Abstract:
Post Disaster Reconstruction (PDR) is a very important, complex and highly demanding
process, including well planned set of activities done by well experienced construction
professionals. Strength in terms of sustainability, particularly in the PDR of developing
countries, is undoubtedly still not at an adequate level. One of the main challenges that
affecting for the success of the PDR project performance is that not managing
community cultural continuity properly while affording development opportunities in
PDR projects which end up with cultural incompatible solutions, which are
unsustainable in the long run. The success of PDR project performance is based on the
success of their main 4 components: site, layout, construction and policies. The study
identifies how those components of PDR projects are affected by the community culture
with the lessons learned by past PDR project experiences all around the world. Further,
the cultural factors which affect for each feature of PDR has been identified through the
findings. Besides the thorough literature findings, the study has presented with proposed
methodological aspects in order to continue the study in future.
