The future of Gaza: existing plans can frame a locally inclusive and risk-sensitive reconstruction
ENVIRONMENT AND URBANIZATION, cilt.38, sa.1, ss.10-21, 2026 (SSCI, Scopus)
- Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
- Cilt numarası: 38 Sayı: 1
- Basım Tarihi: 2026
- Doi Numarası: 10.1177/09562478261423509
- Dergi Adı: ENVIRONMENT AND URBANIZATION
- Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus, Environment Index, Geobase, Greenfile, Index Islamicus, Political Science Complete, Public Affairs Index, Political Science Abstract (IPSA), Urban Studies Abstracts
- Sayfa Sayıları: ss.10-21
- Anahtar Kelimeler: earthquake, Gaza, reconstruction, Türkiye, visioning
- Açık Arşiv Koleksiyonu: AVESİS Açık Erişim Koleksiyonu
- Yıldız Teknik Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet
Özet
The reconstruction of Gaza risks being a rapid, top-down and externally driven process that fails to acknowledge existing, endogenous plans, and sidelines local and regional expertise. Short-term, externally oriented planning approaches also tend to downplay consideration of, and investment in, longer-term issues. Key among these is disaster risk reduction, including climate change adaptation. As a counterpoint to these tendencies, in this paper we highlight three existing urban development and reconstruction plans. None are perfect, but each provides useful lessons. Two are focused on Gaza: the Connected Gaza initiative of 2016 was led by Gazan private sector perspectives to present an integrated regional vision and land-use plan emphasizing local participation; Egypt's plan for Gaza reconstruction, proposed in 2025, also emphasizes designing for Gazan residents. Both remain propositions. The third, the Antakya/Hatay earthquake reconstruction plan, T & uuml;rkiye, is an example of a deployed reconstruction plan, endogenous to the Middle East and North Africa Region, that similarly emphasizes local participation and could provide lessons for planning Gaza's reconstruction.