Lessons in Post-War Reconstruction

Case Studies from Lebanon in the Aftermath of the 2006 War

Howayda Al-Harithy

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2010
• Print ISBN: 9780415571050
• eBook ISBN: 9781136970023
• Topic: Architecture
• Subtopic: Urban Planning & Landscaping

After the ceasefire, a group of architects and planners from the American University of Beirut formed the Reconstruction Unit to help in the recovery process and in rebuilding the lives of those affected by the 2006 war in Lebanon .

Here, a series of case studies documenting the work of the Unit discusses the lessons to be learned from the experiences of Lebanon after the July War, and suggests how those lessons might be applied elsewhere.

The cases are diverse in terms of scale, type of intervention, methods, and approaches to the situation on the ground. Critical issues such as community participation, heritage protection, damage assessment and compensation policies, the role of the state, and capacity building are explored and the success and failures assessed.

Table of contents

• Planning, History and Environment Series
• Contents
• Foreword
• Acknowledgements
• The Contributors
• Chapter One The Politics of Post-War Reconstruction in Lebanon: An Introduction
• Chapter Two Influencing the Politics of Reconstruction in Haret Hreik
• Chapter Three Wa‘d: The Reconstruction Project of the Southern Suburb of Beirut
• Chapter Four The Politics of Identity Construction in Post-War Reconstruction
• Chapter Five Reconstruction of Bint Jbeil and Social Representations of the Urban Space
• Chapter Six Marginal Landscapes, Marginalized Rural Communities: Sustainable Post-War Recovery in Southern Lebanon
• Chapter Seven Beyond Compensation: the Post-War Reconstruction Battles of ‘Aita al-Cha‘b
• Chapter Eight Beit bil-Jnoub: A Grassroots Approach to Reconstruction
• Index