Nations University. "1 he project was initiated with a conference of the same title held in Minamata, Japan, in November 1992. The main objectives of the project were to study cases where societal disruption has been caused by serious environmental pollution, and to exchange information and lessons concerning the community recovery process following such disasters. The explicit concern was to learn from these experiences so as to avoid similar unfortunate episodes in the future and, where they cannot he avoided, to facilitate community rehabilitation. The seven case-studies selected cover a variety of geographical locations in both industrialized and developing countries. The hazards analysed fall into the category of disaster "surprises," and range from industrial accidents to those caused by war. The book focuses on the relatively neglected issue of long-term recovery from industrial disasters. It calls for a new system for conceptualizing and managing industrial hazards and disasters. Edited by James K. Mitchell r ip, United Nations University Press TOKYO • NEW YORK • PARIS C“'t

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The

long

road

to

reco

very

: C

omm

unity

re

spon

ses t

o in

dust

rial d

isas

ter

Not

e to

the

read

er fr

om th

e U

NU

Th

is h

oo

k i

s an

ou

tcom

e of

a re

sear

ch p

roje

ct o

n "

Co

mm

unit

y R

esponse

s to

In

dust

rial

laz

ards

" ca

rrie

d ou

t un

der

the

Env

iron

men

t P

rogr

amm

e of

the

Uni

ted

Nat

ions

Uni

vers

ity.

"1 h

e pr

ojec

t was

init

iate

d w

ith

a co

nfer

ence

of

the

sam

e ti

tle

held

in

Min

amat

a, J

apan

, in

Nov

embe

r 19

92. T

he m

ain

obje

ctiv

es o

f th

e pr

ojec

t wer

e to

st

udy

case

s w

here

soc

ieta

l di

srup

tion

has

bee

n ca

used

by

seri

ous

envi

ronm

enta

l po

llut

ion,

and

to

exch

ange

inf

orm

atio

n an

d le

sson

s co

ncer

ning

the

com

mun

ity

reco

very

pro

cess

fol

low

ing

such

dis

aste

rs. T

he e

xpli

cit

conc

ern

was

to

lear

n fr

om

thes

e ex

peri

ence

s so

as

to a

void

sim

ilar

unf

ortu

nate

epi

sode

s in

the

fut

ure

and,

w

here

they

can

not h

e av

oide

d, to

fac

ilit

ate

com

mun

ity

reha

bili

tati

on.

The

sev

en c

ase-

stud

ies

sele

cted

cov

er a

var

iety

of

geog

raph

ical

loca

tion

s in

bot

h in

dust

rial

ized

and

dev

elop

ing

coun

trie

s. T

he h

azar

ds a

naly

sed

fall

into

the

cate

gory

of

dis

aste

r "s

urpr

ises

," a

nd r

ange

fro

m i

ndus

tria

l ac

cide

nts

to t

hose

cau

sed

by w

ar.

The

boo

k fo

cuse

s on

the

rel

ativ

ely

negl

ecte

d is

sue

of l

ong-

term

rec

over

y fr

om

indu

stri

al d

isas

ters

. It

call

s fo

r a

new

sys

tem

for

con

cept

uali

zing

and

man

agin

g in

dust

rial

haz

ards

and

dis

aste

rs.

Edite

d by

Jam

es K

. Mitc

hell

r ip, U

nite

d Na

tions

Un

iver

sity

Pre

ss

TOK

YO

• N

EW Y

OR

K •

PAR

IS

C“'t

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Indu

stria

l dev

asta

tion

in Ir

an

Iran

ian

reco

very

from

in

dust

rial d

evas

tatio

n du

ring

war

with

Iraq

H

oosh

ang

Am

irah

mad

i

Intr

oduc

tion

Mai

nstre

am li

tera

ture

abo

ut in

dust

rial d

isas

ters

har

dly

reco

gniz

es th

e re

leva

nce

of w

ar. Y

et w

ar is

a m

ajor

des

troye

r of i

ndus

trial

faci

litie

s.

Ong

oing

war

s in

the

form

er Y

ugos

lavi

a an

d th

e fo

rmer

USS

R n

ot

only

hav

e ki

lled

tens

of t

hous

ands

of p

eopl

e bu

t als

o ha

ve d

estro

yed

impo

rtant

indu

stria

l pla

nts

in p

lace

s su

ch a

s Sa

raje

vo, G

rozn

yy, a

nd

Sukh

umi -

with

far-

reac

hing

con

sequ

ence

s fo

r the

eco

nom

ic s

ur-

viva

l of t

hose

citi

es. T

he P

ersi

an G

ulf W

ar o

f 199

0-19

91 d

evas

tate

d th

e in

dust

rial

bas

es o

f Ir

aq a

nd K

uwai

t, ca

used

sub

stan

tial h

arm

to

hum

ans,

and

dam

aged

the

natu

ral e

nvir

onm

ent (

El-

Baz

and

M

akha

rita

1994

). O

bvio

usly

, war

may

trig

ger t

he sa

me

kind

s of i

ndus

-tri

al d

isas

ters

that

occ

ur d

urin

g pe

acet

ime

(e.g

. fire

s, e

xplo

sion

s). I

t ca

n al

so a

dd s

ome

new

dim

ensi

ons

to in

dust

rial

dis

aste

rs (e

.g. s

ys-

tem

atic

, del

iber

ate,

and

repe

ated

des

truc

tion

of th

e sa

me

faci

litie

s;

cont

amin

atio

n of

indu

stria

l pla

nts

by c

hem

ical

wea

pons

). Fi

nally

, the

in

flue

nce

of w

ar o

n in

dust

rial

dis

aste

rs m

ay b

e in

dire

ct, a

s in

the

thre

at o

f pol

lutio

n fr

om w

eapo

ns-m

anuf

actu

ring

pla

nts,

wea

pon-

test

ing

site

s, a

nd w

eapo

ns d

umps

(Sto

ckho

lm In

tern

atio

nal P

eace

R

esea

rch

Inst

itute

[SIP

RIJ

197

7, 1

980)

. W

ar is

a m

ore

com

plex

and

per

vasi

ve p

heno

men

on th

an in

dust

rial

disa

ster

, so

plan

ning

for -

and

reco

veri

ng fr

om -

war

-rel

ated

indu

s-tri

al d

isas

ters

is li

kely

to b

e a

com

plic

ated

bus

ines

s. E

xpla

natio

ns o

f

the

orig

ins

of th

e w

ar to

uch

on m

any

diff

eren

t dee

p-se

ated

and

wid

e-ra

ngin

g at

trib

utes

of s

ocie

ty. W

ars

them

selv

es a

re re

petit

ive

phe-

nom

ena

but e

very

war

is u

niqu

e. W

ars

are

also

sem

i-con

tinuo

us a

nd

mor

e or

les

s al

l-em

brac

ing.

C—

pare

d w

ith c

onve

ntio

nal i

ndus

tria

l ha

zard

s, th

e pe

riod

of a

ctiv

e th

reat

is u

sual

ly p

rolo

nged

dur

ing

war

s an

d a

larg

er p

ropo

rtio

n of

the

citiz

enry

are

aff

ecte

d. B

ecau

se w

ars

leav

e a

mor

e co

mpl

ex a

nd p

erva

sive

impr

int o

n so

ciet

y, th

ey m

ake

post

-war

reco

nstru

ctio

n m

ore

chal

leng

ing

than

rest

orat

ion

in th

e w

ake

of in

dust

rial d

isas

ters

. Th

e ch

angi

ng n

atur

e of

con

tem

pora

ry w

ar s

igna

ls a

pos

sibi

lity

of

mor

e w

ar-r

elat

ed in

dust

rial d

isas

ters

in th

e fu

ture

as

wel

l as

a w

ider

ra

nge

of o

ther

thre

ats

to th

e en

viro

nmen

t and

hum

an h

ealth

(Win

ne-

feld

and

Mor

ris 1

994)

. Thi

s is

an

outc

ome

of tr

ends

in th

ree

fact

ors

--th

e te

chni

cal s

ophi

stic

atio

n of

wea

ponr

y, th

e st

rate

gic

logi

c of

tar-

getin

g a

natio

n's

indu

stria

l cap

acity

dur

ing

war

, and

the

incr

easi

ngly

re

gion

al n

atur

e of

con

flic

t. A

dvan

ces

in w

ar-m

akin

g te

chno

logi

es

such

as

met

hods

of s

urve

illan

ce, p

reci

sion

-gui

ded

shor

t-ra

nge

mis

-si

les,

che

mic

al a

nd b

iolo

gica

l war

fare

, hel

icop

ters

, and

all-

wea

ther

an

d ni

ght v

isio

n sy

stem

s, a

mon

g ot

hers

, ens

ure

incr

ease

d de

stru

ctiv

e ca

pabi

litie

s. A

nat

ion'

s in

dust

rial

cap

acity

and

ass

ocia

ted

civi

lian

popu

latio

ns a

re in

crea

sing

ly fa

vour

ed ta

rget

s be

caus

e th

ey g

ener

ate

inco

me

and

mat

eria

ls n

eede

d to

mai

ntai

n th

e w

ar e

ffor

t. R

egio

nal

conf

lict i

s un

ques

tiona

bly

on th

e ri

se (e

.g. B

osni

a, A

rmen

ia, A

zer-

baija

n, S

omal

ia, A

fgha

nist

an, R

wan

da, P

hilip

pine

s, S

ri La

nka)

. Dur

-in

g su

ch c

onfli

cts,

dam

age

is u

sual

ly re

stric

ted

to s

mal

l are

as, w

hich

su

stai

n re

peat

ed a

ttack

s an

d di

spro

porti

onat

ely

heav

y lo

sses

. W

hat f

ollo

ws

is a

cas

e-st

udy

of in

dust

rial h

azar

ds a

ssoc

iate

d w

ith

Iran

's ei

ght-

year

war

aga

inst

Iraq

(198

0- 1

988)

. Man

y of

the

com

-m

uniti

es in

Iran

's oi

l- an

d ga

s-pr

oduc

ing

regi

ons

wer

e af

fect

ed b

y th

is

conf

lict.

The

war

's im

pact

on

indu

stry

was

mer

ely

one

face

t of t

he

wid

er c

onfli

ct, s

o th

e ca

se-s

tudy

is d

iscu

ssed

in th

e la

rger

con

text

of

the

conf

lict's

soc

io-e

cono

mic

impa

ct o

n Ir

ania

n so

ciet

y (C

orde

sman

19

90).

Bec

ause

nei

ther

an

accu

rate

nor

a fi

rst-h

and

acco

unt o

f Ira

q's

expe

rienc

e w

ith th

is w

ar is

read

ily a

vaila

ble,

the

pers

pect

ive

is c

on-

scio

usly

Iran

ian.

' Alth

ough

the

acco

unt m

ay b

e in

com

plet

e, th

e in

for-

mat

ion

is n

ever

thel

ess

belie

ved

to b

e ac

cura

te.

By

delin

eatin

g Ir

an's

expe

rienc

e w

ith th

e w

ar a

nd re

cons

truct

ion,

it

is in

tend

ed n

ot o

nly

to a

naly

se th

e re

latio

nshi

p of

war

, com

mun

ity

dest

ruct

ion,

and

indu

stri

al d

isas

ter b

ut a

lso

to s

how

how

par

ticul

ar

issu

es o

f rec

over

y fr

om in

dust

rial d

isas

ters

can

bec

ome

caug

ht u

p in

br

oade

r con

cern

s ab

out r

ecov

ery

from

oth

er e

vent

s th

at in

flict

mor

e

148

149

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•1.

fahu

n D

ehlo

ran

Sh

im•

0

Kilo

met

ers

200

°M

IRA

N

Qm

r-e

KE

RM

AN

SH

AIIA

N•

Kerm

ansh

ah •

Ilan o

B

AG

HD

AD

Kho

rrut

naba

d

ILA

NI

Al A

rnar

th •

E= Wa

r dam

aged

pro

vinc

es

•Pr

ovin

cial

Cap

ital

•C

ity

•Maul

4Ifr

KIIIIZ

ES

TA

N

llove

lseh

(sf

ID A

lma,

.

Al B

asra

SA

UD

I A

RA

BIA

Rut

gers

Car

togr

aphy

199

3

',Ham

adan

Indu

stri

al d

evas

tatio

n in

Iran

Fig.

6.1

F

ront

-lin

e pr

ovin

ces

of I

ran,

198

0-19

88 (

Sour

ce:

Am

irah

mad

i 198

7: 1

36)

(red

raw

n)

in s

igni

fican

t num

bers

, tho

ugh

prec

ise

figur

es a

re d

iffic

ult t

o de

ter-

min

e. O

ne s

ourc

e lis

ts 2

0 ch

emic

al ro

cket

atta

cks,

284

che

mic

al a

ir at

tack

s, a

nd 7

4 ch

emic

al a

rtill

ery

atta

cks,

whi

ch k

illed

ove

r 5,7

00

peop

le, m

ostly

civ

ilian

s liv

ing

in u

rban

are

as (S

hem

irani

199

3). T

he

Iraq

i Kur

dish

tow

n of

Hal

abch

eh w

as a

lmos

t tot

ally

des

troy

ed b

y a

chem

ical

bom

bard

men

t und

erta

ken

by Ir

aq to

pre

vent

it fa

lling

into

th

e ha

nds

of Ir

ania

n tr

oops

. Eve

n no

w, m

any

year

s af

ter t

he e

nd o

f op

en h

ostil

ities

, bot

h co

untr

ies

still

reta

in s

tock

pile

s of

che

mic

al

wea

pons

.

151

Am

irah

mad

i

enco

mpa

ssin

g ty

pes

of d

amag

e. F

urth

er, t

his

chap

ter e

xplo

res

inte

r-co

nnec

tions

am

ong

loca

l-le

vel r

econ

stru

ctio

n pr

iori

ties,

nat

iona

l-le

vel g

oals

, and

inte

rven

tion

by th

e in

tern

atio

nal c

omm

unity

in th

e po

st-w

ar p

eace

and

reco

nstr

uctio

n ef

fort

s. It

is h

oped

that

the

case

-st

udy

will

als

o pr

ovid

e in

sigh

ts th

at le

ad to

war

d cr

eatio

n of

mod

els

of

indu

stria

l dis

aste

r im

pact

ass

essm

ent a

nd re

cove

ry fo

r war

-dam

aged

so

ciet

ies

and

will

iden

tify

obst

acle

s to

reco

nstr

uctio

n an

d w

ays

of

impr

ovin

g im

plem

enta

tion.

Mili

tary

and

stra

tegi

c con

text

Iraq

inva

ded

Iran

in S

epte

mbe

r 198

0 an

d in

itiat

ed a

pro

tract

ed la

nd,

sea,

and

air

conf

lict t

hat l

aste

d un

til A

ugus

t 198

8, w

hen

it w

as b

roug

ht

to a

n en

d by

Uni

ted

Nat

ions

Sec

urity

Cou

ncil

Res

olut

ion

598.

The

in

vasi

on f

ollo

wed

Sad

dam

Hus

sein

's un

ilate

ral a

brog

atio

n of

the

Tre

aty

of A

lgie

rs, w

hich

he

had

him

self

neg

otia

ted

with

the

then

Sh

ah o

f Ira

n in

197

5.2

Five

Iran

ian

prov

ince

s th

at b

orde

r Ira

q - K

huze

stan

, Ila

m, K

er-

man

shah

an, K

urde

stan

, and

Wes

t Aze

rbai

jan

- bec

ame

activ

e th

ea-

tres

of a

ir an

d gr

ound

con

flict

s, w

hile

ano

ther

11

prov

ince

s su

ffer

ed

sust

aine

d ae

rial b

omba

rdm

ent (

fig. 6

.1).

Thes

e fiv

e pr

ovin

ces

acco

unt

for 1

0.8

per c

ent o

f Ira

n's

land

are

a an

d in

clud

e th

e co

untr

y's

mos

t he

avily

pop

ulat

ed a

nd d

evel

oped

regi

on. I

n 19

80, t

he w

ar-t

orn

re-

gion

's po

pula

tion

dens

ity w

as 3

5.4

per s

quar

e m

ile, c

ompa

red

with

23

.2 fo

r the

nat

iona

l ave

rage

(Am

irah

mad

i 199

0b).

Bef

ore

the

war

, K

huze

stan

boa

sted

maj

or e

cono

mic

est

ablis

hmen

ts, i

nclu

ding

por

t fa

cilit

ies,

ste

el fa

ctor

ies,

oil

wel

ls a

nd re

finer

ies,

pet

roch

emic

al c

om-

plex

es, a

nd a

maj

or h

ydro

elec

tric

dam

and

irri

gatio

n pr

ojec

t. K

er-

man

shah

an w

as c

onsi

dere

d an

impo

rtan

t cen

tre

for a

gric

ultu

re a

nd

trad

ition

al in

dust

ry. N

earl

y 14

,000

squ

are

kilo

met

res

of Ir

ania

n te

r-rit

ory

wer

e oc

cupi

ed b

y Ir

aqi f

orce

s fo

r mos

t of t

he w

ar.

The

Iran

-Ira

q w

ar w

as u

nusu

al fo

r a n

umbe

r of r

easo

ns. T

houg

h it

was

the

long

est c

onve

ntio

nal w

ar o

f the

twen

tieth

cen

tury

, it w

as

conf

ined

to a

rela

tivel

y sm

all l

and

area

. A m

ixtu

re o

f anc

ient

and

m

oder

n ta

ctic

s w

ere

empl

oyed

, inc

ludi

ng in

tens

ive

"hum

an w

ave"

as

saul

ts (i

.e. t

he s

imul

tane

ous

conv

erge

nce

of th

ousa

nds

of a

rmed

tr

oops

on

one

targ

et) a

nd a

"w

ar o

n ci

ties"

that

incl

uded

the

use

of

tech

nolo

gica

lly a

dvan

ced

artil

lery

to ta

rget

dis

tant

indu

stri

es p

re-

cise

ly (S

hem

irani

199

3). I

raq

used

dire

ct m

issi

le a

ttack

s as

par

t of a

n ex

plic

it st

rate

gy to

dep

opul

ate

settl

emen

ts a

nd s

tran

gle

the

Iran

ian

econ

omy.

