Identifying temporary housing main vertexes through assessing post-disaster recovery programs
Autor/a
Hosseini, S. M. Amin
Pons, Oriol
Mendoza Arroyo, Carmen
De la Fuente, Albert
Fecha de publicación
2016-09ISSN
2010-3883
Resumen
In the aftermath of a natural disaster, the major challenge most cities and societies face, regardless of their diverse level of prosperity, is to provide temporary housing (TH) for the displaced population (DP). However, the features of TH, which have been applied in previous recovery programs, greatly varied from case to case. This situation demonstrates that providing temporary accommodation for DP in a short period time and usually in great numbers is complicated in terms of satisfying all the beneficiaries’ needs, regardless of the societies’ welfare levels. Furthermore, when previously used strategies are applied to different areas, the chosen strategies are most likely destined to fail, unless the strategies are context and culturally based. Therefore, as the population of disaster-prone cities are increasing, decision-makers need a platform to help to determine all the factors, which caused the outcomes of the prior programs. To this end, this paper aims to assess the problems, requirements, limitations, potential responses, chosen strategies, and their outcomes, in order to determine the main elements that have influenced the TH process. In this regard, and in order to determine a customizable strategy, this study analyses the TH programs of five different cases as: Marmara earthquake, 1999; Bam earthquake, 2003; Aceh earthquake and tsunami, 2004; Hurricane Katrina, 2005; and, L’Aquila earthquake, 2009. The research results demonstrate that the main vertexes of TH are: (1) local characteristics, including local potential and affected population features, (2) TH properties, which needs to be considered in four phases: planning, provision/construction, operation, and second life, and (3) natural hazards impacts, which embraces intensity and type. Accordingly, this study offers decision-makers the opportunity to discover the main vertexes, their subsets, interactions, and the relation between strategies and outcomes based on the local conditions of each case. Consequently, authorities may acquire the capability to design a customizable method in the face of complicated post-disaster housing in the wake of future natural disasters.
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English
Materias (CDU)
72 - Arquitectura
Palabras clave
Catàstrofes naturals
Natural disasters
Catástrofes
Urbanisme
City planning
Urbanismo
Páginas
8
Publicado por
World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology (WASET)
Colección
10; 10
Publicado en
International Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Citación
Hosseini, S. M. Amin; Pons, Oriol; Mendoza Arroyo, Carmen; de la Fuente, Albert. «Identifying temporary housing main vertexes through assessing post-disaster recovery programs». International Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 2016, vol. 10, núm. 10, p. 1358-1365. Disponible en: <https://publications.waset.org/pdf/10005709>. Fecha de acceso: 10 dic. 2019
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