A large part of Iran's territory is desert like many other countries in the Middle East. Among the victims, approximately 19 had compartment syndrome, 32 contracted impaired renal function, and fractures among their bones were common.
As I visited this town in May 1980, it has been twenty-four years. I can totally understand.
Photos and movies, IRINNews.org "Special on Bam three months on", IRINNews.org "Tehran lowers Bam earthquake toll", ICOMOS Heritage at Risk 2004/2005: The Bam Earthquake, UNESCO World Heritage in Danger 2004 - Iran: Glimmers of hope in Bam, Reconstruction efforts in quake-devastated Bam continue two years on, Arg e Bam Movie Documentary – The BAM Citadel, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bam,_Iran&oldid=963402895, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. [13] The Iranian government promised to prosecute anyone who violated building regulations, even setting up a special unit to deal with the issue. This story was relayed to me by a local taxi driver; he spoke of it so casually, like it was normal.
Before the earthquake, Bam had a population of roughly 97,000. The UN Habitat project was scheduled to last six months and was estimated to cost $400,000. This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the United States Geological Survey. Pillaged by the Seljuks in the 11th century, demolished by Timur's army from Mongolia in the end of the 14th century, invaded by Afghans in 1722, the last king of Zand dynasty, Karim Khan, took refuge here in 1794 but was destroyed by the pursuit of Aqa Muhammad from the Qajar dynasty and a lot of residents seemed to have been killed. This study was carried out as a descriptive-analytical manner by house-to-house visits in 2010 in Bam, southeastern Kerman province of Iran, where a massive earthquake has recently occurred. As a result of these fractures neural injuries were also common.
In total a reported 44 countries sent in personnel to assist in relief operations and 60 countries offered assistance. To send troops abroad in contravention of the constitution would be as grievous an act as the great earthquake that has destroyed the city of Bam. Copyright © 23/09/2020 Alamy Ltd. All rights reserved. Before photo courtesy Kerman Province. These earthquakes were caused by a combination of reverse-motion and strike-slip motion on the north-south oriented Gowk fault. [17] However, following the earthquake, White House spokesman Scott McClellan spoke on behalf of President Bush: "Our thoughts and prayers are with those who were injured and with the families of those who were killed. The earthquake destroyed and damaged much of the city and killed a large part of the population. Since the city of Baghdad, famous from the "Thousand and One Nights," was also constructed of earth in 762, once abandoned it returned to earth without leaving any trace. The earthquake was particularly destructive, with the death toll amounting to 26,271 people and injuring an additional 30,000. ESA's polar-orbiting satellite Envisat was able to … By walking around Bam, I could only then understand how truly horrible the aftermath would have been.
Ali Zang-Abadi, head of education in Bam, described the state of pupils and teachers as "badly need[ing] psychological help because they are morally devastated".
Citadel. It is a living world heritage still now, more valuable than Himeji Castle or Horyuji Temple. When I stayed a night in Bam, an Iranian who happened to hear a Japanese person was staying in this town came to see me in my hotel. Many shops were operating out of open-sided shipping containers. A Review of Impact of Bam Earthquake on Cutaneous Leishmaniasis and Status: Epidemic of Old Foci, Emergence of New Foci and Changes in Features of the Disease.
[35] Consequently, the actual reconstruction was initiated without acknowledgment to the overall urban strategic master plan, resulting in the discarding of many of the original proposals and scope for collaboration. This site needs JavaScript to work properly. An estimated 80% of the city of 100,000 was flattened in the disaster. [21], The year 2003 was later declared to be the deadliest earthquake year globally since 1990, primarily due to the Bam earthquake which contributed almost 75% of the Earth's earthquake fatalities for that year.
[34], The Iranian Government established the Guiding Office for the Recovery of Bam (GO), consisting of a panel of 11 members, with the Minister of Housing and Urban Development as the chairman.
Driving in to town, I caught sight of a bunch of date palms first. Based on these results, scientists suggest that the Bam earthquake ruptured a hidden fault and that in this process an unusually strong asperity was involved, causing the widespread devastation of the tremor. [23] Khatami, while not criticizing U.S. aid, had expressed regret about the politicization of this event.
[35] It took a considerable amount of time for the planning company to prepare the city's new overall urban plan, and two years after the disaster was still not adopted and authorised for implementation by the councils involved.
Since then, Bam has been in recovery. The U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) sent in seven C-130s with approximately 68 tonnes of medical supplies and 2,000 blankets also assisting in relief. 1 of 7 The historic citadel at Bam was one of the treasures of Iran, dating back to pre-Islamic times. If there is a culture of wood in Japan and that of stone in Europe, there has been an uninterrupted 'culture of earth' in desert areas in the Middle East. The authorities had cleared a path through the rubble for visitors to wander through. It was well received by physicians and civilians at the scene, however, in contrast to this support, IRNA, the state-controlled radio in Iran, accused the United States of illegal interference in internal matters.
This was largely due to a conflict of interest between them and the contractors and the differing architectural demands of people at a local level.
The ‘town’ section of Bam citadel after the earthquake.