The

Iraq

i arm

y al

so u

sed

chem

ical

and

bio

logi

cal w

eapo

ns

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Antir

ahm

adi

Impa

cts o

f the

war

on

hum

an h

ealth

and

long

-term

hab

itabi

lity

of th

e re

gion

Hum

an 1

,-, sse

s

Eig

ht y

ears

of i

nten

se c

onfl

ict e

xact

ed h

eavy

tolls

on

the

popu

la-

tion

of Ir

an. T

here

wer

e ap

prox

imat

ely

300,

000

Iran

ian

casu

altie

s,

incl

udin

g 61

,000

mis

sing

in a

ctio

n an

d 5,

000

in Ir

aqi p

riso

ns. T

he

relie

f and

reco

nstru

ctio

n pr

oces

s w

as fu

rther

com

plic

ated

by

the

fact

th

at a

noth

er 2

.5 m

illio

n Ir

ania

ns h

ave

beco

me

hom

eles

s, h

ave

lost

th

eir j

obs,

or a

re d

ispl

aced

. Mos

t of t

hese

hav

e ta

ken

sanc

tuar

y in

re

fuge

e ca

mps

, mak

eshi

ft s

hack

s, a

nd te

mpo

rary

she

lters

in m

ajor

ur

ban

cent

res o

r in

perip

hera

l are

as o

f war

zon

es (A

mira

hmad

i 199

0b:

63).

A g

over

nmen

t sur

vey

take

n af

ter t

he e

nd o

f hos

tiliti

es re

veal

ed

that

593

,000

civ

ilian

s w

ere

phys

ical

ly a

nd/o

r men

tally

dis

able

d by

the

war

(Uni

ted

Nat

ions

Sec

reta

ry-G

ener

al 1

991a

: 48)

. T

he fu

ture

pro

duct

ivity

of I

ran

has

been

per

man

ently

alte

red;

the

ener

gy a

nd c

apac

ity o

f mill

ions

of p

rodu

ctiv

e w

orki

ng p

eopl

e w

ho

serv

ed in

the

war

hav

e be

en ir

retr

ieva

bly

lost

. Alm

ost a

ll of

them

w

ere

youn

g an

d de

dica

ted

to th

e Ir

ania

n re

volu

tion.

Hum

an d

evel

-op

men

t inc

ludi

ng e

duca

tion

— h

as b

een

grie

vous

ly a

ffec

ted.

In th

e w

ar re

gion

alo

ne, m

ore

than

20

per c

ent (

9,30

0) o

f the

pre

-war

cla

ss-

room

s (4

4,30

0) w

ere

dam

aged

or d

estro

yed.

Ove

r a th

ird (4

50,0

00) o

f th

e re

gion

's 1.

25 m

illio

n st

uden

ts fl

ed e

lsew

here

. Thi

s pl

aced

gre

at

stra

ins

on re

ceiv

ing

scho

ol s

yste

ms,

whi

ch w

ere

forc

ed to

teac

h pu

pils

in

con

tinuo

us s

hift

s (U

nite

d N

atio

ns S

ecre

tary

-Gen

eral

199

1a: 4

5).

The

prov

isio

n of

hea

lth c

are

was

sim

ilarly

inte

rrup

ted:

" ..

. a to

tal o

f 10

2 'h

ealth

hou

ses',

84

rura

l hea

lth c

ente

rs, 8

0 ur

ban

heal

th c

ente

rs

and

12 p

rovi

ncia

l and

/or

dist

rict

hea

lth c

ente

rs w

ere

dest

roye

d"

(Uni

ted

Nat

ions

Sec

reta

ry-G

ener

al 1

991a

: 48)

. Wat

er a

nd s

ewer

age

syst

ems

in th

e ar

ea w

ere

also

hea

vily

dam

aged

. Th

e de

mog

raph

ic p

rofil

e of

Iran

has

bee

n gr

eatly

alte

red

sinc

e th

e be

ginn

ing

of th

e w

ar. M

any

of th

e ch

ange

s ar

e a

dire

ct c

onse

quen

ce

of g

over

nmen

t pol

icy

to in

crea

se th

e na

tiona

l pop

ulat

ion.

Dur

ing

the

war

yea

rs, p

opul

atio

n gr

ew a

t mor

e th

an 3

.7 p

er c

ent a

nnua

lly; b

y 19

88, t

otal

num

bers

wer

e ab

out 5

0 pe

r cen

t gre

ater

tha

n in

197

6. In

19

76, 1

7.2

per c

ent o

f Ira

n's p

opul

atio

n liv

ed in

the

five

war

-aff

ecte

d pr

ovin

ces;

by

1986

, the

pro

port

ion

had

falle

n to

15

per c

ent.

At

pres

ent,

45 p

er c

ent o

f th

e na

tiona

l pop

ulat

ion

are

unde

r the

age

of

14. C

onco

mita

nt d

eman

ds fo

r soc

ial s

ervi

ces a

nd e

duca

tiona

l fac

ilitie

s

152

Indu

stria

l dev

asta

tion

in Ir

an

pose

a c

halle

nge

for a

utho

ritie

s en

gage

d in

the

allo

catio

n of

reso

urce

s fo

r rec

onst

ruct

ion

(Uni

ted

Nat

ions

Sec

reta

ry-G

ener

al 1

991

a: 2

9). M

ore

rece

ntly

, the

gov

ernm

ent h

as a

cted

to s

low

pop

ulat

ion

grow

th. T

he

new

pol

icy

seem

s to

be

havi

ng s

ome

effe

ct, b

ut th

e co

untr

y's

pop-

ulat

ion

is st

ill g

row

ing

fast

eno

ugh

(3.2

per

cen

t in

1992

) to

caus

e se

ri-ou

s al

arm

.

Env

iron

men

tal d

amag

e

Info

rmat

ion

abou

t env

ironm

enta

l da

mag

e in

flict

ed b

y th

e w

ar is

sca

t-te

red

and

inco

nclu

sive

. Thi

s is

prim

arily

bec

ause

the

Iran

ian

auth

or-

ities

who

wer

e ch

arge

d w

ith r

econ

stru

ctio

n fo

cuse

d at

tent

ion

on

imm

edia

te re

lief e

ffor

ts a

nd o

n re

build

ing

both

the

econ

omy

and

the

mili

tary

. Mor

eove

r, in

con

trast

to th

e G

ulf W

ar o

f 199

0, th

e in

tern

a-tio

nal c

omm

unity

did

not

mon

itor e

nviro

nmen

tal e

ffec

ts o

f the

Iran

--Ir

aq w

ar. T

his

is a

ttrib

utab

le b

oth

to d

iffic

ultie

s th

at th

e m

ass

med

ia

expe

rien

ced

in re

port

ing

the

war

and

to th

e fa

ct th

at Ir

an h

ad fa

llen

out o

f fav

our w

ith W

este

rn g

over

nmen

ts th

at m

ight

oth

erw

ise

have

ta

ken

an in

tere

st.

Des

pite

the

lack

of r

elia

ble

data

on

envi

ronm

enta

l im

pact

s,

som

e ef

fect

s ar

e kn

own

(Haw

ley

1992

; Joc

hnic

k an

d N

orm

and

n.d.

). Fo

r ex

ampl

e, it

is k

now

n th

at e

xten

sive

min

efie

lds

and

unex

plod

ed w

ar

mat

eria

ls in

all

of Ir

an's

five

war

-affe

cted

pro

vinc

es h

ave

pose

d da

ily

haza

rds t

o lo

cal p

opul

atio

ns. R

eza

Mal

ekza

deh,

repr

esen

tativ

e of

the

Iran

ian

Min

istry

of H

ealth

, rep

orte

d in

199

1 th

at a

t lea

st 1

0 pe

ople

a

day

wer

e w

ound

ed, m

aim

ed, o

r kill

ed b

y liv

e w

ar m

uniti

ons (

Uni

ted

Nat

ions

Sec

reta

ry-G

ener

al 1

991a

: 29)

. It i

s al

so k

now

n th

at g

roun

d ba

ttles

and

aer

ial b

omba

rdm

ents

cau

sed

exte

nsiv

e de

stru

ctio

n of

for-

ests

— a

pro

cess

that

was

exa

cerb

ated

by

peop

le se

arch

ing

for c

ooki

ng

fuel

to re

plac

e no

rmal

sup

plie

s; ru

n-of

f and

ero

sion

hav

e in

crea

sed

as

a re

sult.

Dur

ing

the

conf

lict,

mor

e th

an 3

mill

ion

date

pal

ms a

nd 5

,000

he

ctar

es o

f orc

hard

s w

ere

dest

roye

d. S

ome

130,

000

hect

ares

of n

atu-

ral f

ores

ts a

nd 7

53,0

00 h

ecta

res

of p

astu

re la

nd in

the

war

-aff

licte

d pr

ovin

ces

wer

e al

so re

nder

ed u

nusa

ble.

Th

e im

pact

of w

ar o

n fa

rmla

nd w

as e

qual

ly s

igni

fican

t. In

Khu

ze-

stan

, ]la

m, a

nd K

erm

ansh

ahan

, " ..

. rec

onst

ruct

ion

of th

e fa

rmin

g su

b-se

ctor

invo

lves

land

-leve

ling

and

grad

ing

of a

bout

251

,000

ha

of

irrig

ated

farm

land

and

roug

h le

velin

g of

53,

700

ha o

f rai

n-fe

d la

nd"

(Uni

ted

Nat

ions

Sec

reta

ry-G

ener

al 1

991a

: 40-

41).

Farm

land

s in

the

five

war

-impa

cted

pro

vinc

es a

ppea

r to

be c

onta

min

ated

by

toxi

c m

ate-

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eral

imad

t

rial

s em

anat

ing

from

che

mic

al a

nd b

iolo

gica

l wea

pons

. Dur

ing

the

war

, pro

duce

from

sou

ther

n Ir

an w

as c

onsi

dere

d un

heal

thy

and

coul

d no

t be

mar

kete

d, th

ereb

y dr

ivin

g up

pric

es a

nd c

reat

ing

shor

tage

s.

The

situ

atio

n w

as n

ot s

impl

y on

e of

dir

ect d

estr

uctio

n an

d co

n-ta

min

atio

n. T

he p

robl

ems

of w

arfa

re w

ere

com

poun

ded

by o

ther

pr

oble

ms,

incl

udin

g re

mov

al o

f top

soil,

com

pact

ion

and

flood

ing

of

agric

ultu

ral l

ands

, mod

ifica

tions

of r

iver

flow

s, in

terr

uptio

n of

irrig

a-tio

n w

ater

sup

plie

s, a

nd w

ater

logg

ing

and

salin

izat

ion

due

to s

alt

wat

er fl

owin

g on

to a

gric

ultu

ral l

and

whe

n irr

igat

ion

cana

ls w

ere

dest

roye

d. F

inal

ly, s

tudy

of c

onta

min

atio

n in

rura

l are

as is

ham

pere

d by

the

pres

ence

of u

nide

ntifi

ed m

inef

ield

s (U

nite

d N

atio

ns S

ecre

tary

-G

ener

al 1

991a

: 28-

48).

Leve

ls o

f env

ironm

enta

l int

oxic

atio

n ar

e m

uch

mor

e di

ffic

ult t

o as

certa

in th

an d

irect

des

truct

ion,

par

ticul

arly

bec

ause

of t

he la

ck o

f re

cord

s m

entio

ned

abov

e bu

t als

o be

caus

e in

toxi

catio

n as

sess

men

t re

quire

s fai

rly so

phis

ticat

ed te

chno

logy

that

has

bee

n ne

ither

ava

il-ab

le in

Iran

nor

sup

plie

d by

the

inte

rnat

iona

l env

ironm

enta

l com

-m

unity

. Non

e th

e le

ss, i

t is p

ossi

ble

to p

rovi

de a

gen

eral

ove

rvie

w o

f th

e im

pact

s on

a re

gion

-by-

regi

on b

asis.

Th

e so

uth-

wes

tern

pro

vinc

es h

ave

expe

rienc

ed e

xtre

me

envi

ron-

men

tal d

amag

e, p

artic

ular

ly in

the

coas

tal s

trip

and

alon

g m

ain

inla

nd

wat

erw

ays.

The

Kar

oun

Riv

er, o

nce

the

mai

nsta

y of

eco

nom

ic a

ctiv

-ity

, is

now

hea

vily

pol

lute

d an

d un

usab

le. A

mon

g th

e ru

ral p

op-

ulat

ion,

a h

igh

inci

denc

e of

dis

ease

s, es

peci

ally

eye

infe

ctio

ns, s

tom

-ac

h ill

ness

es, a

nd s

kin

ailm

ents

, has

bee

n re

porte

d (U

nite

d N

atio

ns

Secr

etar

y-G

ener

al 1

991a

: 28-

48).

The

exac

t cau

se o

f the

se a

ilmen

ts is

not k

now

n, b

ut h

ealth

off

icia

ls n

ote

that

the

rate

of i

ncid

ence

is m

uch

high

er th

an in

are

as u

naff

ecte

d by

the

war

. Sin

ce th

e w

ar's

end

ther

e ha

s bee

n an

ala

rmin

g in

crea

se in

hea

lth-th

reat

enin

g in

sect

s and

pes

ts.

Ther

e ha

s als

o be

en a

n in

crea

sed

inci

denc

e of

acu

te re

spira

tory

dis

-ea

se, p

ossib

ly a

s a re

sult

of w

ar-in

duce

d to

xins

in th

e en

viro

nmen

t, as

w

ell a

s an

incr

ease

in

the

num

ber o

f tho

se a

fflic

ted

by se

vere

dia

r-rh

oea,

whi

ch c

an b

e m

ore

dire

ctly

link

ed to

the

disr

uptio

n of

the

prov

isio

n of

fres

h w

ater

sup

plie

s.

The

coa

stal

reg

ion

betw

een

Aba

dan

and

the

Stra

it of

Hor

muz

, en

com

pass

ing

appr

oxim

atel

y 25

0 sq

uare

kilo

met

res

of b

each

, was

co

vere

d in

tar a

nd a

spha

lt. T

hese

subs

tanc

es p

osed

a g

rave

thre

at to

al

read

y en

dang

ered

spec

ies a

nd p

rote

ctiv

e ve

geta

tion.

Lea

ks fr

om o

il ta

nker

s at

tack

ed in

the

Gul

f are

bel

ieve

d to

be

the

caus

e (W

alke

r 19

89).

Oil-

rela

ted

pollu

tion

is a

lso

attri

bute

d to

the

bom

bing

of o

il pl

atfo

rms

in th

e G

ulf.

Cap

ping

thes

e oi

l wel

ls h

as ta

ken

year

s of

1111

1111

1111

11 th

'Ia.V

ial1

011

Iii

Iran

effo

rt. T

he te

rrito

ry o

f Ira

n in

clud

es m

any

isla

nds

in th

e G

ulf,

20 o

f w

hich

hav

e be

en a

dver

sely

aff

ecte

d by

oil

pollu

tion

and

oil s

pills

. The

pr

awn-

fish

ing

indu

stry

has

bee

n se

vere

ly th

reat

ened

, ow

ing

to th

e de

stru

ctio

n 01

man

grov

e an

d se

a-gr

ass

cultu

res

in th

e co

asta

l reg

ions

of

the

Gul

f. Se

a gr

asse

s ar

e af

fect

ed b

y to

xic

hydr

ocar

bons

and

con

-ta

min

atio

n of

sed

imen

ts; o

ils p

enet

rate

the

stom

ata

and

kill

entir

e se

a-gr

ass c

omm

uniti

es th

at p

rovi

de n

urse

ry g

roun

ds fo

r pra

wns

(Uni

ted

Nat

ions

Sec

reta

ry-G

ener

al 1

991b

: 29)

. In

addi

tion,

the

dest

ruct

ion

of

all o

r par

t of t

he p

raw

n ye

ar c

lass

has

cum

ulat

ive

effe

cts o

n su

bseq

uent

ca

tche

s. A

noth

er s

ourc

e of

con

tam

inan

ts is

the

sunk

en s

hips

and

wre

cks

that

stil

l lie

in a

nd a

long

the

Shat

t-al-A

rab

wat

erw

ay. T

he m

agni

tude

of

the

prob

lem

incr

ease

s with

tim

e be

caus

e cu

rren

ts c

arry

con

tam

inan

t ca

rgoe

s th

roug

hout

the

wat

erw

ay s

yste

m a

nd o

ut to

the

Gul

f. T

his

pose

s a

dist

inct

thre

at to

the

fishi

ng in

dust

ry a

s w

ell a

s to

the

ecol

ogy

of th

e ar

ea, a

nd q

uite

pos

sibl

y to

the

adja

cent

wat

er-ta

ble.

The

nat

ure

of th

e ca

rgo

in th

ese

ship

s is

unk

now

n an

d on

ly a

sub

stan

tial i

nves

-tig

atio

n w

ould

reve

al th

e ex

act c

onta

min

ants

. The

est

imat

ed c

ost o

f cl

ean-

up h

as b

een

put b

y va

rious

sou

rces

at $

2 bi

llion

to $

4 bi

llion

. N

o le

ss th

an tw

o ye

ars

of c

ontin

uous

wor

k is

nee

ded

to re

habi

litat

e th

e riv

er.

Furt

her d

esta

biliz

atio

n of

the

envi

ronm

ent i

n so

uthe

rn Ir

an h

as

resu

lted

from

dis

turb

ance

s in

the

Gul

f reg

ion

durin

g th

e U

S-le

d Pe

rsia

n G

ulf W

ar o

f 199

0-19

91. S

ome

of th

e en

viro

nmen

tal e

ffec

ts th

at a

re

now

obs

erve

d in

sou

ther

n Ir

an m

ay b

e tra

ceab

le in

par

t to

that

war

.'

Dam

age

to h

uman

set

tlem

ents

and

the

econ

omy

Dam

age

to se

ttlem

ents

in Ir

an w

as e

norm

ous.

The

war

wip

ed o

ut 4

,000

vi

llage

s, da

mag

ed 5

2 ci

ties,

and

destr

oyed

abo

ut 1

20,0

00 h

ouse

s; 6

of

the

citie

s wer

e co

mpl

etel

y le

velle

d w

hile

ano

ther

15

sust

aine

d da

m-

age

of 3

0 -8

0 pe

r cen

t. Th

e ci

ty o

f Kho

rram

shah

r (19

80 p

opul

atio

n 30

0,00

0) w

as Ir

an's

mos

t im

porta

nt p

ort o

n th

e G

ulf.

It no

w li

es in

ne

ar-to

tal r

uin,

hav

ing

sust

aine

d de

stru

ctio

n of

80

per c

ent o

f its

bu

ildin

gs. I

mpa

cts i

n ru

ral a

reas

wer

e eq

ually

gre

at: o

ver 3

0 pe

r cen

t of

the

villa

ges i

n th

e fiv

e m

ost w

ar-to

rn p

rovi

nces

wer

e co

mpl

etel

y de

stro

yed;

oth

ers

sust

aine

d se

vere

dam

age.

The

mon

etar

y va

lue

of

dam

age

to h

uman

set

tlem

ents

was

est

imat

ed a

t $13

bill

ion

for t

he

peri

od S

epte

mbe

r 198

0 to

Sep

tem

ber 1

985.

For

the

entir

e w

ar,

hum

an s

ettle

men

ts d

amag

e m

ay h

ave

exce

eded

$18

bill

ion

(Am

ir-ah

mad

i 199

2a: 8

2).

