Transitional planning legislation: Interim legal instruments enabling lawful planning decisions during reconstruction, before permanent legislative reform; minimum procedural standards for participation, environmental review, and HLP protection to prevent poor urban patterns from being locked in.

Rights-based reconstruction: Right of all displaced persons to restitution of, or compensation for, lost housing, land, and property; planning processes to facilitate – not obstruct – HLP restitution, including freezing land markets in destroyed areas pending formal rights determination.

“Build Back Better”: Reconstruction to incorporate climate resilience, universal design, and improved building standards (Sendai Framework, 2015) – not merely restore pre-conflict conditions; updated building codes, revised flood risk zones, and minimum green space standards in reconstruction plans.

Reconstruction-plan unification: Single integrated exercise combining spatial master plan and reconstruction programme; reconstruction agencies operating within – not parallel to – the planning framework.

Anti-displacement safeguards: Explicit legal prohibition on using planning and urban renewal powers to dispossess displaced residents; minimum compensation standards; compulsory right-to-return provisions; independent oversight.