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Instead of constructing a large number of buildings and engaging con-
siderable sums of money, beneficiaries can be encouraged and supported
to repair and strengthen the less heavily damaged buildings. Thus they
can use their own land and also the service buildings, such as bakeries
and cattle sheds, provided of course that their site is not prone to future
disasters.
Investigation can be done in disaster-prone areas, and vulnerable build-
ings can be strengthened before a disaster occurs, so that losses due to
future disasters can be prevented or they can at least be decreased.
People in earthquake-prone areas can be trained about constructing
earthquake-resistant buildings.
Temporary houses can be provided to the disaster victims so that there
can be more time to do research and make appropriate decisions on the
permanent housing.
Instead of providing plots with equal sizes for every beneficiary, sizes of
the plots and the buildings to be constructed on them can be determined
according to factors such as family size, economic dependence and
number of animals owned by the beneficiary, etc.
Regulations about the repayments for the buildings can be developed.
Various sources of funding can be included in the projects.
Agencies such as national and international NGOs and universities
can be included in the post-disaster reconstruction projects from the
decision-making process to the completion of the projects, so that more
experts are available to do research on the subject and also so that those
who have experience in reconstruction projects can share the responsi-
bilities and carry out the needed investigations in the affected regions.
Time spent in the upfront activities of functional analysis is essential to
avoid the sorts of problems encountered in the Dinar village reconstruc-
tion, particularly if the decision-makers are not inherently familiar with
local conditions and traditions.
Acknowledgments
This study was supported by TÜB
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TAK (The Scientific and Technological
Research Council of Turkey) Grant No. 106K256, awarded to N.D. for
the research project “An Investigation on the Post-Disaster Reconstruction
Project Conducted and the Post-Disaster Houses Erected in Dinar After the
1995 Earthquake.”
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