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Tarpaulins, transitional shelters or permanent houses:how does the shelter assistance provided affect the recovery of communities after disaster?
Flash floods and hill torrents triggered by heavy monsoon rains once again fell across Pakistan in early September 2012, claiming
over 400 lives and causing further widespread damage to...
This study examines and evaluates the gender aspects of the early recovery housing/one- two room shelters provided by humanitarian organizations to replace the destroyed houses of the affected...
Early recovery in conflict settings has gained momentum in policy circles, but there are divergent views on what precisely it is, and how it differs from other approaches to promoting peace and...
In a disaster response operation, the provision of shelter assistance can be an extremely complex process to manage, particularly as the response transitions from the relief phase and into...
The speaker introduced the session by asking participants to consider a series of questions for discussion on the theme 'transition from emergency response to the longer term reconstruction'. He...
While emergency shelter reconstruction can have positive income and employment multipliers, it is critical to bear in mind that it is the provision of shelter which is critical for generating the...
Recovery is “processes through which those affected by disasters achieve desired levels of social well-being, quality of life, sense of place and belonging, and civic engagement”
(Tierney...
Explanation for the impact Evaluation’s purpose and scope, common format’s for evaluation of shelter and settlement impacts. Method’s of evaluating the impact of shelter and settlement. ...
Shelter assistance, along with other humanitarian sectors, has globally been broken down into the following three distinct response phases: emergency, recovery and durable solutions. In reality,...