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The Assessment of Reconstruction Approaches in Exposed Villages to Rockfall: Resettlement or not (Case Study: Alishahi and Meydan Villages, Fars Province, Iran)

Mohsen Sartipi ­­ Pour1 and Soheil Mahmoodi2 *

1 Department of Architecture, School of Architecture and Urbanism, Tehran Iran

2 Master of Reconstruction after Disaster, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran Iran

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.12944/CWE.10.Special-Issue1.73

This survey studies the major cause of landslides and assesses the main reconstruction approaches after occurrence of such disasters. The main purpose is to find the key factors which influence determination of built in-place or relocating the prone villages. In Jan 2011, after an earthquake took place in Alishaahi and Meydan -the villages of Fars province- two different decisions were resettlement and build in-place of them. They were both equally based on their geographical location, context, culture and threat type though. In this research the major factors of such decision making will be studied and compared. This study is qualitative research which concerns the comparison of data. This research goes through, literature reviews, documentation. The most important data collection methods in this paper are direct observation of the data, review of documents and in-depth interviews with experts and victims. Finally, it is concluded that different factors will affect the decision making approach.


Slope failure; Relocation; Build in-place; Decision making process after Disaster; 2011 fars earthquake

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Pour M. S, Mahmoodi S. The Assessment of Reconstruction Approaches in Exposed Villages to Rockfall: Resettlement or not (Case Study: Alishahi and Meydan Villages, Fars Province, Iran). Special Issue of Curr World Environ 2015;10(Special Issue May 2015) DOI:http://dx.doi.org/10.12944/CWE.10.Special-Issue1.73

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Pour M. S, Mahmoodi S. The Assessment of Reconstruction Approaches in Exposed Villages to Rockfall: Resettlement or not (Case Study: Alishahi and Meydan Villages, Fars Province, Iran). Special Issue of Curr World Environ 2015;10(Special Issue May 2015).
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