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pes o

f dir

ect e

cono

mic

dam

age

resu

lting

from

the

war

wer

e di

sting

uish

ed b

y th

e Ira

nian

gov

ernm

ent —

bui

ldin

gs a

nd in

stalla

tions

, m

achi

nery

and

equ

ipm

ent,

and

mat

eria

ls a

nd g

oods

(see

tabl

e 6.

1).

The

gove

rnm

ent a

lso

calc

ulat

ed a

sepa

rate

ind

irec

t eco

nom

ic d

amag

e ca

tego

ry th

at in

clud

es o

ppor

tuni

ty c

osts

but

exc

lude

s dam

age

to th

e de

fenc

e se

ctor

and

hum

an lo

sses

; a v

alue

-add

ed a

ppro

ach

was

use

d w

ithin

a n

atio

nal i

ncom

e-ac

coun

ting

fram

ewor

k. T

he se

ven

econ

omic

se

ctor

s fo

r whi

ch d

ata

are

avai

labl

e in

clud

e ag

ricu

lture

, min

ing,

m

anuf

actu

ring,

oil,

ele

ctric

ity/g

as/w

ater

, con

stru

ctio

n an

d ho

usin

g,

and

serv

ices

.' B

y th

e tim

e th

at Ir

an a

nd Ir

aq a

gree

d to

a c

ease

-fire

, Ira

n's i

ndus

-try

was

ope

ratin

g at

onl

y 20

-30

per c

ent o

f cap

acity

. Dire

ct e

cono

mic

da

mag

e (i.

e. p

hysi

cal d

estru

ctio

n) in

flict

ed o

n Ir

an a

mou

nted

to a

ye

arly

ave

rage

of 2

3.35

per

cen

t of t

he c

ount

ry's

gros

s dom

estic

pro

d-uc

t (G

DP)

. The

UN

Sec

urity

Cou

ncil

estim

ates

that

the

cost

of d

irect

ec

onom

ic d

amag

e, e

xclu

ding

mili

tary

dam

age

and

loss

of h

uman

life

, am

ount

ed to

$97

.3 b

illio

n. U

sing

a di

ffere

nt e

xcha

nge

rate

, the

Iran

ian

gove

rnm

ent p

uts t

he fi

gure

muc

h hi

gher

, at o

ver $

300

billi

on. M

ilita

ry

dam

age

was

est

imat

ed a

t $50

bill

ion.

Som

e ob

serv

ers e

stim

ate

that

th

e to

tal c

ost

of d

amag

e is

in th

e ne

ighb

ourh

ood

of U

S$1,

000

billi

on

(Ath

ari 1

991)

. O

f all

the

prod

uctiv

e se

ctor

s, th

e oi

l sec

tor s

usta

ined

by

far t

he

mos

t dam

age

(tabl

e 6.

2; fi

g. 6

.2).

This

sect

or a

ccou

nted

for 2

3.96

per

ce

nt o

f the

tota

l dire

ct e

cono

mic

dam

age

and

59.4

5 pe

r cen

t of t

he

dam

age

infli

cted

on

all p

rodu

ctiv

e se

ctor

s. In

thes

e se

ctor

s, ne

arly

86

per c

ent o

f all

the

dam

age

infli

cted

on

build

ings

and

inst

alla

tions

was

bo

rne

by th

e oi

l ind

ustry

. O

il in

stal

latio

ns in

the

Gul

f reg

ion

wer

e a

prim

ary

atta

ck ta

rget

. Th

e m

ain

Irani

an lo

adin

g te

rmin

al, l

ocat

ed in

Kha

rg Is

land

, was

bad

ly

dam

aged

in A

ugus

t 198

2, e

ffect

ivel

y ha

lvin

g Ira

nian

oil

expo

rts. B

efor

e th

e at

tack

s, K

harg

had

an

offlo

adin

g ca

paci

ty o

f 14

mill

ion

barre

ls of

oi

l per

day

at 1

4 be

rthin

g fa

cilit

ies;

its 1

993

capa

city

was

just

2 m

illio

n ba

rrel

s pe

r day

. Of 3

9 cr

ude

oil s

tora

ge ta

nks,

21

wer

e co

mpl

etel

y de

stro

yed

by fi

res r

esul

ting

from

atta

cks;

ass

umin

g fu

ll ca

paci

ty, o

il sp

ills

into

the

Gul

f fro

m th

e K

harg

faci

lity

alon

e am

ount

ed to

12

mill

ion

barr

els (

Uni

ted

Nat

ions

Sec

reta

ry-G

ener

al 1

991a

: 29)

Th

e oi

l ind

ustry

was

, and

is, e

xtre

mel

y im

porta

nt to

the

econ

omic

vi

abili

ty o

f Ira

n. O

il re

venu

es a

ccou

nted

for 5

1 pe

r cen

t of t

otal

gov

-er

nmen

t rev

enue

s in

1983

-198

4 an

d 44

per

cen

t of t

otal

gov

ernm

ent

reve

nues

in 1

986-

1987

. In

fact

, oil

reve

nues

gen

eral

ly a

ccou

nt fo

r ov

er 9

5 pe

r cen

t of I

ran'

s for

eign

exc

hang

e ea

rnin

gs a

nd p

ay fo

r the

156

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y se

ctor

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rce:

Pla

n an

d B

udge

t Org

aniz

atio

n,

Isla

mic

Rep

ublic

of I

ran

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: 50)

bulk

of I

ran'

s in

dust

rial

inpu

ts, f

ood

impo

rts,

and

mili

tary

nee

ds.

Iran

ian

indu

strie

s de

pend

on

fore

ign

mar

kets

for o

ver 6

5 pe

r cen

t of

thei

r raw

mat

eria

ls, 7

5 pe

r cen

t of t

heir

inte

rmed

iate

inpu

ts, a

nd o

ver

90 p

er c

ent o

f the

ir ca

pita

l goo

ds. O

ne a

naly

st e

stim

ated

that

the

cost

of

the

war

abs

orbe

d 60

per

cen

t of

Iran

's gr

oss

natio

nal p

rodu

ct

(GN

P) d

urin

g th

e 19

80-1

988

perio

d (M

olid

199

0).

Furt

her b

reak

dow

n of

sec

tora

l dam

age

reve

als

that

the

man

ufac

-tu

ring

sect

or s

uffe

red

mos

t hea

vily

in te

rms

of m

achi

nery

and

equ

ip-

men

t, na

mel

y, lo

ss o

f cap

ital s

tock

: it a

ccou

nts

for t

he la

rges

t sha

re

of d

amag

e in

this

cat

egor

y, a

t 59.

17 p

er c

ent,

with

agr

icul

ture

a d

is-

tant

sec

ond

at 2

2.86

per

cen

t. E

lect

rici

ty, g

as, a

nd w

ater

incu

rred

th

e m

ost d

amag

e in

term

s of

mat

eria

ls a

nd g

oods

-- c

onst

itutin

g 49

.57

per c

ent o

f the

tota

l los

ses

to m

ater

ials

and

goo

ds, w

hile

agr

icul

ture

ac

coun

ts fo

r 28.

17 p

er c

ent o

f thi

s typ

e of

dam

age.

With

in a

gric

ultu

re,

farm

ing

suff

ered

the

mos

t dam

age,

follo

wed

by

fore

stry

, ani

mal

hus

-ba

ndry

, hun

ting,

and

fish

erie

s. M

ost d

amag

e in

the

cons

truct

ion

sec-

tor w

as to

bui

ldin

gs a

nd in

stal

latio

ns, w

hich

con

stitu

ted

65.4

9 pe

r cen

t of

the

dam

age

to th

at s

ecto

r. D

irect

eco

nom

ic d

amag

e to

the

natio

n's

publ

ic se

rvic

es a

lone

acc

ount

s for

51.

19 p

er c

ent o

f the

tota

l and

85.

74

per c

ent o

f the

dam

age

sust

aine

d by

the

serv

ice

sect

or a

s a

who

le.

158

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ahm

adi

The

trans

porta

tion,

stor

age,

and

com

mun

icat

ions

sect

or su

stai

ned

the

maj

ority

of d

amag

e to

its m

achi

nery

and

equ

ipm

ent,

at 8

3.48

per

cen

t of

its d

irect

loss

es. W

ithin

this

sect

or, t

rans

porta

tion

was

the

hard

est

hit,

owin

g to

the

dest

ruct

ion

of ro

ads,

railw

ays,

and

priv

ate

vehi

cles

(P

lan

and

Bud

get O

rgan

izat

ion

1991

). A

bre

akdo

wn

of th

e da

ta fo

r sec

tora

l dam

age

by p

rovi

nce

reve

als

that

Khu

zesta

n in

curre

d 34

.27

per c

ent o

f all

dire

ct e

cono

mic

dam

age

(tabl

e 6.

3). K

huze

stan

's la

rge

shar

e of

the

dam

age

was

not

une

x-pe

cted

: man

y pe

troch

emic

al e

stab

lishm

ents

, lig

ht in

dust

ry fa

cilit

ies,

oil i

nsta

llatio

ns, m

ajor

por

t fac

ilitie

s, an

d m

oder

n ag

ribus

ines

ses —

prim

e ta

rget

s of a

eria

l bom

bard

men

ts —

are

loca

ted

ther

e. T

he c

ity o

f K

horr

amsh

ahr a

nd th

e w

orld

's la

rges

t oil

refin

ery

at A

bada

n w

ere

alm

ost c

ompl

etel

y de

stroy

ed, w

hile

the

city

of A

bada

n its

elf s

usta

ined

50

per

cen

t dam

age.

Of t

he to

tal d

amag

e to

the

prov

ince

, app

rox-

imat

ely

40 p

er c

ent w

as a

ssoc

iate

d w

ith b

uild

ings

and

insta

llatio

ns.

Rec

over

y fr

om w

ar

Def

inin

g pr

iorit

ies f

or re

cons

truct

ion

beca

me

a fu

lcru

m fo

r par

tisan

de

bate

and

pol

itica

l con

test

in th

e Ir

ania

n go

vern

men

t. Th

is is

an

expe

rienc

e co

mm

on to

man

y so

ciet

ies t

hat h

ave

expe

rienc

ed w

ide-

spre

ad d

estru

ctio

n fro

m d

isaste

r, w

heth

er it

is w

ar, i

ndus

trial

cal

amity

, or

nat

ural

dis

aste

r. In

Iran

, diff

eren

t pol

itica

l gro

ups s

ough

t to

have

th

eir o

wn

soci

al a

nd e

cono

mic

age

ndas

refle

cted

in th

e re

cons

truct

ion

strat

egy.

Deb

ate

cent

red

arou

nd fo

ur is

sues

— re

build

ing

the

mili

tary

, re

invi

gora

ting

the

natio

nal e

cono

my,

pro

mot

ing

the

econ

omic

wel

l-be

ing

of th

e po

or, a

nd re

cons

truct

ing

war

-dam

aged

are

as. O

nly

the

mos

t rad

ical

fact

ion

of th

e go

vern

men

t was

con

cern

ed w

ith e

quity

an

d so

cial

just

ice.

Con

serv

ativ

e an

d pr

agm

atis

t fac

tions

bel

ieve

d th

at

econ

omic

gro

wth

and

effi

cien

cy sh

ould

gui

de re

cons

truct

ion,

and

it is

th

ese

view

s tha

t cam

e to

dom

inat

e of

ficia

l pol

icy.

As a

resu

lt, m

ost

reco

nstru

ctio

n ef

forts

are

dev

oted

to s

treng

then

ing

mar

ket m

echa

-ni

sms,

priv

atiz

atio

n, a

nd li

bera

lizat

ion

of tr

ade.

Im

ports

are

an

esse

ntia

l com

pone

nt o

f the

Iran

ian

econ

omy,

and

re

cons

truct

ion

of b

oth

the

civi

lian

and

mili

tary

sec

tors

can

not b

e ac

com

plish

ed w

ithou

t the

m.

But i

mpo

rts m

ust

be p

aid

for w

ith h

ard

curr

ency

and

mos

t of

this

is o

btai

ned

in e

xcha

nge

for

Iran

ian

oil.

Unf

ortu

nate

ly, I

ran'

s oil

reve

nues

hav

e bee

n in

suffi

cien

t for

the t

ask

and

gove

rnm

ent l

eade

rs a

re p

reoc

cupi

ed w

ith fi

ndin

g al

tern

ativ

e so

urce

s of h

ard

curr

ency

. Con

serv

ativ

e fac

tions

— w

hich

are

curr

ently

in

pow

er —

favo

ur o

peni

ng th

e Ira

nian

econ

omy

to fo

reig

n in

vest

ors,

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II'ah

? la

th

limiti

ng s

tate

inte

rven

tion,

and

allo

win

g th

e m

arke

t and

the

priv

ate

sect

or to

stim

ulat

e ra

pid

econ

omic

gro

wth

. Mor

e ra

dica

l fac

tions

ha

ve a

rgue

d fo

r gro

wth

at a

slow

er p

ace

and

for g

over

nmen

t inv

est-

men

t in

dom

estic

indu

strie

s tha

t will

supp

ly c

emen

t, st

eel,

and

othe

r co

mm

oditi

es to

mee

t the

bas

ic n

eeds

of r

econ

stru

ctio

n. T

he ra

dica

ls

have

als

o fa

vour

ed a

wel

fare

relie

f pro

gram

me

that

targ

ets

the

need

iest

. Whi

le d

omes

tic in

vest

men

t and

relie

f are

incl

uded

in th

e go

vern

men

t's re

cons

truct

ion

plan

, con

serv

ativ

e po

licie

s ar

e cl

early

do

min

ant.

Sinc

e 19

89, P

resi

dent

Ali

Akb

ar H

ashe

mi R

afsa

njan

i, a

polit

ical

pr

agm

atis

t, ha

s tri

ed to

acc

omm

odat

e pu

blic

, priv

ate,

and

coo

pera

- tiv

e se

ctor

s in

the

reco

nstru

ctio

n pr

oces

s. H

is g

over

nmen

t has

relie

d on

a b

lend

of d

omes

tic re

sour

ces a

nd c

apab

ilitie

s; in

tern

atio

nal t

rade

, in

vestm

ent a

nd b

orro

win

g; e

xpan

sion

of th

e ro

le o

f the

priv

ate

sect

or;

and

utili

zatio

n of

pub

lic p

lann

ing

and

mar

ket m

echa

nism

s. Fo

llow

ing

reco

mm

enda

tions

of t

he W

orld

Ban

k an

d th

e In

tern

atio

nal M

onet

ary

Fund

(IM

F), t

he g

over

nmen

t has

impl

emen

ted

econ

omic

stab

iliza

tion

and

stru

ctur

al a

djus

tmen

t pro

gram

mes

that

are

des

igne

d to

put

the

econ

omy

on a

pea

cetim

e fo

otin

g th

at e

mph

asiz

es in

crea

sed

grow

th

and

grea

ter e

ffic

ienc

y. M

ost p

rice

cont

rols

hav

e be

en li

fted;

nat

iona

l-iz

ed in

dust

ries

are

bein

g so

ld to

the

priv

ate

sect

or; s

ubsi

dies

hav

e la

rgel

y be

en e

limin

ated

; a si

ngle

exc

hang

e ra

te h

as b

een

intro

duce

d;

the

Iran

ian

rial h

as b

een

deva

lued

and

mad

e co

nver

tible

, and

the

gove

rnm

ent's

bud

get d

efic

it ha

s be

en b

roug

ht u

nder

con

trol.

The

Iran

ian

gove

rnm

ent h

as a

lso

take

n a

serie

s of o

ther

step

s: it

has

bor

-ro

wed

upw

ards

of $

30 b

illio

n fro

m fo

reig

n go

vern

men

ts an

d fin

anci

al

and

indu

stria

l ins

titut

ions

; it h

as e

ncou

rage

d - w

ith le

ss s

ucce

ss -

fore

ign

inve

stm

ent;

and

it ha

s cr

eate

d fr

ee e

cono

mic

zon

es in

the

Pers

ian

Gul

f isl

ands

and

els

ewhe

re in

the

coun

try. ,

The

imm

edia

te

impa

cts o

f thi

s mac

roec

onom

ic p

olic

y ha

ve b

een

high

er in

flatio

n, a

w

ider

gap

bet

wee

n th

e in

com

es o

f ric

h an

d po

or, a

nd a

larg

er in

ter-

natio

nal d

ebt;

mea

nwhi

le, i

ts lo

ng-te

rm s

ucce

ss re

mai

ns in

dou

bt

whi

le th

e U

S go

vern

men

t opp

oses

the

gove

rnm

ent i

n Te

hera

n an

d th

ere

is u

ncer

tain

ty a

bout

pol

itica

l cha

nges

follo

win

g th

e en

d of

Raf

-sa

njan

i's te

rm in

199

7. H

owev

er, f

rom

the

pers

pect

ive

of e

cono

mic

gr

owth

, the

pol

icy

has

alre

ady

been

suc

cess

ful b

ecau

se th

e gr

owth

ra

te h

as a

vera

ged

abou

t 8 p

er c

ent p

er y

ear b

etw

een

1989

and

19

92. N

one

the

less

, mos

t of t

he b

enef

its o

f thi

s gr

owth

hav

e be

en

erod

ed b

y a

popu

latio

n in

crea

se ra

te o

f aro

und

3.2

per c

ent p

er y

ear

(199

2).

162

Indu

stri

al d

evas

tatio

n in

Iran

Nat

iona

l rec

onst

ruct

ion

plan

s

The

Firs

t Soc

io-E

cono

mic

and

Cul

tura

l Dev

elop

men

t Pla

n of

the

Isla

mic

Rep

ublic

pro

vide

d fo

r thr

ee, m

ore

or le

ss d

istin

ct, s

tage

s of

econ

omic

reco

nstru

ctio

n. In

dust

rial r

ecov

ery

is a

n im

porta

nt o

bjec

-tiv

e. In

the

first

stag

e, e

ffor

ts a

re d

irect

ed to

war

d fu

ll us

e of

exi

stin

g pr

oduc

tive

capa

citie

s (pa

rticu

larly

in o

il an

d ga

s), i

nfra

stru

ctur

e, a

nd

hum

an re

sour

ces.

Stro

ng e

mph

asis

is a

lso

plac

ed o

n ag

ricul

ture

and

ru

ral d

evel

opm

ent.

The

goal

at t

his

stag

e is

the

rest

orat

ion

of th

e ec

onom

y to

its

norm

al fu

nctio

ning

leve

l and

the

incr

ease

of o

il ex

-po

rts to

gen

erat

e as

muc

h fo

reig

n ex

chan

ge a

s po

ssib

le. S

truct

ural

ad

just

men

t and

sta

biliz

atio

n, a

s pr

escr

ibed

by

the

Wor

ld B

ank

and

IMF,

and

inve

stm

ent i

n th

e oi

l sec

tor a

re th

e m

ajor

gov

ernm

ent p

ro-

gram

mes

at p

rese

nt.

