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Conclusions
The study shows that Bamiyan city has a great potential for development due to its rich culture,
unique landscapes, world heritage sites and relatively advanced state in terms of peace and progression. Results of the study showed that strategies covering all aspects of sustainability; environmental, social, and economic, should be applied simultaneously. Moreover, it is found that sequencing and prioritization of strategies is a key factor for successful post-conflict development
to respond to both humanitarian and long-term development needs which might sometimes be
contradictory. The study resulted in a comprehensive set of both generic and specific solutions
and recommendations.
Although the solutions are presented in different sets, they are in many cases intertwined due to
the connectivity of the problems and the fact that the solution to one problem can lead to partially solving other problems, which have been presented in this paper. Within each set, solutions are
divided into phases to ensure gradual and sequential reform, taking into consideration that these
phases may overlap. Environmental solutions address issues of pollution, deforestation, accessibility to clean water, energy efficiency in buildings and energy production. Meanwhile, Economic
Solutions focus on the enhancement of the agriculture in Bamiyan city, which is the main income
source for its people, cultural and agritourism revivalism and employment. Social solutions on
the other hand, aims at providing social services to the people, revivalism of the rich culture of
Bamiyan city, and celebrating its ethnic diversity.

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