The Implications of Post Disaster Recovery for Affordable Housing

McIntosh, Jacqueline

doi:10.5772/55273

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“…It was designed to be installed with a floor area of 27.8 square metres. However this was improved to incorporate a more permanent housing solution with 20 different cottage models that allowed for future extensions (McIntosh, 2013).…”

Section: P O S T-k a T R I N A Ho U S I Ng Mi S S I S S I P P I U S Amentioning

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Time-Efficient Post-Disaster Housing Reconstruction with Prefabricated Modular Structures

Gunawardena

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Mendis

et al. 2014

OHI

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With many natural disasters such as earthquakes, cyclones, bushfires and tsunamis destroying human habitats around the world, post-disaster housing reconstruction has become a critical topic. The current practice of post-disaster reconstruction consists of various approaches that carry affected homeowners from temporary shelters to permanent housing. While temporary shelters may be provided within a matter of days as immediate disaster relief, permanent housing can take years to complete. However, time is critical, as affected communities will need to restore their livelihoods as soon as possible. Prefabricated modular construction has the potential to drastically improve the time taken to provide permanent housing. Due to this time-efficiency, which is an inherent characteristic of modular construction, it can be a desirable strategy for post-disaster housing reconstruction. This paper discusses how prefabricated modular structures can provide a more time-efficient solution by analysing several present-day examples taken from published post-disaster housing reconstruction processes that have been carried out in different parts of the world. It also evaluates how other features of modular construction, such as ease of decommissioning and reusability, can add value to post-disaster reconstruction processes and organisations that contribute to the planning, design and construction stages of the reconstruction process. The suitability of modular construction will also be discussed in the context of the guidelines and best practice guides for post-disaster housing reconstruction published by international organisations. Through this analysis and discussion, it is concluded that prefabricated modular structures are a highly desirable time-efficient solution to post-disaster housing reconstruction.

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confidence: 99%

Time-Efficient Post-Disaster Housing Reconstruction with Prefabricated Modular Structures

Gunawardena

Ngo

Mendis

et al. 2014

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“…Emergency shelter solutions which comprise a set of alternative designs or sizes can fit the diverse family compositions, cultural habits, and sites located in urban or suburban settlements. In the case of Figure 8c [49,62], a shelter design developed and assessed for a hurricane eventually entered the permanent US housing market of tiny houses. However, transitional shelters are often associated with uncertainties about the future of the refugees and of the settlement's site, which adds to time-bounded funds.…”

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Structural and Spatial Minimal Requirement Efficacy of Emergency Shelters for Different Emergencies

2022

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Natural and human-induced disasters have become more frequent in recent years, and this has increased the need for effective, high-quality, quick, easy-to-assemble, and affordable emergency housing solutions. The purpose of this study is to create a knowledge base for researchers and developers working in the structural and structural-related fields to favour the development of relevant and most appropriate assistance for emergency housing that could meet the anticipated future rising demands. The focus of the research is emergency shelters for the Global South, an area of research sparsely addressed within the structural-related field. The emergency sheltering process has so many variabilities in its duration and unfolding that many agencies suggest relying on the resilience of those in need. This can have dramatic human repercussions and eventually further burden natural resources. To reach its goal, the paper shifts the attention to information from field actors and global agencies and employs a multiple case studies approach, conducted through a grounded theory methodology. The process has allowed identification of a list of structural-related issues faced by users, acting as codes in the grounded theory methodology, the associated challenges for authorities in addressing them, acting as categories, and some ideal solutions, derived from the theoretical coding. The research concludes that the challenges of the sheltering process shall be read through sustainability housing indicators and that the constraints of the former may be stimuli to the application of innovative and more inclusive procedures within the latter. The study fosters a new theoretical approach in post-disaster housing, which encourages more interdisciplinary collaborations and empirical investigations that will potentially enhance post-disaster housing sustainability and facilitate the development of emergency shelter construction schemes.

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“…Unlike the previous shelters, temporary housing allows for pre-disaster daily activities to be restarted and are intended to house people for several months or years depending on the severity of the disaster. Once the permanent housing is rebuilt, there is no longer a need for temporary housing unless the unit is updated to provide permanent housing standards [50,51].…”

Section: Temporary Shelters (Ts)mentioning

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A Review of Temporary Housing Management Modeling: Trends in Design Strategies, Optimization Models, and Decision-Making Methods

Perrucci

Baroud

2020

Sustainability

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Temporary housing plays a critical role in disaster response and recovery by providing a temporary home for displaced people before they return to their permanent residence. In recent years, temporary housing has faced three primary dilemmas related to design type, site selection, and cost. Significant contributions have been made in research and in practice to improve temporary housing management. However, gaps still exist in resolving the dilemmas, and a critical review and evaluation of current methods is needed to determine the path forward and identify priorities of future research. This paper presents a comprehensive overview of prior methods developed and applied towards temporary housing management and identifies future pathways for success in temporary housing research and implementation. The literature review reveals that temporary housing requires further research in proactive management, storage, sustainability, and community resilience to effectively enhance post-disaster temporary housing. This study finds that programs such as the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) and the Sheltering and Temporary Essential Power (STEP) program provide methodologies which can benefit temporary housing implementation, designs, and modeling. In addition, circular economy thinking can enable the recyclability of temporary housing to reduce economic and environmental impacts.

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The Implications of Post Disaster Recovery for Affordable Housing

Cited by 12 publications

References 24 publications

Time-Efficient Post-Disaster Housing Reconstruction with Prefabricated Modular Structures

Time-Efficient Post-Disaster Housing Reconstruction with Prefabricated Modular Structures

Structural and Spatial Minimal Requirement Efficacy of Emergency Shelters for Different Emergencies

A Review of Temporary Housing Management Modeling: Trends in Design Strategies, Optimization Models, and Decision-Making Methods

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