The

next

pla

n (1

994-

1998

) will

focu

s on

usin

g oi

l rev

enue

to a

chie

ve

econ

omic

gro

wth

and

incr

ease

d pe

r cap

ita in

com

e by

exp

andi

ng p

ro-

duct

ive

capa

citie

s and

job-

gene

ratin

g in

vestm

ents.

The

third

and

fina

l pl

an w

ill a

ttem

pt to

con

solid

ate

the

grow

th p

roce

ss a

nd m

ake

it in

de-

pend

ent o

f the

oil

sect

or. T

his

is a

sta

ge fa

r int

o th

e fu

ture

. Ira

nian

le

ader

s bel

ieve

that

onl

y th

en w

ill th

e co

untry

be

able

to a

chie

ve g

oals

of so

cial

justi

ce a

nd e

cono

mic

self-

suffi

cien

cy.

Whi

le e

cono

mic

nor

mal

izat

ion

is th

e fo

cus o

f the

firs

t nat

iona

l pla

n,

the

gove

rnm

ent h

as a

lso

been

mak

ing

prog

ress

tow

ard

the

phys

ical

re

cons

truct

ion

of w

ar-d

amag

ed a

reas

and

the

esta

blis

hmen

t of n

ew

econ

omic

act

iviti

es. B

efor

e au

thor

ities

cou

ld p

lan

for r

ebui

ldin

g ur

ban

and

indu

stria

l are

as, t

hey

need

ed to

kno

w h

ow m

any

peop

le w

ould

be

retu

rnin

g to

pre

-war

settl

emen

ts; h

ence

pop

ulat

ion

proj

ectio

ns w

ere

unde

rtake

n. S

econ

d, th

e go

vern

men

t stu

died

the

func

tions

of v

ari-

ous c

ities

in a

ntic

ipat

ion

of c

hang

ing

thei

r pre

-war

role

s. Th

ird, a

u-th

oriti

es a

dopt

ed a

regi

onal

vie

w o

f dev

elop

men

t acc

ordi

ng to

whi

ch,

citie

s an

d vi

llage

s w

ere

rega

rded

as

inte

gral

par

ts o

f pro

vinc

es th

at

wer

e th

emse

lves

par

t of a

n in

tegr

ated

nat

iona

l sta

te.

The

Nat

iona

l Spa

tial P

lann

ing

Stra

tegy

requ

ires

that

reco

nstru

c-tio

n of

rura

l set

tlem

ents

will

pre

cede

that

of t

he c

ities

. The

inte

nt is

to

prev

ent u

nwan

ted

mig

ratio

n of

rura

l peo

ple

to th

e ci

ties.

This

stra

t-eg

y is

con

sist

ent w

ith th

e go

vern

men

t's e

arlie

r pla

n to

mak

e ag

ricul

-tu

re a

n ax

is o

f dev

elop

men

t and

to re

settl

e ru

ral a

reas

. The

gov

-er

nmen

t's p

lan

calls

for g

radu

al re

cons

truct

ion

of to

wns

and

vill

ages

so

that

peo

ple

will

retu

rn to

thei

r pre

viou

s se

ttlem

ents

as

esse

ntia

l pu

blic

and

priv

ate

activ

ities

are

taki

ng sh

ape.

Pla

nnin

g, c

ultu

ral m

at-

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irahm

adi

ters

, and

oth

er h

uman

dim

ensi

ons o

f rec

onst

ruct

ion

are

said

to h

ave

rece

ived

par

ticul

ar a

ttent

ion.

It is

judg

ed th

at, a

s ra

vage

d ar

eas

are

revi

taliz

ed, w

ar m

igra

nts

will

retu

rn a

nd h

elp

to re

build

dam

aged

st

ruct

ures

. Hou

sing

reco

nstru

ctio

n ha

s rem

aine

d a

maj

or p

aram

eter

in

the

over

all p

lan

for n

orm

aliz

atio

n of

con

ditio

ns (

tabi

'i sa

zi) i

n th

e da

mag

ed a

reas

. D

urin

g th

e w

ar, r

econ

stru

ctio

n w

as a

n em

erge

ncy

or re

plac

e-m

ent a

ctiv

ity th

at fo

cuse

d la

rgel

y on

hou

sing.

Now

it in

clud

es u

pgra

d-in

g bu

ildin

g qu

ality

, inf

rast

ruct

ure,

and

eco

nom

ic p

rodu

ctiv

ity. T

he

Supr

eme

Cou

ncil

for R

econ

stru

ctio

n an

d R

enov

atio

n of

War

-Dam

-ag

ed A

reas

is th

e hi

ghes

t-lev

el b

ody

resp

onsi

ble

for r

econ

stru

ctio

n.

It m

akes

stra

tegi

c de

cisi

ons

and

over

sees

eff

orts

to p

rom

ote

publ

ic

finan

cial

con

tribu

tions

. Ano

ther

bod

y, th

e C

entra

l Hea

dqua

rters

for

Reco

nstru

ctio

n, se

ts pr

iorit

ies,

mak

es p

olic

ies,

supe

rvise

s im

plem

enta

-tio

n of

pro

ject

s, an

d co

ordi

nate

s the

wor

k of

oth

er o

rgan

izat

ions

. The

va

rious

sect

oral

reco

nstru

ctio

n he

adqu

arte

rs c

oord

inat

e re

cons

truc-

tion

wor

ks w

ith th

e se

ctor

al p

lann

ing

com

mitt

ees a

nd su

perv

ise

proj

-ec

ts b

eing

impl

emen

ted

by c

ontra

ctor

s. F

inal

ly, t

he p

rovi

ncia

l and

co

unty

reco

nstru

ctio

n he

adqu

arte

rs a

re re

spon

sibl

e fo

r a v

arie

ty o

f ta

sks,

incl

udin

g pr

iorit

izin

g th

e re

cons

truct

ion

proj

ects

for i

mpl

e-m

enta

tion.

The

se g

over

nmen

tal i

nstit

utio

ns a

re a

ssis

ted

by o

ther

pub

-lic

and

priv

ate

orga

niza

tions

incl

udin

g th

e H

ousi

ng F

ound

atio

n, th

e M

inis

try o

f Rec

onst

ruct

ion

Cru

sade

, the

End

owm

ent f

or th

e Ei

ghth

Im

am,

Seta

dha-

ye M

o'in

(su

ppor

ting

cent

res

for p

artic

ular

pro

ject

s or

citi

es su

ch a

s Kho

rran

isha

hr's

Seta

d),

phila

nthr

opic

org

aniz

atio

ns,

and

revo

lutio

nar y

fou

ndat

ions

(ba

seej

and

kom

iteh)

. W

here

pos

sibl

e, th

e Ir

ania

n go

vern

men

t doe

s no

t rel

ocat

e or

at

tem

pt to

com

bine

dam

aged

set

tlem

ents

. Rat

her,

the

polic

y is

to

rebu

ild th

em o

n th

eir o

rigin

al s

ites

(dar

ja .s

azi).

Thi

s is

inte

nded

to

min

imiz

e co

st, s

ave

time,

and

pre

vent

unn

eces

sary

con

flict

bet

wee

n th

e pe

ople

and

the

gove

rnm

ent.

The

gove

rnm

ent a

lso

avoi

ds c

erta

in

actio

ns su

ch a

s rec

onst

ruct

ing

apar

tmen

t com

plex

es, b

uild

ing

hous

es

befo

re th

e ow

ners

hav

e re

turn

ed to

the

settl

emen

ts, a

nd u

sing

pre

-fa

bric

atio

n te

chni

ques

. Exp

erie

nce

in Ir

an in

dica

tes

that

pre

viou

sly

thos

e ac

tions

wer

e no

t pop

ular

with

the

peop

le. R

athe

r, en

doge

nous

te

chni

ques

and

one

s th

at u

se m

ore

loca

l or n

atio

nal r

esou

rces

are

pr

efer

red:

they

are

sai

d to

redu

ce th

e na

tion'

s te

chno

logi

cal d

epen

-de

ncy.

A fl

exib

le p

lann

ing

appy

bach

is a

dopt

ed so

that

feed

back

and

in

puts

from

peo

ple

are

easi

ly in

corp

orat

ed to

impr

ove

the

qual

ity o

f op

erat

ions

. In

reco

nstru

ctin

g po

pula

tion

cent

res,

the

orde

r of p

riorit

y is,

firs

t, re

siden

tial a

nd c

omm

erci

al u

nits

and

fact

orie

s pro

duci

ng c

on-

indu

stria

l dev

asta

tion

in Ir

an

stru

ctio

n m

ater

ials

, fol

low

ed b

y ot

her e

mpl

oym

ent-g

ener

atin

g ac

tiv-

ities

, par

ticul

arly

in a

gric

ultu

re a

nd sm

all i

ndus

tries

. Pro

visio

n of

hea

t, w

ater

, ele

ctric

ity, r

oads

, inf

rast

ruct

ures

, edu

catio

nal a

nd h

ealth

ser-

vice

s, co

mm

unic

atio

n lin

ks, a

nd u

rban

am

eniti

es a

re a

lso

give

n hi

gh

prio

rity.

At t

he n

atio

nal l

evel

, spe

cial

prio

rity

has

been

atta

ched

to

reco

nstru

ctio

n of

larg

e in

dust

rial u

nits

suc

h as

pet

roch

emic

al c

om-

plex

es, o

il re

finer

ies,

and

pow

er p

lant

s. Th

ere

are

thre

e le

vels

of r

econ

stru

ctio

n pl

ans.

"N

atio

nal s

ecto

r"

plan

s (b

akhs

h-e

mel

li)

incl

ude

larg

e in

dust

rial a

nd in

fras

truct

ural

pr

ojec

ts th

at a

re im

plem

ente

d by

min

istri

es. "

Popu

lar s

ecto

r" p

lans

(b

akhs

h-e

mar

dom

i)

deal

with

reco

nstr

uctio

n of

resi

dent

ial a

nd

com

mer

cial

uni

ts b

y th

eir o

wne

rs. "

Reg

iona

l sec

tor"

pla

ns (

bakh

sh-e

m

anta

qehe

i) en

com

pass

regi

onal

dev

elop

men

t pro

gram

mes

and

ur

ban

or ru

ral s

ervi

ce p

roje

cts.

They

are

impl

emen

ted

by re

cons

truc-

tion

offic

es in

the

dam

aged

are

as. T

he ro

le o

f gov

ernm

ent i

s lim

ited

to in

vest

ing

in jo

b-ge

nera

ting

prod

uctiv

e un

its, s

uper

visi

on o

f rec

on-

stru

ctio

n pr

oces

ses,

prov

isio

n of

tech

nica

l ser

vice

s, an

d fin

anci

al a

s-si

stan

ce. I

n al

l cas

es, s

ite p

repa

ratio

n is

a p

ublic

resp

onsi

bilit

y. T

he

gove

rnm

ent i

s als

o re

spon

sibl

e fo

r equ

ippi

ng p

ublic

off

ices

with

ade

-qu

ate

equi

pmen

t and

ski

lled

labo

ur, a

s w

ell a

s fo

r del

iver

ing

basi

c co

nstru

ctio

n m

ater

ials

to th

e pr

ojec

t site

s. Fi

nanc

ially

, the

pub

lic se

ctor

ass

ists

reco

nstru

ctio

n by

inve

stin

g in

in

fras

truct

ure;

pro

vidi

ng te

chni

cal a

nd m

anag

eria

l per

sonn

el; r

eim

-bu

rsin

g th

e pu

blic

for p

art o

f the

war

-rel

ated

loss

es; a

nd g

rant

ing

cred

its, l

oans

, and

oth

er b

anki

ng se

rvic

es. F

or re

build

ing

urba

n re

si-

dent

ial u

nits

(fro

m 6

0 to

120

squa

re m

etre

s), t

he g

over

nmen

t pay

s up

to 6

mill

ion

rials

, plu

s the

cos

t of c

onst

ruct

ion

mat

eria

ls.

Supp

ort f

rom

inte

rnat

iona

l org

aniz

atio

ns a

nd lo

cal

com

mun

ities

Inte

rnat

iona

l eco

nom

ic a

nd d

iplo

mat

ic c

omm

uniti

es a

re p

layi

ng a

lim

ited

but d

irect

role

in re

cons

truct

ion,

to so

me

degr

ee re

vers

ing

the

"han

ds-o

ff"

appr

oach

ado

pted

by

othe

r cou

ntrie

s du

ring

the

war

. Fi

rms f

rom

Wes

tern

Eur

ope,

Japa

n, R

ussi

a, a

nd th

e U

nite

d St

ates

(as

subc

ontra

ctor

s) a

re c

urre

ntly

invo

lved

in re

build

ing

oil i

nsta

llatio

ns

and

have

join

ed in

oth

er m

ajor

indu

stria

l and

infr

astru

ctur

al p

roje

cts.

The

Uni

ted

Nat

ions

Sec

urity

Cou

ncil

(Dec

embe

r 199

1) h

as m

ade

unsu

cces

sful

ove

rture

s to

the

Wes

t for

tech

nica

l and

fina

ncia

l ass

is-

tanc

e to

Iran

.5

The

supp

ort o

f loc

al c

itize

ns h

as b

een

cruc

ial

to fi

ghtin

g th

e w

ar

165

164

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167

A^ n

iral

unad

i

and

rebu

ildin

g ra

vage

d co

mm

uniti

es. D

urin

g th

e w

ar's

early

yea

rs

ther

e w

as g

reat

pop

ular

ent

husi

asm

for t

he Ir

ania

n re

volu

tion,

and

ci

tizen

s w

ere

will

ing

to ta

ke th

e le

ad in

reco

nstru

ctin

g ho

uses

and

pu

blic

faci

litie

s. T

his

spiri

t con

tinue

s ev

en a

fter t

he w

ar's

end:

it

is re

flect

ed in

reco

mm

enda

tions

of t

he C

ounc

il of

Pol

icy

Mak

ing

for R

econ

stru

ctio

n. In

198

8, th

e C

ounc

il, a

ctin

g on

reco

mm

enda

tions

fr

om th

e la

te A

yato

llah

Kho

mei

ni, o

utlin

ed it

s Dire

ctiv

e on

the

Com

-pr

ehen

sive

Nat

iona

l Rec

onst

ruct

ion

Plan

. The

Dire

ctiv

e ca

lled

for a

re

cons

truct

ion

stra

tegy

that

is fo

unde

d on

the

capa

bilit

ies o

f peo

ple

in w

ar-to

rn a

reas

, and

that

stre

sses

the

impo

rtanc

e of

"ob

serv

ing

the

cultu

ral,

tradi

tiona

l, an

d ps

ycho

logi

cal c

hara

cter

istic

s of t

he p

eopl

e in

ea

ch a

rea.

..."

(Am

irahm

adi 1

990b

: 247

). D

espi

te th

e em

phas

is o

n lo

cal i

nitia

tives

, the

gov

ernm

ent a

nd so

cial

syst

ems o

f Ira

n ar

e ce

n-tra

lized

. The

nat

iona

l gov

ernm

ent i

s who

lly re

spon

sibl

e fo

r all

reco

n-st

ruct

ion

plan

s. It

deci

des w

hich

pro

duct

ive

cent

res a

re to

be

rebu

ilt,

the

pace

of r

ebui

ldin

g, a

nd la

nd-u

se p

atte

rns.

Loca

l par

ticip

atio

n w

as in

tend

ed to

be

inst

itutio

naliz

ed b

y m

eans

of

exp

ande

d pr

ovin

cial

and

mun

icip

al a

utho

ritie

s, a

s w

ell a

s to

wn

coun

cils.

How

ever

, the

re is

no

auto

nom

ous n

on-g

over

nmen

tal a

genc

y th

at e

ncou

rage

s gr

ass-

root

s in

puts

. The

nat

iona

l gov

ernm

ent's

cal

l fo

r citi

zen

parti

cipa

tion

in th

e re

build

ing

is a

top-

dow

n m

anag

emen

t st

rate

gy, w

here

in th

e ce

ntra

l aut

horit

y m

akes

the

impo

rtant

dec

isio

ns

abou

t a w

ide

rang

e of

mat

ters

, inc

ludi

ng h

ow to

refa

shio

n ci

ties,

re

invi

gora

te lo

cal i

ndus

try, a

nd c

reat

e po

st-w

ar lo

cal a

dmin

istra

tions

. O

ver t

ime,

the

gove

rnm

ent h

as a

lso

rede

fined

loca

l par

ticip

atio

n in

te

rms

of in

crea

sing

priv

atiz

atio

n of

the

publ

ic s

ecto

r by

mea

ns o

f va

rious

ince

ntiv

e pa

ckag

es. C

onse

quen

tly, t

he c

laim

that

resi

dent

s of

war

-aff

licte

d ar

eas w

ill b

e in

volv

ed in

the

rebu

ildin

g pr

oces

s has

a

hollo

w ri

ng, e

xcep

t in

the

case

of p

rivat

e ho

usin

g re

cons

truct

ion.

W

ith th

e ad

optio

n of

free

mar

ket m

echa

nism

s as t

he u

ltim

ate

arbi

ters

of

reco

nstru

ctio

n, c

omm

unity

mem

bers

bec

ome

invo

lved

in th

e pr

o-ce

ss o

nly

to th

e ex

tent

that

they

pro

vide

the

hum

an c

apita

l nec

essa

ry

for e

cono

mic

gro

wth

and

rest

ruct

urin

g. T

he g

over

nmen

t doe

s, ho

w-ev

er,

cont

inue

to p

rovi

de m

ater

ials

to in

divi

dual

s wis

hing

to re

build

. C

ompe

nsat

ion

of v

ictim

s for

loss

es in

curr

ed d

urin

g th

e w

ar is

vie

wed

as

ess

entia

l for

mai

ntai

ning

pop

ular

supp

ort o

f the

regi

me.

O

wne

rs a

re re

spon

sibl

e fo

r the

des

ign

and

reco

nstru

ctio

n of

thei

r ow

n un

its. T

he D

irect

or o

f the

Pro

vinc

ial R

econ

stru

ctio

n O

ffic

e m

ay,

at h

is d

iscr

etio

n, a

ssis

t an

owne

r with

up

to 1

80 sq

uare

met

res o

f roo

f co

vera

ge. A

n ow

ner m

ay b

e al

so a

ssis

ted

by b

ank

loan

s. F

or u

rban

co

mm

erci

al e

stab

lishm

ents

, the

gov

ernm

ent p

ays

up to

1.5

mill

ion

Indu

stri

al d

evas

tatio

n in

Iran

rials

and

ass

ists

the

owne

r with

ban

k lo

ans.

