The renewal of buildings and other urban infrastructures such as electricity networks, gas and
water pipelines, roads and bridges soon after the Bam earthquake in the southeast of Iran in 2003
were started. There are a few questions about the progress trend of this case of reconstruction. To
what extent were these planned projects appropriate for the Bam city reformation from different
points of view? Up to now, how much public and governmental attentions have been made for
the urban reconstruction and development of that city to achieve the goals? What kind of
fundamental changes and developments can be detected in the satellite images? In this research,
we have studied the process of Bam reconstruction during the last ten years of the postearthquake
period. We have collected three series of photos of the similar locations in Bam city
immediately after the earthquake in early 2004, in 2007, and ten years later in 2014 in order to
compare the transformation and redesign of the landscape. We also have gathered two sets of
satellite images of two parts of city before earthquake in 2003 and in 2012 to investigate the
significant changes of the buildings, roads, vegetation cover and land use. Moreover, we have
made an analysis of housing census data in 2001, 2006 and 2011 acquired from the governmental
statistical center of Iran, which is collected every 5 years. This study is followed in two distinct
stations. The results of renewal and reconstructions have been considered to trace the trend of
progress in the project.