social issues in post disaster reconstruction planning

post disaster reconstruction in the destructed zones entails the social aspects in addition to the physical and urban aspects, because of the presence of affected people in the very location. the presented research aims to assess the social aspects of the post disaster conditions in the course of reconstruction, which take into consideration the related social factors in the affected community. the research also looks for the various influential aspects of post disaster urban planning in order to achieve a different framework for the job. since the subject might be considered as a new approach, and for the vast and numerous aforementioned aspects in the expertise reference, the research method is based on “grounded theory” in order to analyze and categorize the given approaches. the results of theoretical studies have been compiled with the academic expertise viewpoints and with the opinions of iranian experienced experts who were involved in the course of post war and post natural disaster reconstruction, through the face to face interviews. in order to benefit a practical implication of the theory, the post disaster reconstruction process of manjil-a mountain town in gilan, north of iran- after the earthquake in 1990 has been analyzed and reviewed. the fulfillment of the research necessitates; assessment of social questions, collective behavior, individual needs and requests of affected people, in the course of planning for post disaster reconstructions, and ultimately employment of social capacity, as well as the relations among communal network at the entire level of the affected society.