For r

ebui

ldin

g an

d re

no-

vatin

g pr

oduc

tion

units

, the

gov

ernm

ent p

ays u

p to

6 m

illio

n ria

ls an

d pr

ovid

es c

onst

ruct

ion

mat

eria

ls a

t off

icia

l pric

es. O

ther

gov

ernm

ent

assi

stan

ce in

clud

es b

ank

loan

s and

pro

visi

on o

f for

eign

exc

hang

e to

be

use

d fo

r pur

chas

e of

mac

hine

ry a

nd e

quip

men

t. Th

e go

vern

men

t al

so re

imbu

rses

priv

ate

vict

ims

for a

long

list

of d

amag

ed it

ems,

ra

ngin

g fr

om a

gric

ultu

ral p

rodu

cts

and

palm

tree

s to

ani

mal

s an

d pr

ivat

e ve

hicl

es. B

uild

ing

perm

its a

nd a

cces

s to

wat

er a

nd e

lect

ricity

ar

e al

so p

rovi

ded

free

of c

harg

e. T

he R

econ

stru

ctio

n O

rgan

izat

ion

is

resp

onsi

ble

for c

lear

ing

and

rem

oval

of d

ebris

at n

o co

st to

ow

ners

. Fi

nally

, the

gov

ernm

ent s

ells

the

follo

win

g se

ven

"bas

ic"

hous

ehol

d ite

ms t

o w

ar m

igra

nts w

ho a

re re

turn

ing

to v

illag

es: m

achi

ne-m

ade

carp

et; r

efrig

erat

or; b

lack

and

whi

te te

levi

sion

; sto

ve; k

itche

n w

are

and

plat

es; s

ewin

g m

achi

ne, a

nd fa

n.

Urb

an re

cons

truc

tion

Citi

es a

re b

eing

reco

nstru

cted

on

thei

r pre

viou

s site

s and

with

an

eye

tow

ard

mod

erni

zatio

n. W

hile

mix

ed la

nd u

ses a

re m

aint

aine

d in

mos

t ca

ses,

indu

stria

l and

com

mer

cial

zon

es a

re se

para

ted

from

resi

dent

ial

area

s. T

his

has

led

to s

igni

fican

t cha

nges

in la

ndho

ldin

g pa

ttern

s w

ithin

reco

nstru

cted

urb

an s

ettle

men

ts. A

ttem

pts

are

bein

g m

ade

to e

nfor

ce Is

lam

ic b

uild

ing

code

s and

arc

hite

ctur

e, b

ut w

ithou

t muc

h su

cces

s. A

new

urb

an st

rate

gy is

now

in p

lace

. It f

ocus

es fi

rst o

n th

e re

cons

truct

ion

of p

rodu

ctiv

e se

ctor

s of

the

econ

omy

and

then

on

infr

astru

ctur

e, h

ousi

ng, a

nd se

rvic

es a

s bot

tlene

cks d

evel

op in

thos

e ar

eas.

The

new

stra

tegy

is in

tend

ed to

brin

g ab

out a

gra

dual

repo

pu-

latio

n of

dam

aged

settl

emen

ts, a

djus

ted

to th

e ra

te a

t whi

ch h

ousi

ng

and

jobs

are

ava

ilabl

e.

In m

any

plac

es re

cons

truct

ion

has p

roce

eded

slow

ly a

nd w

ith c

on-

side

rabl

e de

bate

. For

exa

mpl

e, th

e re

build

ing

of K

horr

amsh

ahr w

as

slow

ed b

y di

sagr

eem

ent a

bout

whe

ther

the

city

had

lost

its j

ustif

ica-

tion

as a

maj

or p

ort.

Alte

rnat

ive

ports

had

bee

n de

velo

ped

else

whe

re

durin

g th

e w

ar, s

ome

on m

ore

stra

tegi

cally

secu

re si

tes.

Whe

n re

con-

stru

ctio

n be

gan

in so

me

parts

of K

horr

amsh

ahr,

orig

inal

foun

datio

ns

wer

e ex

cava

ted

in a

n at

tem

pt to

con

firm

land

ow

ners

hip

with

surv

i-vo

rs. T

he e

ffor

t req

uire

d to

car

ry o

ut su

ch p

ains

taki

ng re

cons

truct

ion

was

judg

ed to

be

war

rant

ed b

y th

e ps

ycho

logi

cal,

soci

al, a

nd e

cono

mic

be

nefit

s tha

t acc

rued

from

wor

king

clo

sely

with

loca

l res

iden

ts (Z

arga

r an

d Po

or 1

991)

. Im

plem

enta

tion

of re

cons

truct

ion

plan

s beg

ins w

hen

the

Min

istry

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irahm

adi

Indu

stria

l dev

asta

tion

in Ir

an

of H

ealth

and

the

Red

Cre

scen

t Soc

iety

hav

e fin

ishe

d di

sinf

ectin

g a

war

-dam

aged

are

a. A

t tha

t tim

e an

are

a m

anag

er is

app

oint

ed to

ov

erse

e th

e re

build

ing

of h

ouse

s. H

e (in

varia

bly

mal

e) is

the

sole

re

pres

enta

tive

of th

e H

ousi

ng F

ound

atio

n in

the

loca

lity

and

his

deci

sion

may

not

be o

vert

urne

d by

oth

er p

ublic

offi

cial

s. H

owev

er,

the a

rea

man

ager

mus

t wor

k w

ithin

the f

ram

ewor

k of

the r

elev

ant

prov

inci

al d

evel

opm

ent p

lan

and

coor

dina

te h

is ac

tiviti

es w

ith p

ro-

vinc

ial o

ffici

als a

nd a

ctiv

ities

. In

addi

tion

to a

rea

man

ager

s, ot

her

agen

ts in

volv

ed in

the t

ask

of h

ousin

g re

cons

truc

tion

incl

ude

owne

rs

of h

ouse

s, Is

lam

ic C

ounc

ils, a

uxili

ary

wor

k gr

oups

, and

pr

ovin

cial

re

pres

enta

tives

of t

he H

ousi

ng F

ound

atio

n.

Hou

sing

reco

nstru

ctio

n

The

natio

nal g

over

nmen

t put

s litt

le m

oney

into

the

reco

nstru

ctio

n of

da

niag

ed h

ouse

s. M

ost g

over

nmen

t fun

ds a

re in

vest

ed in

pub

lic se

r-vi

ces,

site

pre

para

tion,

em

ploy

men

t-gen

erat

ing

prod

uctiv

e ac

tiviti

es,

prov

isio

n of

con

stru

ctio

n m

ater

ials

, arc

hite

ctur

al d

esig

n, te

chni

cal

supe

rvis

ion,

and

bui

lder

trai

ning

. The

gov

ernm

ent h

as a

dopt

ed a

"n

ew to

wn"

dev

elop

men

t stra

tegy

and

em

ploy

s the

"si

te a

nd se

rvic

e pr

ovis

ion"

app

roac

h ad

voca

ted

by th

e W

orld

Ban

k. In

rura

l are

as,

the

Hou

sing

Foun

datio

n is

prim

arily

resp

onsib

le fo

r the

qua

lity

of th

e co

nstru

ctio

n m

ater

ials

and

bui

ldin

gs.

Som

e fin

anci

al a

ssis

tanc

e is

ava

ilabl

e to

hom

e-bu

ilder

s: it

can

take

th

e fo

rm o

f gra

nts,

cre

dit,

or b

ank

loan

s. B

ut th

e em

phas

is o

n se

lf-he

lp m

akes

hom

e-ow

ners

resp

onsib

le fo

r des

ign

and

cons

truct

ion

and

enco

urag

es th

em to

rely

on

loca

l tec

hnol

ogy

and

reso

urce

s.

Indu

stri

al re

cons

truc

tion

Maj

or e

cono

mic

ent

erpr

ises

and

indu

strie

s are

resp

onsi

ble

for r

econ

-st

ruct

ing

thei

r res

pect

ive

faci

litie

s und

er th

e di

rect

ion

of th

e M

inist

ry

of H

eavy

Indu

stries

, the

Min

istry

of (

Ligh

t) In

dustr

ies o

r the

Min

istry

of

Min

es a

nd M

etal

s. O

il, g

as, p

etro

chem

ical

indu

strie

s, b

asic

in-

dust

ries,

firm

s pro

duci

ng c

onst

ruct

ion

mat

eria

ls, m

etal

pro

duct

s, an

d ba

sic

need

s con

sum

er g

oods

hav

e be

en g

iven

top

prio

rity.

A

com

mitt

ee fi

rst d

eter

min

es if

a sp

ecifi

c fir

m s

houl

d be

scra

pped

or

rebu

ilt a

nd w

heth

er it

s fac

ilitie

s war

rant

repa

ir, r

epla

cem

ent,

or

upgr

adin

g. U

nits

that

are

unl

ikel

y to

be

rebu

ilt in

clud

e th

ose

with

m

ore

than

30

per c

ent d

amag

e, th

ose

tech

nica

lly to

o ob

sole

te o

r too

de

pend

ent,

and

units

with

littl

e pr

ospe

ct fo

r sig

nific

ant v

alue

-add

ed

capa

bilit

y. A

ttent

ion

is a

lso

paid

to la

bour

and

fina

ncia

l mar

kets

, ca

pita

l mar

kets,

pro

duct

ion

tech

nolo

gy, i

nput

s -ou

tput

s mar

kets,

trad

e pr

ospe

cts,

man

agem

ent r

equi

rem

ents

and

cap

abili

ties,

and

othe

r nec

-es

sary

inst

itutio

nal a

rran

gem

ents

. Whi

le th

ese

activ

ities

hav

e be

en

follo

wed

in th

e ca

se o

f ind

ustri

al re

build

ing,

the

natio

n as

yet

doe

s no

t hav

e a

clea

r ind

ustri

al p

olic

y or

a p

olic

y of

indu

stria

l sec

urity

in

case

of a

noth

er w

ar.

Wha

t thi

s ove

rvie

w o

f pos

t-war

reco

nstru

ctio

n sh

ows i

s tha

t ind

us-

trial

rede

velo

pmen

t is

a pr

iori

ty o

f the

Iran

ian

gove

rnm

ent,

but t

hat

ther

e is l

ittle

expl

icit

conc

ern

for i

ndus

tria

l saf

ety

as a

pla

nnin

g cr

ite-

rion

, for

add

ing

impr

oved

acc

iden

t-pre

vent

ion

syst

ems t

o th

e re

built

in

dust

rial f

acili

ties,

or fo

r mak

ing

othe

r atte

mpt

s to

miti

gate

pot

entia

l in

dust

rial d

isas

ters

. Whe

reas

pea

cetim

e in

dust

rial d

isas

ters

hav

e so

met

imes

stim

ulat

ed h

azar

d-re

duct

ion

legi

slat

ion

and

othe

r ini

tia-

tives

, one

less

on o

f Ira

n's

expe

rienc

e is

that

war

-rel

ated

indu

stria

l di

sast

ers a

re n

ot fo

llow

ed b

y su

ch c

hang

es.

Con

cept

ual f

ram

ewor

k fo

r a

mod

el o

f pos

t-war

rec

onst

ruct

ion

and

indu

stri

al h

azar

d re

cove

ry

The

best

way

to p

reve

nt w

ar-r

elat

ed in

dust

rial d

isas

ters

is to

pre

vent

w

ars f

rom

occ

urrin

g in

the

first

pla

ce. O

bvio

usly

, it i

s too

late

to p

re-

vent

the

outb

reak

of h

ostil

ities

bet

wee

n Ir

an a

nd Ir

aq: t

he d

amag

e ha

s al

read

y be

en d

one.

Reg

retta

bly,

sim

ilar s

ituat

ions

are

like

ly

to

arise

in th

e fu

ture

and

ther

e w

ill c

ontin

ue to

be

a ne

ed fo

r rec

on-

stru

ctio

n in

the

wak

e of

arm

ed c

onfli

ct. F

igur

e 6.

3 su

mm

ariz

es a

fr

amew

ork

for p

ost-w

ar re

cons

truct

ion

that

is b

ased

on

the

Iran

ian

expe

rienc

e. In

the

page

s tha

t fol

low

, the

mos

t im

porta

nt e

lem

ents

of

the

fram

ewor

k ar

e ex

plai

ned,

with

spec

ial a

ttent

ion

to th

e re

cove

ry

of in

dust

rial f

acili

ties

that

hav

e be

en d

estro

yed

or d

amag

ed a

nd o

f ad

jace

nt a

reas

and

pop

ulat

ions

tha

t hav

e be

en p

ollu

ted.

A r

econ

struc

tion

strat

egy

The

form

ulat

ion

of a

pos

t-war

reco

nstru

ctio

n st

rate

gy is

bou

nd to

be

com

e th

e ce

ntre

of f

ierc

e de

bate

, for

it m

ust s

atis

fy a

nd c

ut a

cros

s va

ryin

g id

eolo

gies

, soc

ial g

roup

s, ti

me

perio

ds, a

nd c

ultu

res.

The

ch

osen

stra

tegy

will

dep

end

in la

rge m

easu

re o

n th

e nat

ure o

f the

war

its

elf a

nd th

e ex

tent

of d

amag

e. E

ach

natio

n m

ust f

ashi

on it

s ow

n na

tiona

l rec

onstr

uctio

n str

ateg

y, b

ut th

e Ira

nian

expe

rienc

e can

serv

e as

a g

uide

to is

sues

and

alte

rnat

ives

.

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ira

hn

iud

i

I eco

nstr

ucti

on

/ P

lan

R

Priori

ties

Progra

mmes

Polici

es

Hum

an

Relief

Mat

eria

l dR

ecov

ery

I Im

pleme

ntatio

n (R

econst

ructio

n Pro

cess)

Input

Outpu

t F

inan

cial

dR

eplac

emen

ti

dnev

elopm

enti

Tec

hnic

al

Obs

tacl

es

Ski

ll

Lev

el

For

eign

E

xcha

nge

Pol

itic

al

Cul

ture

Fig.

6.3

Fr

amew

ork

for

post

-w

ar r

econ

stru

ctio

n

Firs

t and

fore

mos

t, a

reco

nstru

ctio

n st

rate

gy m

ust b

e ve

rsat

ile a

nd

flex

ible

. Thi

s m

eans

that

it m

ust h

e br

oad

enou

gh to

be

usab

le b

y di

ffer

ent s

ecto

rs a

nd d

iffer

ent l

evel

s of

pol

itica

l adm

inis

tratio

n, a

nd

able

to a

ccom

mod

ate

the

chan

ging

mix

of p

robl

ems

that

aris

e at

dif-

fere

nt s

tage

s of

the

reco

nstr

uctio

n pr

oces

s. It

mus

t als

o be

abl

e to

re

spon

d to

the

need

s of

diff

eren

t soc

io-e

cono

mic

gro

ups

and

to fo

cus

reso

urce

s on

urg

ent p

robl

ems

that

dem

and

quic

k ac

tion

(e.g

. ind

us-

trial

haz

ards

and

ass

ocia

ted

cont

amin

atio

n). T

he s

trate

gy m

ust a

lso

strik

e a

bala

nce

betw

een

com

petin

g de

man

ds fo

r the

imm

edia

te re

lief

of d

estru

ctio

n an

d th

e ne

ed to

inve

st in

act

iviti

es th

at w

ill e

vent

ually

re

stor

e th

e co

untry

's lo

ng-te

rm e

cono

mic

bas

e. T

ypic

ally

, in

the

post

-w

ar a

tmos

pher

e of

eco

nom

ic a

uste

rity

, man

y fo

rces

com

pete

for

scar

ce re

sour

ces,

and

gov

ernm

ents

can

be

draw

n in

to w

aste

ful s

ocia

l pr

ojec

ts th

at a

re a

ttrac

tive

on p

oliti

cal g

roun

ds.

In a

dditi

on to

thes

e ge

nera

l pri

ncip

les,

a re

cons

truc

tion

stra

tegy

Indu

stria

l tle

va.s

iiitio

n in

Iran

shou

ld in

corp

orat

e cl

ear l

ong-

term

goa

ls. T

o en

sure

suc

cess

, goa

ls

mus

t be

tran

slat

ed in

to c

lear

ly d

efin

ed o

bjec

tives

that

real

istic

ally

ta

ke in

to a

ccou

nt th

e so

ciet

y's

reso

urce

s, e

xpec

tatio

ns, c

onst

rain

ts,

and

capa

bilit

ies.

Afte

r an

eval

uatio

n of

thes

e fa

ctor

s, a

hie

rarc

hy o

f go

als

mus

t be

form

ed, b

ased

on

a se

t of n

atio

nal p

rior

ities

. In

post

-w

ar so

ciet

ies t

hese

goa

ls g

ener

ally

incl

ude

rest

orat

ion

of h

uman

hea

lth

and

long

-term

hab

itabi

lity,

reco

nstru

ctio

n of

the

econ

omy,

rebu

ildin

g of

nat

iona

l def

ence

, reh

abili

tatio

n of

war

-dam

aged

are

as, a

nd th

e co

rrec

tion

of s

ocia

l im

bala

nces

cau

sed

by w

ar.'

Nat

iona

l pla

nnin

g is

bas

ed o

n an

ass

umpt

ion

that

"th

e de

tails

" ca

n be

left

to re

gion

al, l

ocal

, or s

ecto

ral p

lans

. But

wha

t hap

pens

whe

n th

ere

is w

ides

prea

d lo

caliz

ed d

estr

uctio

n of

indu

stri

al fa

cilit

ies

that

ha

ve th

e po

tent

ial t

o cr

eate

per

vasi

ve, l

ong-

runn

ing

haza

rds

for

regi

ons,

cou

ntri

es, o

r the

ent

ire

eart

h? P

erha

ps it

will

be

nece

ssar

y to

dev

ise

new

form

s of

nat

iona

l pla

nnin

g or

to c

once

ptua

lize

loca

l-na

tiona

l—gl

obal

eve

nts

and

stra

tegi

es in

new

way

s. F

or th

e m

ore

focu

sed

task

of i

ndus

trial

revi

val,

such

pro

cedu

ral a

ppro

ache

s ha

ve to

be

com

e ev

en m

ore

spec

ific

, allo

win

g fo

r im

plem

enta

tion

of ta

sks

rela

ting

to v

ario

us re

sour

ces

and

com

mod

ity m

arke

ts, a

nd o

rgan

iza-

tiona

l arr

ange

men

ts w

ithin

and

out

side

the

indu

stri

es. P

artic

ipat

ion

of e

mpl

oyee

s in

the

revi

val o

f ind

ustri

es is

a c

ritic

al n

eed

that

may

be

met

by

orga

nizi

ng th

em in

var

ious

con

sulta

tive

and

exec

utiv

e bo

dies

. Im

plem

enta

tion

is b

ette

r ach

ieve

d if

acco

mpa

nied

by

wel

l-def

ined

an

d sp

ecif

ic p

olic

ies

conc

erni

ng e

nvir

onm

enta

l, ec

onom

ic, s

ocia

l, po

litic

al, i

deol

ogic

al, c

ultu

ral,

infr

astru

ctur

al, t

errit

oria

l, ed

ucat

iona

l, te

chni

cal,

and

lega

l cha

nges

. Env

iron

men

tal p

olic

ies

not o

nly

mus

t ta

ke in

to c

onsi

dera

tion

exis

ting

prob

lem

s bu

t als

o m

ust a

ddre

ss th

e fu

ture

sec

urity

of

indu

stri

al p

lant

s an

d su

rrou

ndin

g po

pula

tions

ag

ains

t int

erna

l and

ext

erna

l haz

ards

. Eco

nom

ic p

olic

ies

need

to

acco

unt f

or b

udge

t def

icits

incu

rred

in a

war

eff

ort,

whi

ch g

ener

ate

infla

tion,

une

mpl

oym

ent,

and

pove

rty. T

he g

over

nmen

t mus

t als

o be

re

spon

sibl

e fo

r gen

erat

ing

ince

ntiv

e pa

ckag

es th

at w

ill in

duce

the

priv

ate

sect

or to

inve

st in

pro

duct

ive

activ

ities

, whi

le a

t the

sam

e tim

e cu

rbin

g no

n-pr

oduc

tive

uses

of c

apita

l thr

ough

sel

ectiv

e m

easu

res

such

as

taxe

s an

d cu

mbe

rsom

e lic

ensi

ng re

quire

men

ts. T

he g

over

n-m

ent c

ould

als

o se

ek o

ut d

irec

t for

eign

inve

stm

ent f

or re

vita

lizin

g in

dust

ries.

