Final UN annex describes economic limits to reuse of building debris

Iran used an estimated average construction cost of 100,000 rials per square metre in its housing-reconstruction calculations. The annex supplied this planning assumption rather than actual...

Iran planned grants covering 15 square metres of construction per commercial unit requiring rebuilding or rehabilitation. The annex applied this support standard to 13,140 units; it did not promise...

The annex reported about two million square metres rebuilt across housing, commercial units and government buildings, with roughly half in rural housing. This broad construction measure should not...

Urban housing reconstruction lagged proportionately behind rural rebuilding because damage was more extensive and severe, and urban work was costlier and more difficult. The annex distinguished...

Inadequate water and sewerage in Khorramshahr and Abadan caused health concerns and discouraged displaced people from returning. The annex also identified substantial rebuilding needs to restore...

Disposal of other wastes, some potentially toxic, complicated cleanup of war-affected areas. The annex recorded government concerns about studying and surveying adequate sanitary-landfill sites and...

Rural building debris was less critical because of earth construction, smaller structures and lower settlement density. Salvage and recycling of spent war equipment posed a larger problem because...

Iran reported that 22.2 million square metres of public buildings needed construction or rehabilitation in addition to residential and commercial space. The annex treated this as a reconstruction...

The annex listed 31 completed postal projects, 22 under construction and nine still to start. These project-stage counts are distinct from its count of damaged post-office buildings and do not show...

Khorramshahr’s post office covered 4,300 square metres, about one quarter of the total postal area requiring reconstruction. The annex reported that work had started, rather than that this major...