Tags: housing + disaster + recovery (11 bookmarks)

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  1. Briefing paper which highlights key lessons from past urban responses to guide local authorities, national governments, international agencies, the private sector, and community organisations in approaching the challenges of addressing and responding to disaster risks in urban environments.
  2. ACHR "is a regional network of grassroots community organizations, NGO's and professionals actively involved with urban poor development processes in Asian cities. "
  3. An overview key of CRS' shelter strategy as a "key component and perhaps the most visible and tangible element in that recovery process ... from temporary housing in the immediate aftermath of the tsunami to permanent homes".
  4. Analysis of "the status and use of the storm recovery housing options currently made available by the Bush administration, along with the known costs associated with each type of housing aid."
  5. Thoughts about principles for rebuilding a bright, green, safe New Orleans.
  6. "... in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, some architects and urban planners are contemplating the larger question of what form the city should take - whether restored, reimagined or something in between."
  7. A humanitarian aid agency supporting the transitional settlement and shelter of populations affected by conflict and natural disasters, supporting human rights, dignity, protection, health, environment, and livelihoods.
  8. Posting by Witold Rybczynski looking at lessons from past attempts to provide emergency shelter and housing to victims of disasters.
  9. Article examining government's plan to provide transitional housing for tens of thousands of hurricane evacuees.
  10. Page outinling AIA Disaster Assistance Program to offer help with damage assessment and long term recovery as the organization has done in previous major natural disasters.

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