Soci

al p

olic

ies m

ust b

e di

rect

ed to

war

d th

e pr

ovis

ion

of b

asic

nee

ds

in s

uch

area

s as

hea

lth,

edu

cati

on, h

ousi

ng, a

nd r

ecre

atio

n, w

ith

expl

icit

emph

asis

on

serv

ices

for

thos

e w

ho w

ere

phys

ical

ly o

r m

en-

tally

trau

mat

ized

dur

ing

the

war

. Hou

sing

pol

icy

is th

e m

ost c

ritic

al

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A nz

irahm

adi

com

pone

nt o

f the

gov

ernm

ent's

soc

ial p

olic

y du

ring

reco

nstru

ctio

n af

ter t

he w

ar: t

he h

ousi

ng s

ecto

r nor

mal

ly re

ceiv

es th

e m

ost d

amag

e an

d su

ffer

s fr

om s

horta

ges

even

in p

eace

time.

Impl

emen

ting

a po

licy

that

allo

ws

for a

sus

tain

able

hou

sing

pro

cess

is th

e m

ost i

mpo

rtan

t as

pect

of a

mor

e ef

fect

ive

soci

al p

olic

y. H

ere,

inco

me

gene

ratio

n sh

ould

bec

ome

the

prim

ary

goal

. Edu

catio

n po

licy

play

s a

very

sig

-ni

fican

t rol

e in

reco

nstru

ctio

n, p

artic

ular

ly in

the

third

wor

ld w

here

pr

ofes

sion

al a

nd te

chni

cal e

duca

tion

leve

ls re

mai

n lo

w. A

mor

e ef

fec-

tive

educ

atio

n pr

ogra

mm

e sh

ould

be

spec

ifica

lly d

irect

ed a

t tra

inin

g po

licy

mak

ers,

pla

nner

s, m

anag

ers,

and

loca

l lea

ders

, as

wel

l as

tow

ard

trans

form

ing

fight

ers

into

pro

duce

rs a

nd p

ollu

ters

into

env

i-ro

nmen

talis

ts! C

ultu

ral p

olic

ies

are

need

ed to

mai

ntai

n di

vers

ity a

nd

unity

dur

ing

the

high

ly d

isru

ptiv

e an

d tr

ansf

orm

ativ

e pr

oces

s of

re

cons

truct

ion.

A

fter

hou

sing

, inf

rast

ruct

ure

is th

e se

ctor

of s

ocie

ty th

at is

mos

t se

vere

ly a

ffec

ted

by w

ar. T

here

fore

, the

suc

cess

of a

reco

nstru

ctio

n st

rate

gy h

inge

s on

wel

l-de

sign

ed in

fras

truc

tura

l pol

icie

s th

at ta

ke

into

acc

ount

futu

re n

eeds

of c

omm

uniti

es a

nd s

tren

gthe

n lin

kage

s be

twee

n th

em. I

nfra

stru

ctur

al p

olic

ies

are

best

impl

emen

ted

in c

on-

junc

tion

with

set

tlem

ent p

olic

ies.

The

se c

an b

enef

it fr

om a

n in

te-

grat

ed re

gion

al a

ppro

ach

in w

hich

a h

iera

rchy

of r

ural

and

urb

an

area

s ar

e lin

ked

toge

ther

func

tiona

lly, a

s w

ell a

s by

tran

spor

tatio

n an

d co

mm

unic

atio

n ne

twor

ks. T

arge

ting

spec

ific

citi

es a

s m

arke

t ce

ntre

s or

oth

er fu

nctio

nal c

entr

es m

ay re

quir

e re

stru

ctur

ing

of th

e pr

e-w

ar u

rban

sys

tem

. Sm

all-s

cale

rura

l ind

ustri

es th

at s

timul

ate

the

agric

ultu

ral s

ecto

r (e.

g. fo

od p

roce

ssin

g) c

ould

be

linke

d to

indu

strie

s at

hig

her l

evel

s of

the

terr

itoria

l hie

rarc

hy.

An

esse

ntia

l par

t of t

he im

plem

enta

tion

proc

ess

is th

e co

dific

atio

n of

all

the

polic

ies

men

tione

d ab

ove,

in th

e fo

rm o

f an

appr

opri

ate

lega

l fra

mew

ork.

The

reco

nstr

uctio

n pl

an it

self

mus

t be

mad

e in

to

law

if it

s im

plem

enta

tion

is tr

uly

to b

e ca

rrie

d ou

t. L

ast,

but b

y no

m

eans

leas

t, re

cons

truc

tion

stra

tegy

mus

t dea

l with

pol

itica

l iss

ues

that

per

mea

te e

very

asp

ect o

f rec

onst

ruct

ion:

ther

e is

a g

reat

dea

l of

pote

ntia

lly d

estru

ctiv

e am

bigu

ity a

bout

the

role

s of

pos

t-war

mili

tary

fo

rces

, abo

ut fa

ctio

nalis

m, a

nd a

bout

sta

te—

soci

ety

rela

tions

. Whi

le

dem

ocra

tizat

ion

and

publ

ic p

artic

ipat

ion

are

the

only

mea

ns f

or

crea

ting

polit

ical

legi

timac

y, m

ost p

ost-

war

sta

tes

are

too

frag

ile

and

unst

able

to a

llow

for t

heir

impl

emen

tatio

n in

the

shor

t ter

m if

th

ey w

ere

not f

irmly

ent

renc

hed

in th

e po

litic

al s

yste

m b

efor

e w

ar

bega

n. M

ost p

ost-w

ar so

ciet

ies a

re c

hara

cter

ized

by

polit

ical

dis

cord

an

d na

tiona

l con

flict

s. In

spite

of t

his,

ther

e si

mpl

y is

no

alte

rnat

ive

Indu

stria

l dev

asta

tion

in Ir

an

to n

atio

nal r

econ

cilia

tion

if r

econ

stru

ctio

n is

to b

e im

plem

ente

d su

cces

sful

ly.

The

reco

nstr

uctio

n pr

oces

s

To so

me

degr

ee, t

he re

cons

truct

ion

proc

ess

exhi

bits

pre

dict

able

cha

r-ac

teris

tics.

The

se in

clud

e th

e te

nden

cy fo

r dam

aged

citi

es a

nd in

dus-

trie

s to

be

rebu

ilt o

n th

e sa

me

site

s, c

ontin

uatio

n of

pre

-war

tren

ds

in p

opul

atio

n gr

owth

and

urb

an e

xpan

sion

, con

tinua

tion

of p

redo

m-

inan

ce o

f cer

tain

indu

strie

s, a

nd c

ontin

uatio

n of

pre

viou

s so

cial

stra

t-ifi

catio

n pa

ttern

s (H

aas,

Kat

es, a

nd B

owde

n 19

77).

The

tend

ency

for

a so

ciet

y to

retu

rn to

the

stat

us q

uo a

nte

afte

r war

can

be

expl

aine

d by

tw

o po

wer

ful f

orce

s — fe

ar o

f cha

nge

(par

ticul

arly

in a

soci

ety

that

has

al

read

y se

en s

o m

uch

nega

tive

tran

sfor

mat

ion)

and

the

desi

re o

f th

ose

who

con

trol e

xist

ing

inst

itutio

ns to

hol

d on

to p

ower

. If m

arke

t m

echa

nism

s ar

e re

lied

upon

too

heav

ily d

urin

g po

st-w

ar re

cons

truc-

tion,

cla

ss c

leav

ages

may

bec

ome

even

mor

e pr

onou

nced

than

bef

ore

the

war

. Und

erpr

ivile

ged

mem

bers

of s

ocie

ty a

re th

e m

ost v

ulne

rabl

e in

a d

isas

ter:

they

are

the

leas

t lik

ely

to li

ve in

wel

l-con

stru

cted

she

l-te

rs th

at m

ay s

urvi

ve a

ttack

s, a

nd th

e le

ast l

ikel

y to

hav

e sa

ving

s to

fa

ll ba

ck o

n fo

r the

repl

acem

ent o

f des

troy

ed p

osse

ssio

ns. S

ome

owne

rs a

nd m

erch

ants

, on

the

othe

r han

d, a

re a

ble

to b

enef

it fr

om

the

busi

ness

boo

ms

gene

rate

d by

the

floo

d of

res

ourc

es in

to th

e re

cons

truct

ion

effo

rt. T

hese

circ

umst

ance

s m

ust h

e bo

rne

in m

ind

at

ever

y st

age

of th

e pl

anni

ng p

roce

ss.

An

acce

ptab

le re

cons

truc

tion

proc

ess

muc

h lik

e an

app

ropr

iate

re

cons

truct

ion

stra

tegy

— w

ill, o

f cou

rse,

var

y fr

om c

ase

to c

ase.

Fur

-th

er r

esea

rch

into

the

criti

cally

impo

rtan

t pro

pert

ies

of p

ost-

war

re

cons

truc

tion

will

pro

vide

soc

ietie

s w

ith b

ette

r in

form

atio

n fo

r de

cisi

on-m

akin

g. T

he fo

llow

ing

set o

f hyp

othe

ses

is b

ased

on

exis

ting

liter

atur

e an

d th

e au

thor

's ex

peri

ence

with

dis

aste

r pl

anni

ng a

nd

post

-war

reco

nstr

uctio

n, a

nd is

off

ered

as

a fr

amew

ork

for f

urth

er

anal

ysis.

1.

Reco

nstr

uctio

n te

nds

to b

ecom

e po

litic

ized

and

fact

iona

lism

tend

s to

del

ay th

e re

cons

truc

tion

of w

ar-d

amag

ed a

reas

. W

ar s

imul

ta-

neou

sly

plac

es d

eman

ds o

n a

coun

try'

s re

sour

ces

and

incr

ease

s pu

blic

exp

ecta

tions

of p

ost-

war

eco

nom

ic im

prov

emen

ts. T

he

shor

tage

s th

at o

ccur

gen

erat

e so

ciet

al te

nsio

n an

d in

tens

ify p

res-

sure

on

the

stat

e to

impl

emen

t im

med

iate

cor

rect

ive

mea

sure

s.

Fact

ions

stru

ggle

ove

r rec

onst

ruct

ion

stra

tegy

(pla

nned

ver

sus

mar

ket a

ppro

ach)

and

ther

e is

redu

ced

polit

ical

will

for r

econ

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irahm

adi

Indu

stri

al d

evas

tatio

n in

Iran

stru

ctio

n of

war

-dam

aged

are

as. A

lthou

gh th

ere

is g

ener

al a

gree

-m

ent a

bout

the

need

to re

solv

e ec

onom

ic c

rises

, pol

itica

l fa

ctio

n-ali

sm m

ay p

reve

nt s

peci

fic

mea

sure

s fr

om b

eing

impl

emen

ted.

E

nvir

onm

enta

l dib

asic

's —

incl

udin

g th

ose

that

are

con

nect

ed

with

indu

strie

s — a

re, h

owev

er, a

mor

e se

rious

mat

ter t

hat c

anno

t lo

ng b

e ig

nore

d. A

s a

resu

lt, th

ey te

nd to

requ

ire e

xpen

ditu

re o

f na

tiona

l res

ourc

es in

the

post

-war

per

iod.

2.

Rec

onst

ruct

ion

is e

ssen

tial t

hera

py fo

r a

wou

nded

soc

iety

. So

cial

th

erap

y ce

ntre

s on

peo

ple

rebu

ildin

g th

eir c

omm

uniti

es, b

oth

phys

ical

ly a

nd e

mot

iona

lly, a

nd th

is p

roce

ss c

an s

ucce

ed o

nly

if th

ere

is a

nat

iona

l com

mitm

ent t

o he

alin

g. L

ong-

term

hab

itabi

lity

mus

t bec

ome

a pr

iorit

y an

d th

e gu

idin

g go

al o

f the

reco

nstru

ctio

n.

3.E

nfor

cem

ent o

f leg

al s

afet

y co

des

and

prov

isio

n of

soc

ial i

nsur

-an

ce a

re e

ssen

tial t

o re

cons

truc

tion.

Thi

s is

par

ticul

arly

true

whe

n in

dust

rial h

azar

ds a

re p

erva

sive

and

env

ironm

enta

l deg

rada

tion

has

beco

me

thre

aten

ing.

The

imm

edia

te p

ost-w

ar p

erio

d ge

ner-

ates

hig

h em

otio

ns a

nd p

ress

ures

for r

apid

resp

onse

, and

ther

e is

an

und

erst

anda

ble

tend

ency

tow

ard

quic

k fix

es. H

owev

er, q

uick

fi

xes

may

ulti

mat

ely

be m

uch

mor

e co

stly

than

mor

e co

mpr

e-he

nsiv

e re

pairs

. Uns

afe

indu

stria

l site

s an

d po

orly

reco

nstru

cted

bu

ildin

gs p

ose

dang

erou

s ha

zard

s fo

r rec

onst

ruct

ion

wor

kers

and

re

side

nts,

with

bot

h m

oral

and

mat

eria

l con

sequ

ence

s.

4.Ju

st a

s re

cons

truc

tion

afte

r na

tura

l dis

aste

r m

ust b

e us

ed to

pre

-pa

re fo

r or

miti

gate

the

effe

cts

of th

e ne

xt d

isas

ter,

so

mus

t pos

t-w

ar r

econ

stru

ctio

n be

use

d to

red

uce

the

risk

of a

noth

er w

ar a

nd

its c

onse

quen

t ind

ustr

ial h

azar

ds b

y in

corp

orat

ing

the

caus

es o

f th

e w

ar in

to th

e st

rate

gy it

self.

In

add

ition

to w

ar-re

duct

ion

stra

t-eg

ies,

a n

atio

n m

ust a

lso

adop

t pre

vent

ive

stra

tegi

es th

at re

duce

in

dust

rial

haz

ard.

The

refo

re, n

atio

nal a

nd in

dust

rial

sec

urity

sc

hem

es, a

nd d

efen

sive

and

pre

vent

ive

mea

sure

s, b

ecom

e m

ajor

co

mpo

nent

s of

the

post

-war

reco

nstru

ctio

n. T

hese

mea

sure

s ar

e be

st a

chie

ved

by e

mph

asiz

ing

peac

e an

d by

reno

unci

ng w

ar a

s a

mea

ns to

set

tle d

ispu

te. S

ever

al s

trat

egie

s ca

n he

use

d to

ope

r-at

iona

lize

this

goa

l. Fi

rst,

ther

e m

ust b

e w

ide

reco

gniti

on o

f the

fa

ct th

at a

goo

d de

fenc

e po

licy

mus

t be

base

d on

dip

lom

acy,

as

wel

l as

on th

e fa

ct th

at m

aint

aini

ng a

n of

fens

ive

forc

e at

the

expe

nse

of e

cono

mic

dev

elop

men

t doe

s lit

tle to

war

d in

crea

sing

a

natio

n's

shar

e of

the

inte

rnat

iona

l bal

ance

of p

ower

. Sec

ond,

pe

ople

's at

titud

es to

war

d th

e en

emy

as w

ell a

s to

war

d th

e w

ar

and

envi

ronm

enta

l saf

ety

mus

t be

trans

form

ed. T

his

may

pro

ve

diff

icul

t, pa

rtic

ular

ly a

fter

a d

efea

t, bu

t rec

onst

ruct

ioni

sts

can

174

play

an

impo

rtan

t rol

e as

pea

ce a

ctiv

ists

, as

wel

l as

envi

ron-

men

talis

ts, a

nd e

duca

tion

can

be ta

rget

ed to

war

d re

duci

ng th

e co

untr

y's

zeal

for w

ar a

nd in

crea

sing

its

appr

ecia

tion

of e

co-

logi

cal s

afet

y. R

ealis

tic d

efen

sive

mea

sure

s th

at a

re d

esig

ned

to

impr

ove

a na

tion'

s pe

rcep

tion

of s

ecur

ity c

an b

e bu

ilt in

to th

e re

cons

truct

ion

proc

ess,

as

can

prev

entiv

e m

easu

res

that

impr

ove

indu

stria

l sec

urity

. Bor

der a

reas

mus

t be

repo

pula

ted

and

phys

i-ca

lly re

cons

truct

ed w

ith th

e ex

plic

it go

al o

f sec

urity

, whi

le s

tra-

tegi

c ec

onom

ic a

ctiv

ities

and

indu

stri

al p

lant

s ca

n be

relo

cate

d to

saf

er p

lace

s. R

egio

nal g

over

nmen

t and

mili

tary

inst

alla

tions

m

ust b

e re

forg

ed w

ith a

n ey

e to

terr

itori

al b

alan

ce a

nd c

ultu

ral

inte

grat

ion.

5.

War

dam

age,

indu

stri

al h

azar

ds, a

nd r

econ

stru

ctio

n ne

eds

mus

t be

care

fully

det

erm

ined

and

ass

esse

d. A

n as

sess

men

t of w

ar d

amag

e an

d in

dust

rial h

azar

ds re

quire

s an

inte

rdis

cipl

inar

y ap

proa

ch, f

or

dam

age

and

haza

rd s

ituat

ions

diff

er in

term

s of

thei

r phy

sica

l and

ch

emic

al n

atur

e, th

e so

cial

con

sequ

ence

s th

ey g

ener

ate,

and

the

econ

omic

feas

ibili

ty o

f the

ir re

pair

and

cle

an-u

ps. S

kille

d pr

o-fe

ssio

nals

in a

ll di

scip

lines

, as

wel

l as

the

popu

latio

n at

larg

e,

mus

t joi

n to

geth

er to

form

a c

onse

nsus

on

rebu

ildin

g pr

iorit

ies.

