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NATURAL DISASTERS AND BUILT ENVIRONMENT RECONSTRUCTION AND REHABILITATION AFTER THE EARTHQUAKE 2005 IN BALAKOT PAKISTAN

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http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2025(X-I).24      10.31703/gssr.2025(X-I).24      Published : Mar 2025

Natural Disasters and Built Environment: Reconstruction and Rehabilitation after the Earthquake (2005) in Balakot, Pakistan

Abstract

    After the earthquake and the loss of life and property, the reconstruction and rehabilitation process was challenging. It was also hotly debated and involved controversies. Large amounts of funds were used to help the victims of the earthquake. Some of these funds were made available immediately. Some funds were promised as pledges to be paid over time and were for the reconstruction, rebuilding, and rehabilitation of the people. On the other hand, the government, just as the area's people, found itself completely untrained and unprepared for a calamity of this size. The turning point in rebuilding and rehabilitation came in 2021 with a new plan from the government. While the project of New Balakot City remained intact, the new plan changed the nature and direction of the project by proposing the city be made a tourist destination. In the long run, the process of rebuilding and reconstruction failed.

    (1) Ghazala Rafi
    Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, Islamia College, Peshawar; KP, Pakistan.
    (2) Muhammad Ayub Jan
    Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Peshawar; KP, Pakistan.
    (3) Syed Sami Raza
    Associate Professor, Department of International Relations, University of Peshawar, KP, Pakistan.
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APA

    APA : Rafi, G., Jan, M. A., & Raza, S. S. (2025). Natural Disasters and Built Environment: Reconstruction and Rehabilitation after the Earthquake (2005) in Balakot, Pakistan. Global Social Sciences Review, X(I), 289-303. https://doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2025(X-I).24

CHICAGO

    CHICAGO : Rafi, Ghazala, Muhammad Ayub Jan, and Syed Sami Raza. 2025. "Natural Disasters and Built Environment: Reconstruction and Rehabilitation after the Earthquake (2005) in Balakot, Pakistan." Global Social Sciences Review, X (I): 289-303 doi: 10.31703/gssr.2025(X-I).24

HARVARD

    HARVARD : RAFI, G., JAN, M. A. & RAZA, S. S. 2025. Natural Disasters and Built Environment: Reconstruction and Rehabilitation after the Earthquake (2005) in Balakot, Pakistan. Global Social Sciences Review, X, 289-303.

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    MHRA : Rafi, Ghazala, Muhammad Ayub Jan, and Syed Sami Raza. 2025. "Natural Disasters and Built Environment: Reconstruction and Rehabilitation after the Earthquake (2005) in Balakot, Pakistan." Global Social Sciences Review, X: 289-303

MLA

    MLA : Rafi, Ghazala, Muhammad Ayub Jan, and Syed Sami Raza. "Natural Disasters and Built Environment: Reconstruction and Rehabilitation after the Earthquake (2005) in Balakot, Pakistan." Global Social Sciences Review, X.I (2025): 289-303 Print.

OXFORD

    OXFORD : Rafi, Ghazala, Jan, Muhammad Ayub, and Raza, Syed Sami (2025), "Natural Disasters and Built Environment: Reconstruction and Rehabilitation after the Earthquake (2005) in Balakot, Pakistan", Global Social Sciences Review, X (I), 289-303

TURABIAN

    TURABIAN : Rafi, Ghazala, Muhammad Ayub Jan, and Syed Sami Raza. "Natural Disasters and Built Environment: Reconstruction and Rehabilitation after the Earthquake (2005) in Balakot, Pakistan." Global Social Sciences Review X, no. I (2025): 289-303. https://doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2025(X-I).24