A historical overview of the construction boom that followed the wars

A historical overview of the construction boom that followed the wars

wars rolled all over the world hit cities in which led to a massive destruction and significant loss, and wars continue to the current era, as a result a term appeared called “reconstruction” to rebuild the ruined cities and revived again and this process was always influenced by several factors and data such as social, physical the surrounding environment and the geography of the region terms.

Perhaps the most important experience for the advancement of civilization after wars and crises is the German experience after World War II:

Fig no 1. The destruction under wars on the write Germany after the World war 2 , on the left Kosovo after the war with Serbia

Kosovo Germany

* Germany in World War II:

World War II ended with the victory of the Allied forces and resulted to wide range of wreckage, the most important obstacles that faced Germany in the reconstruction:

 More Than seven million victims.  Labor shortage and turning the age pyramid upside down to a pyramid with a huge base and a very meager central.  Division of the country as resulted of the war to East and West Germany.  Completely collapsed economy

 Massive destruction of infrastructure and the German metadata

The German in both countries could overcome war in 40 years in which Known as the economic miracle.

And that was achieved through:

*Both countries relied on external financing, mainly to reconstruct the debris which resulted out of the war.

*The intensive involvement of civilians in the reconstruction process and without charge.

*West Germany got the necessary funding (billion dollars) through the Marshall Plan, which owned more than 75% of gold reserves in the world.

Urban planning for reconstruction in West Germany

Taking a Western character and was purely interested in the job on the shape taking into account of technical progress in the imported constructions made the shape looks like a modern American architecture.

Chicago modernity invaded schools, function and construction.

Urban Planning in East Germany

Adopted in the reconstruction process on all ages groups within its basis partisan volunteer organizations focused on youth activism.

It has got the necessary funding for the reconstruction from the Soviet Union, and its urban planning were based on the socialist foundations whereas pre-fabricated buildings had spread widely with green spaces in between the buildings.