R

ecor

d ke

epin

g of

dam

age

and

haza

rds

is e

ssen

tial.

Am

ong

othe

r th

ings

, car

eful

ly k

ept r

ecor

ds o

f dam

age

avoi

d co

nfus

ion

over

ow

ners

hip

and

prov

ide

help

in d

eter

min

ing

com

pens

atio

n fo

r war

vi

ctim

s, ta

rget

ing

prio

rity

reco

nstr

uctio

n pr

ojec

ts, a

nd lo

catin

g re

sour

ces.

6.

Exi

stin

g an

d po

tent

ial r

esou

rces

far

reco

nstr

uctio

n an

d cl

ean-

ups

mus

t be

quic

kly

iden

tifie

d an

d m

obili

zed.

Th

e m

obili

zatio

n of

res

ourc

es m

ust b

egin

with

an

iden

tific

atio

n of

thei

r ty

pe,

qual

ity, a

mou

nt, d

istr

ibut

ion,

cos

ts, f

unct

ion,

eas

e of

use

, and

im

pact

. Ind

igen

ous

reso

urce

s m

ust b

e di

stin

guis

hed

from

ext

er-

nal r

esou

rces

, and

thes

e re

sour

ces

mus

t be

wei

ghed

in te

rms

of th

eir p

oten

tial t

o ca

use

depe

nden

cy, u

nwan

ted

cont

rol o

ver

deve

lopm

ent,

and

unev

en d

evel

opm

ent.

Aft

er r

esou

rces

are

id

entif

ied

and

anal

ysed

, the

y m

ust b

e m

obili

zed.

Mob

iliza

tion

will

dep

end

larg

ely

on g

over

nmen

t act

ion,

but

can

eff

ectiv

ely

be

augm

ente

d th

roug

h th

e ut

iliza

tion

of g

rass

-roo

ts o

rgan

izat

ions

su

ch a

s se

lf-h

elp

proj

ects

, wom

en's

grou

ps, a

nd c

oope

rativ

es

desi

gned

to tr

ain

peop

le a

nd p

rovi

de m

ater

ials

for r

ebui

ldin

g.

Mili

tary

per

sonn

el c

an b

ecom

e cl

ean-

up c

rew

s an

d re

build

ers.

Pu

blic

and

priv

ate

initi

ativ

es, s

uch

as th

e se

lling

of w

ar b

onds

and

se

lf-fin

anci

ng, w

ill h

elp

the

gove

rnm

ent t

ap p

erso

nal w

ealth

for

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irah

mad

i

mob

iliza

tion.

Mat

eria

l res

ourc

es c

an b

e m

obili

zed

by ex

pand

in

min

eral

expl

orat

ion

and

by re

lyin

g on

loca

l mat

eria

ls fo

r bui

ld.

ing.

Effe

ctiv

e co

mm

unic

atio

n an

d tra

nspo

rtatio

n sy

stem

s are

vita

l fo

r re

sour

ce m

obili

zatio

n.

7.Su

cces

sful

rec

onst

ruct

ion

and

haza

rd r

educ

tion

depe

nd o

n ac

cu-

rate

tim

ing.

Sp

eed

is es

sent

ial i

n ha

rnes

sing

polit

ical

will

an

d pu

blic

enth

usia

sm b

efor

e allo

catio

n of

dw

indl

ing

reso

urce

s ind

u ce

s pes

simism

. The

firs

t ste

p in

pos

t-disa

ster

pla

nnin

g is

an a

nal-

ysis

to d

eter

min

e the

caus

e and

cons

eque

nces

of t

he d

isast

er. T

he

optim

al ti

me

for

reco

nstr

uctio

n an

d cl

ean-

ups i

s afte

r th

e w

ar,

whe

n pe

ople

are

ret

urni

ng to

war

-dam

aged

are

as a

nd c

an b

e in

volv

ed in

the p

roce

ss. T

he b

est t

ime t

o pl

an, h

owev

er, i

s dur

ing

the w

ar so

that

the n

atio

n is

read

y to

rebu

ild a

s soo

n as

the w

ar

is ov

er. I

t is

doub

tful i

f the

exist

ing

indu

stri

al d

isast

er re

spon

se

plan

s (lik

e a U

S Su

perf

und-

style

prog

ram

me)

inte

nded

for p

eace

-tim

e use

will

wor

k du

ring

or a

fter a

war

. 8.

Reco

nstr

uctio

n sh

ould

be

defin

ed, p

lann

ed, a

nd im

plem

ente

d in

sta

ges.

Acc

ordi

ng to

exist

ing

liter

atur

e abo

ut d

isast

er p

lann

ing,

th

e m

ain

stag

es a

re e

mer

genc

y, r

esto

ratio

n, r

epla

cem

ent,

and

deve

lopm

enta

l rec

onst

ruct

ion

(Am

irah

mad

i l99

0b: 2

68).

Thes

e st

ages

are

not

nec

essa

rily

chr

onol

ogic

al, n

or a

re th

ey m

utua

lly

excl

usiv

e. Th

e dur

atio

n of

each

stag

e will

var

y ac

cord

ing

to th

e sc

ale

of th

e di

sast

er, t

he le

vel o

f com

mitm

ent t

o cl

ean-

up a

nd

reco

nstr

uctio

n, a

nd th

e ab

ility

of a

soci

ety

to c

ope

with

the

dis-

aste

r an

d to

form

ulat

e st

rate

gies

. Oth

er fa

ctor

s inc

lude

ava

il-ab

ility

of r

esou

rces

and

the

gove

rnm

ent's

abi

lity

to m

obili

ze

them

, qua

lity

of le

ader

ship

, the

spee

d at

whi

ch d

ecis

ions

are

m

ade a

nd im

plem

ente

d, ex

isten

ce o

f pop

ular

and

hum

anita

rian

or

gani

zatio

ns, a

nd in

tern

atio

nal c

oope

ratio

n.

The g

oal o

f the

em

erge

ncy

stage

is to

cop

e w

ith th

e di

saste

r and

to

hel

p vi

ctim

s sur

vive

. The

urg

ency

of t

his

stag

e pre

clud

es a

ny

real

pla

nnin

g; in

this

case

the

plan

ning

mus

t com

e be

fore

the

disa

ster.

It in

clude

s suc

h ac

tiviti

es a

s sea

rch,

resc

ue, m

ass f

eedi

ng,

clea

ranc

e of

deb

ris,

para

med

ical

hel

p, a

nd p

rovi

sion

of sh

elte

r an

d ot

her b

asic

nee

ds fo

r the

vic

tim. T

he p

rim

ary

reso

urce

s for

th

e em

erge

ncy

stag

e are

com

mun

ity em

erge

ncy

serv

ices

and

self-

help

, alth

ough

inte

rnat

iona

l rel

ief a

genc

ies o

ften

may

pro

vide

as

sista

nce.

The e

mer

genc

y st

age o

verl

aps w

ith th

e res

tora

tion,

or

reco

very

, sta

ge, i

n w

hich

the

goal

is to

mak

e th

e co

mm

unity

at

leas

t par

tially

func

tiona

l. D

amag

ed st

ruct

ures

are

pat

ched

up

or

retr

ofitt

ed a

nd m

ade u

sabl

e aga

in. T

his s

tage

obv

ious

ly in

volv

es

Indu

stria

l dev

asta

tion

in Ir

an

mor

e co

mpr

ehen

sive

pla

nnin

g, a

s w

ell a

s gr

eate

r nee

d fo

r re-

sour

ces,

par

ticul

arly

con

stru

ctio

n m

ater

ialu

res. I

tem

pora

ry, a

nd

nves

tmen

ts a

nd

expe

nditu

res

duri

ng th

is s

tage

are

by

nat

repa

irs g

ener

ally

requ

ire a

seco

nd, m

ore

perm

anen

t inv

estm

ent.

The

goal

of t

he re

plac

emen

t sta

ge is

to re

turn

the

com

mun

ity

to its

pre

-disa

ster

stat

e thr

ough

the c

reat

ion

serv

ices,

of p

erm

anen

t hou

s-

ing,

the r

etur

n of

disp

lace

d pe

rson

s, re

sum

ptio

n of

pub

lic re

quire

s re

viva

l of i

ndus

trie

s, an

d th

e cr

eati

wel

l as m

assiv

e re

sour

ces.

on as

of j

obs.

This

stage

subs

tant

ial c

ompr

ehen

sive p

lann

ing

It

shou

ld b

e fol

lowe

d —

or e

ven

acco

mpa

nied

— b

y a

four

th st

age,

deve

lopm

enta

l rec

onstr

uctio

n, in

whi

chve

l e l t

heC

ombi

ning

pol

icy

and

goal

is to

dev

elop

the

com

mun

ity b

eyon

d th

e pre

-disa

ster

.

reso

urce

s for

the r

epla

cem

ent a

nd d

evel

opm

ent

staof

ten

lead

s ge

s may

miti

-

gate

the t

ende

ncy

to p

atch

thin

gs q

uick

ly, w

hich

to

doub

le in

vest

men

t and

was

te. T

h st

e de

velo

pmen

t rec

onru

ctio

n

stag

e is v

ery

diffi

cult

in a

war

-torn

soci

ety,

for w

ars

do n

ot si

m-

reve

nt so

ciet

y fr

om

o ac

tion

capa

city

and

pl

y de

stro

y pa

rt o

f wha

t exi

sts:

they

also

p

mak

ing

new

inve

stm

ents

, fro

m u

tiliz

ingd

tech

nica

l cap

abili

ties.

prd

reso

urce

s, an

d fr

om d

evel

opin

g sk

ills a

n

9.Re

cons

truc

tion

and

haza

rd r

emov

al m

ust b

e pr

oper

ly a

nd e

ffi-

cien

tly m

anag

ed.

The

gove

rnm

ent m

ust,

of c

ours

e, a

ssum

e ul

ti-

mat

e res

pons

ibili

ty fo

r man

agem

ent,

yet c

erta

in lo

cal f

unct

ions

co

uld

be a

ssum

ed b

y gr

ass-

root

s org

aniz

atio

ns. A

com

preh

ensiv

e m

anag

emen

t sys

tem

can

be

embo

died

in o

ne o

f thr

ee fo

rms o

f

gove

rnm

ent b

urea

ucra

cy —

esta

blish

men

t of

a sp

ecia

lized

new

lammi

ng,

lann

ing,

cre

atio

n of

m

inist

ry fo

r re

cons

truc

tion

and

disa

ster

p

reco

nstr

uctio

n an

d di

saste

r-m

anag

emen

t offi

ces w

ithin

th

e ex

ist-

uarte

rs

ing

min

istri

es, o

r for

mat

ion

of a

hea

dq

with

in th

e ex

ecu-

tive

offic

e fo

r the

jobs

. 10

.Pr

ogre

ss m

ade

tow

ard

reco

nstr

uctio

n an

d cl

ean-

upll

i m

ust b

e do

cu-

men

ted

and

eval

uate

d. R

esul

ts sh

ould

be

perio

dcay

pub

lishe

d in

acad

emic

and

pro

fess

iona

l, as

wel

l asp

opu

lar,

med

ia. E

valu

atio

n

of re

cons

truct

ion

and

haza

rd-r

emov

al a

ctiv

ities

shou

ld b

e un

der-

ta

ken

by in

depe

nden

t age

ncie

s th

at h

ave

acce

ss to

key

gov

ern-

m

enta

l dat

a an

d po

licie

s bu

t rem

ain

outs

ide

the

gove

rnm

ent's

sphe

re o

f dire

ct in

fluen

ce.

Impr

ovin

g re

cove

ry a

nd p

olic

y im

plic

atio

ns

Thi

s ch

apte

r has

ana

lyse

d th

e re

latio

nshi

p of

war

, com

mun

ity d

e-

stru

ctio

n, a

nd in

dust

rial

dis

aste

r in

term

s of

Ira

n's

expe

rien

ce. 177

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iralo

nadi

It ha

s sh

own

how

par

ticul

ar is

sues

of r

ecov

ery

from

indu

stri

al d

isas-

ters

bec

ame

caug

ht u

p in

bro

ader

con

cern

s of r

ecov

ery

from

mor

e en

com

pass

ing

dam

age t

o th

e com

mun

ity, a

nd it

has

hig

hlig

hted

the

role

of m

acro

econ

omic

pla

nnin

g iss

ues.

Furt

her,

the

chap

ter

has

expl

ored

inte

rcon

nect

ions

am

ong

loca

l-lev

el re

cons

truc

tion

prio

ritie

s an

d na

tiona

l-lev

el g

oals,

dem

onst

ratin

g ho

w —

in Ir

an's

case

— th

e la

tter b

ecam

e dom

inan

t in

the c

ours

e of p

ost-w

ar re

cons

truc

tion.

Thi

s tr

end,

in tu

rn, l

ed to

a lo

wer

pri

ority

for

haza

rd c

lean

-up

and

for

rebu

ildin

g in

dustr

ies w

ith lo

w va

lue-

adde

d at

trib

utes

. Int

erve

ntio

n by

th

e int

erna

tiona

l com

mun

ity in

the p

ost-w

ar p

eace

and

reco

nstr

uc-

tion

effo

rts w

as sh

own

to h

ave b

een

min

imal

bec

ause

of I

ran'

s fra

c-tu

red

imag

e in

the W

est.

This

may

not

, how

ever

, be t

he ca

se in

oth

er

situa

tions

whe

re th

e nat

iona

l lea

ders

hip

mai

ntai

ns g

ood

cont

acts

with

th

e int

erna

tiona

l com

mun

ity.

Iran

's ex

peri

ence

sugg

ests

that

the p

roce

ss o

f pla

nnin

g fo

r ind

us-

tria

l haz

ards

mus

t tak

e in

to c

onsid

erat

ion

the

cont

ext o

f war

time

econ

omic

dam

age.

Afte

r a w

ar, t

he k

now

ledg

e tha

t des

truc

tion

was

th

e int

ent o

f an

aggr

esso

r put

s rec

over

y an

d re

cons

truc

tion

initi

ativ

es

in a

spec

ial l

ight

. Per

cept

ions

of m

ilita

ry a

nd d

iplo

mat

ic se

curi

ty

beco

me c

ruci

al to

the p

roce

ss o

f nat

iona

l reh

abili

tatio

n. D

emor

aliz

a-

tion

that

acc

ompa

nies

war

has

the p

oten

tial t

o th

war

t the

indu

stri

al

rebu

ildin

g pr

oces

s, pa

rtic

ular

ly if

such

effo

rts a

re a

lrea

dy h

ampe

red

by a

n ab

senc

e of

suffi

cien

t res

ourc

es, o

r if

the

fron

tier

of im

pact

is

subj

ect t

o po

ssib

le r

epea

ted

atta

cks.

In c

ases

such

as t

hese

, the

di

sast

er c

ycle

of e

mer

genc

y re

lief,

rest

orat

ion,

rep

lace

men

t, an

d re

cons

truc

tion

is un

dert

aken

aga

in a

nd a

gain

, ea

ch ti

me p

rogr

essiv

ely

erod

ing

the r

esili

ence

and

reso

urce

s of t

he a

ffect

ed p

opul

atio

n.

Mor

eove

r, be

caus

e the

impa

ct o

f war

is m

ore c

ompl

ex a

nd p

erva

-siv

e tha

n th

at o

f nat

ural

disa

ster

s or p

eace

time i

ndus

tria

l disa

ster

s, po

st-w

ar re

cons

truc

tion

is an

espe

cial

ly ch

alle

ngin

g ta

sk. F

or ex

am-

ple,

afte

r an

indu

stri

al d

isast

er, a

ffect

ed fa

cilit

ies a

re u

sual

ly ei

ther

re

pair

ed a

nd r

eope

ned

— w

ith o

r w

ithou

t im

prov

emen

ts —

or

are

clos

ed d

own,

aba

ndon

ed, o

r re

mov

ed. I

n ei

ther

cas

e, e

xplic

it an

d sw

ift d

ecisi

ons a

bout

the f

utur

e of t

hese

faci

litie

s are

gen

eral

ly ta

ken

by o

wne

rs a

nd g

over

nmen

ts. D

urin

g w

ars,

the

sam

e fa

cilit

ies m

ay

cont

inue

to o

pera

te in

an

impa

ired

state

for l

ong

perio

ds, a

fter p

artia

l an

d te

mpo

rary

repa

irs h

ave b

een

mad

e, or

they

may

rem

ain

inop

er-

able

unt

il su

ch ti

mes

as f

orm

al d

ecisi

ons a

bout

thei

r fu

ture

can

be

take

n at

the c

oncl

usio

n of

hos

tiliti

es. I

n sh

ort,

the c

ours

e of r

ecov

ery

from

a w

ar-in

duce

d in

dust

rial

disa

ster

is li

kely

to d

iffer

from

that

wh

ich o

ccur

s in

peac

etim

e.

Indu

stria

l dev

asta

tion

in Ir

an

The p

roce

ss o

f mai

ntai

ning

a w

ar ef

fort

and

the p

roce

ss o

f pos

t-war

re

cons

truc

tion

are l

inks

in th

e sam

e cha

in, a

nd th

at ch

ain

is fo

rged

of

mat

eria

ls an

d m

oney

. War

s cos

t phe

nom

enal

am

ount

s of m

oney

, whi

le w

ar d

amag

e is p

reci

sely

calc

ulat

ed to

redu

ce a

n en

emy'

s cap

acity

to

finan

ce a

war

. The

war

effo

rt o

ften

abso

rbs s

o m

uch

gove

rnm

ent

reve

nue t

hat t

here

are

few

rese

rves

left

for r

econ

struc

tion

or cl

ean-

up

work

. Lac

k of

fund

ing

for r

elief

, haz

ard

redu

ctio

n, a

nd re

cons

truc

tion

beco

mes

par

ticul

arly

seve

re if

the n

atio

ns en

gage

d in

war

cont

inue

to

feel

thre

aten

ed a

nd su

bseq

uent

ly fe

el co

mpe

lled

to ch

anne

l the

few

re

mai

ning

fund

s int

o th

e mili

tary

. A g

over

nmen

t's ti

me a

nd la

bour

m

ay b

e sp

ent i

n ev

alua

ting

the

futu

re p

oten

tial o

f its

ow

n ar

med

fo

rces

, ins

tead

of f

irst

ana

lysin

g th

e im

pact

of w

ar d

estr

uctio

n an

d as

soci

ated

indu

stri

al h

azar

ds a

nd th

en d

eter

min

ing

the b

est p

lan

for

heal

ing

soci

ety

and

rein

vigo

ratin

g ec

onom

ic p

rodu

ctiv

ity.

Iran

's e

xper

ienc

e pr

ovid

es in

sigh

ts a

bout

the

com

pone

nts o

f a

mod

el o

f disa

ster

-impa

ct a

sses

smen

t and

reco

very

for w

ar-d

amag

ed

soci

etie

s, he

lps t

o sp

ecify

pos

sible

obs

tacl

es to

rec

onst

ruct

ion,

and

su

gges

ts w

ays o

f im

prov

ing

impl

emen

tatio

n. H

owev

er, i

f the

con

-ce

ptua

l fra

mew

ork

deve

lope

d in

this

chap

ter

wer

e to

be

appl

ied

to

Iran

, it w

ould

forc

e the

gov

ernm

ent t

o be

com

e mor

e con

cern

ed w

ith

indu

stri

al h

azar

ds a

nd w

ays o

f rec

over

ing

from

them

than

has

bee

n th

e ca

se so

far.

Unf

ortu

nate

ly, I

ran'

s rel

ativ

e ne

glec

t of i

ndus

tria

l ha

zard

s in

the

larg

er r

ecov

ery

proc

ess i

s not

at a

ll un

ique

. In

mos

t de

velo

ping

nat

ions

, whe

re re

sour

ces a

re sc

arce

and

mac

roec

onom

ic

dist

ortio

ns te

nd to

des

tabi

lize r

egim

es, e

cono

mic

mat

ters

take

pre

ce-

denc

e ov

er e

nvir

onm

enta

l con

cern

s. Th

is is

as tr

ue o

f nat

ions

that

ha

ve g

one t

hrou

gh a

war

as i

t is o

f nat

ions

that

hav

e bee

n at

pea

ce fo

r de

cade

s. Th

eref

ore,

the m

odel

pro

pose

d in

this

chap

ter m

ay b

e con

-sid

ered

equa

lly a

pplic

able

to m

any

deve

lopi

ng n

atio

ns th

at fa

ce ec

o-no

mic

decli

ne a

nd re

cove

ry fr

om m

an-m

ade o

r nat

ural

disa

sters

.

Not

es

I. S

ome

over

view

s of

the

war

pro

vide

ske

tchy

info

rmat

ion

abou

t the

war

's im

pact

on

Iraq

's

popu

lati

on a

nd e

nvir

onm

ent.

See,

for

exam

ple,

Kub

ba (1

993)

. 2.

Tha

t tre

aty

had

been

bas

ed o

n pr

inci

ples

of "

terr

itori

al in

tegr

ity, t

he in

viol

abili

ty o

f bor

ders

, an

d no

n-in

terf

eren

ce in

inte

rnal

aff

airs

." I

t was

inte

nded

to s

ettl

e po

litic

al a

nd te

rrit

oria

l di

sput

es b

etw

een

the

two

gove

rnm

ents

and

to e

nsur

e sh

ared

sov

erei

gnty

ove

r th

e Sh

att-

al-

Ara

b w

ater

way

, whi

ch p

rovi

des

both

cou

ntri

es w

ith

vita

l acc

ess

to th

e P

ersi

an G

ulf.

Pre

si-

dent

Hus

sein

pro

clai

med

that

he

had

ampl

e ju

stifi

catio

n fo

r an

nulli

ng th

e tr

eaty

bec

ause

Ira

n ha

d al

lege

dly

brok

en it

by

refu

sing

to r

elin

quis

h te

rrito

rial

rig

hts

and

by in

terf

erin

g in

Ira

q's

inte

rnal

aff

airs

. In

retr

ospe

ct, e

vide

nce

sugg

ests

that

Pre

side

nt H

usse

in w

as a

lso

mot

ivat

ed

by o

ther

inte

rest

s in

clud

ing

the

pros

pect

of g

aini

ng fu

ll so

vere

ignt

y ov

er th

e Sh

att-

al-A

rab,

178

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A m

irah

mad

i

cont

rol o

f K

huze

stan

pro

vinc

e (w

here

ove

r 90

per

cen

t of

Iran

's o

il re

serv

es a

re lo

cate

d), t

he

poss

ibil

ity

of in

stal

ling

a p

ro-I

raq

gove

rnm

ent i

n Ir

an, a

nd th

e pr

ospe

ct o

f se

curi

ng a

re

gion

al le

ader

ship

rol

e fo

r Ir

aq in

the

afte

rmat

h of

the

Sha

h's

over

thro

w.

3.T

he P

ersi

an G

ulf

is a

long

, sha

llow

, rel

ativ

ely

narr

ow, s

emi-

encl

osed

sea

that

rec

eive

s on

ly)

limite

d fr

eshw

ater

inpu

ts f

rom

riv

ers

and

poss

esse

s w

eak

flus

hing

cur

rent

s. T

he e

ntir

e sy

stem

is

rea

dily

dis

rupt

ed b

y po

llut

ants

. The

wea

k ti

dal c

urre

nts

prev

ent r

apid

dis

sipa

tion

of

con.

ta

min

ants

, whi

ch r

emai

n in

the

wat

er -

the

non-

vola

tile

com

pone

nts

of o

il f

alli

ng to

the

bott

om a

nd c

onti

nuin

g to

cau

se d

amag

e fo

r m

any

year

s. T

he f

ood

chai

n, w

hich

nor

mal

ly

sust

ains

250

spe

cies

of

fish

and

app

roxi

mat

ely

140

spec

ies

of m

igra

ting

bir

ds, i

s se

vere

ly

thre

aten

ed. H

igh

tem

pera

ture

s, s

hallo

w w

ater

s, a

nd h

igh

win

ds, w

hich

cha

ract

eriz

e th

e G

ulf,

ca

use

rapi

d ev

apor

atio

n, in

crea

sing

the

salin

ity o

f th

e w

ater

and

con

trib

utin

g to

the

stre

ss o

f or

gani

sms

livin

g th

ere.

Con

tam

inat

ion

by o

il an

d he

avy

met

als

stre

sses

the

ecos

yste

m e

ven

furt

her.

Cru

de o

il co

ntai

ns s

uch

heav

y m

etal

s as

mer

cury

, cad

miu

m, a

nd v

anad

ium

, as

wel

l as

othe

r ca

rcin

ogen

ic c

hem

ical

age

nts.

Com

mer

cial

fis

hing

in th

e ar

ea is

sev

erel

y re

stri

cted

, and

re

plen

ishm

ent o

f G

ulf

stoc

ks f

rom

the

ocea

n w

ill b

e ve

ry s

low

. For

Ira

n, a

s w

ell a

s fo

r ot

her

coun

trie

s th

at d

epen

d on

Gul

f fi

sh f

or d

aily

pro

tein

req

uire

men

ts, t

he d

estr

ucti

on o

f th

e fi

shin

g in

dust

ry m

eans

inc

reas

ed f

ood

impo

rts,

fur

ther

exa

cerb

atin

g fo

reig

n cu

rren

cy

rese

rves

and

fos

teri

ng d

epen

denc

ies

on o

ther

cou

ntri

es f

or b

asic

foo

dstu

ffs.

4.

The

tall

y of

dir

ect e

cono

mic

dam

age

may

be

slig

htly

infl

ated

bec

ause

the

gove

rnm

ent's

im

med

iate

con

cern

was

to p

rovi

de c

ompe

nsat

ion.

Any

infl

atio

n at

trib

utab

le to

this

cau

se is

lik

ely

to b

e of

fset

by

the

abse

nce

of s

ome

type

s of

rea

l eco

nom

ic c

osts

, suc

h as

env

iron

men

tal

cons

eque

nces

, con

cess

ions

giv

en to

reg

iona

l all

ies,

incr

ease

d in

sura

nce

cost

s, a

nd th

e ps

y-ch

olog

ical

and

soc

iocu

ltura

l cos

ts o

f th

e w

ar (

Am

irah

mad

i 199

2a: 6

9).

5.T

he W

orld

Ban

k re

spon

ded

by g

ivin

g a

few

sm

all l

oans

to I

ran

for

reco

nstr

ucti

on o

f ea

rth-

quak

e-da

mag

ed a

reas

($2

50 m

illio

n) a

nd f

or im

prov

ing

urba

n in

fras

truc

ture

($6

7 m

illio

n). I

n 19

93, a

noth

er lo

an f

or $

162

mill

ion

was

app

rove

d fo

r th

e ex

pans

ion

of a

pow

er-g

ener

atin

g pl

ant i

n Q

um c

ity.

IM

F a

nd th

e B

ank

have

hel

ped

the

Iran

ian

gove

rnm

ent t

o fo

rmul

ate

an

econ

omic

sta

bili

zati

on p

rogr

amm

e bu

t ha

ve n

ot a

s ye

t res

pond

ed to

req

uest

s fo

r a

maj

or

loan

. Reg

iona

l aut

hori

ties

, suc

h as

the

Org

aniz

atio

n of

Isl

amic

Con

fere

nce,

the

Ara

b L

ea-

gue,

and

the

Gul

f C

oope

ratio

n C

ounc

il, h

ave

larg

ely

rem

aine

d in

activ

e (A

mir

ahm

adi 1

992a

: 27

7). B

y id

enti

fyin

g Ir

aq a

s th

e ag

gres

sor

stat

e, th

e U

nite

d N

atio

ns S

ecur

ity

Cou

ncil

has

pr

ovid

ed a

n im

plic

it ba

sis

for

rest

itutio

n by

the

Iraq

i gov

ernm

ent.

It is

like

ly th

at I

ran

wou

ld

have

reg

aine

d in

tern

atio

nal r

espe

ctab

ilit

y am

ong

the

com

mun

ity

of n

atio

ns a

nd b

een

the

bene

fici

ary

of in

crea

sed

inte

rnat

iona

l ass

ista

nce

if it

was

not

for

con

tinue

d op

posi

tion

by th

e U

nite

d St

ates

. 6.

Eco

logi

cal r

esto

rati

on s

houl

d gu

ide

the

othe

r go

als

and

take

pri

orit

y be

caus

e it

und

erpi

ns

hum

an h

ealt

h; in

oth

er w

ords

, res

tora

tion

of

hum

an h

ealt

h an

d lo

ng-t

erm

env

iron

men

tal

habi

tabi

lity

are

pre

cond

itio

ns f

or th

e ge

nera

l rev

ival

of

soci

ety.

Pla

ns a

nd p

roje

cts

mus

t be

draw

n up

for

env

iron

men

tal c

lean

-up

and

rem

oval

of

haza

rdou

s si

tuat

ions

in v

ario

us e

co-

nom

ic s

ecto

rs, i

ndus

trie

s in

par

ticul

ar,

whe

re s

uch

haza

rds

tend

to p

ose

heal

th p

robl

ems

and

crea

te o

bsta

cles

for

reb

uild

ing.

Ach

ievi

ng e

cono

mic

vit

alit

y is

a tw

o-pa

rt p

roce

ss w

hich

hi

nges

, fir

st, o

n m

akin

g th

e m

ost o

f av

aila

ble

reso

urce

s an

d re

mov

ing

supp

ly b

ottl

enec

ks

(e.g

. in

fore

ign

exch

ange

and

ski

lled

labo

ur)

and,

sec

ond,

on

achi

evin

g ec

onom

ic g

row

th.

Ref

eren

ces

Am

irah

mad

i, H

oosh

ang.

198

7. "

Des

truc

tion

and

reco

nstr

uctio

n: A

str

ateg

y fo

r th

e w

ar d

amag

ed a

reas

of I

ran.

" In

tern

atio

nal J

ourn

al o

f Dis

aste

r Stu

dies

and

Pra

ctic

e 11

(2):

134

-147

.

. 199

0a. "

Eco

nom

ic r

econ

stru

ctio

n of

Ira

n: C

ostin

g th

e w

ar

dam

age.

" Th

ird

Wor

ld Q

uarte

rly 1

2(1)

: 26-

47.

180

Indu

stria

l dev

asta

tion

in Ir

an

1990

b. R

evol

utio

n an

d E

cono

mic

Tra

nsiti

on.

Alb

any,

New

Yor

k: S

tate

Uni

-

vers

ity o

f New

Yor

k Pr

ess.

-.

199

2a. "

Eco

nom

ic c

osts

of

the

war

and

the

reco

nstr

ucti

on in

Ira

n."

In: C

yrus

Bin

a an

d H

amid

Zan

gene

h, e

ds.

Mod

ern

Cap

italis

m a

nd Is

lam

ic Id

eolo

gy in

Iran

.

New

Yor

k: S

t. M

artin

's P

ress

. 19

92b.

"E

cono

mic

des

truc

tion

and

imba

lanc

es in

pos

t-re

volu

tion

ary

Iran

."

In: H

. Am

irah

mad

i and

N. E

ntes

sar,

eds

. Re

cons

truct

ion

and

Reg

iona

l Dip

lom

acy

in th

e Pe

rsia

n G

ulf.

Lon

don:

Rou

tledg

e.

Ath

ari,

Dja

mal

. 199

1. "

Rev

olut

iona

ry c

hang

es a

nd p

ost-

war

rec

onst

ruct

ion

in

Iran

."

In: R

eviv

ing

War

Dam

aged

Set

tlem

ents

. A

Rep

ort a

nd C

hart

er p

repa

red

in c

onne

c-

tion

with

the

Thi

rd I

nter

natio

nal Y

ork

Wor

ksho

p on

Set

tlem

ent R

econ

stru

ctio

n Po

st-W

ar, 2

2-24

Jul

y 19

91. Y

oika

lluve

rgity

of-Y

ork,

Ins

titut

e of

Adv

ance

d A

rchi

-q

tect

ural

Stu

dies

, Pos

t-W

ar R

econ

stru

ctio

n an

d D

evel

opm

ent U

nit,

p. 1

4.

Cor

desm

an, A

ntho

ny H

. 199

0.

The

Less

ons

of M

oder

n W

ar.

Bou

lder

: Wes

tvie

w

Pres

s. E

I-B

az, F

arou

k, a

nd R

.M. M

akha

rita

. 19

94.

The

Gul

f War

and

the

Env

ironm

ent.

New

Yor

k: G

ordo

n an

d B

reac

h Sc

ienc

e Pu

blis

hers

. -H

aas,

J. E

ugen

e, R

ober

t W. K

ates

, and

Mar

tyn

J. B

owde

n (e

ds.)

. 197

7.

Rec

on-

stru

ctio

n Fo

llow

ing

Dis

aste

r. C

ambr

idge

, Mas

s.: M

assa

chus

etts

Ins

titut

e of

Tec

h-

nolo

gy P

ress

. H

awle

y, T

.M.

1992

. A

gain

st th

e Fi

res

of H

ell:

The

Env

ironm

enta

l Dis

aste

r of t

he G

ulf

War

. New

Yor

k: H

arco

urt B

race

Jov

anov

ich.

Jo

chni

ck, C

hris

A.F

., an

d R

oger

Nor

man

d. "

A c

ritic

al lo

ok a

t the

law

of w

ar: L

esso

ns

from

the

Pers

ian

Gul

f war

." U

npub

lishe

d pa

per

in ti

le w

ith t

he a

utho

r. A

utho

rs o

f

the

arti

cle

are

Co-

Edi

tor

in C

hief

and

Exe

cuti

ve E

dito

r of

the

Har

vard

Hum

an

Righ

ts J

ourn

al.

Kub

ba, L

aith

. 199

3. "

The

war

's im

pact

on

Iraq

." I

n: F

arha

ng R

ajae

e, e

d.

The

Iran-

Iraq

War

: The

Pol

itics

of A

ggre

ssio

n.

Gai

nesv

ille:

Uni

vers

ity

of F

lori

da P

ress

,

pp. 4

7-54

. M

ofid

, Kam

ran.

199

0. "

Iran

: War

, des

truc

tion

and

rec

onst

ruct

ion.

" In

: Cha

rles

Dav

ies,

ed.

Afte

r the

War

: Ira

n, Ir

aq a

nd th

e A

rab

Gul

f. C

hich

este

r: C

arde

n Pu

b-

licat

ions

, pp.

117

-141

. Pl

an a

nd B

udge

t Org

aniz

atio

n, I

slam

ic R

epub

lic o

f Ira

n. 1

991.

Fi

nal R

epor

t on

the

Asse

ssm

ent of

the

Econ

omic

Dam

ages

of t

he W

ar Im

pose

d by

Iraq

on

the

Isla

mic

R

epub

lic o

f Ira

n (1

980-

1988

). T

eher

an: C

entr

e fo

r So

cio-

Eco

nom

ic D

ocum

enta

-

tion

and

Publ

icat

ions

. Sh

emir

ani,

Tah

eri.

1993

. "T

he w

ar o

f the

citi

es."

In:

Far

hang

Raj

aee,

ed.

The

Iran

-

Iraq

War

: The

Pol

itics

of A

ggre

ssio

n. G

aine

svill

e: U

nive

rsit

y of

Flo

rida

Pre

ss,

pp. 3

2-40

. SI

PRI

(Sto

ckho

lm I

nter

natio

nal P

eace

Res

earc

h In

stitu

te).

1977

. W

eapo

ns o

f Mas

s

Des

truct

ion

and

the

Envi

ronm

ent.

New

Yor

k: C

rane

, Rus

sak,

and

Com

pany

.

1980

. W

arfa

re in

a F

ragi

le W

orld

: Mili

tary

Impa

ct o

n th

e H

uman

Env

iron-

men

t. L

ondo

n: T

aylo

r an

d Fr

anci

s. U

nite

d N

atio

ns S

ecre

tary

-Gen

eral

. 199

1a. "

Rep

ort o

n Ir

an's

rec

onst

ruct

ion

effo

rts

in 't

he w

ake

of t

he c

onfl

ict

betw

een

the

Isla

mic

Rep

ublic

of

Iran

and

Ira

q."

24 D

ecem

ber.

19

91b.

"R

epor

t on

the

scop

e an

d na

ture

of d

amag

e in

flict

ed o

n th

e K

uwai

ti in

fras

truc

ture

dur

ing

the

Iraq

i occ

upat

ion.

" 26

Apr

il.

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Am

irahm

adi

Wal

ker,

A.R

. 198

9. "

Rec

essi

onal

and

Gul

f War

impa

cts

on p

ort d

evel

opm

ent a

nd

ship

ping

in th

e G

ulf s

tate

s in

the

1980

s." G

eoJo

urna

l 18

(3):

273-

284.

W

inne

feld

, Jam

es A

., an

d M

ary

E. M

orris

. 199

4. W

here

Env

ironm

enta

l Con

cern

s an

d S

ecur

ity S

trate

gies

Mee

t: G

reen

Con

flict

in A

sia

and

the

Mid

dle

Eas

t. Sa

nta

Mon

ica:

Ra

nd.

Zarg

ar, A

kbar

, and

Moh

sen

Poor

. 199

1. "

City

reco

nstru

ctio

n: T

he

case

of K

hora

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