Redefining shelter: humanitarian sheltering

George, Jennifer Ward; Guthrie, Peter; Orr, John

doi:10.1111/disa.12555

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“…Latka [8]. In connection with the constant modification of the requirements for disaster-resilient housing, the very concept of "shelter" is being rethought, which is perceived not as an object, but as a process of forming a certain environment [9].…”

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confidence: 99%

Instant shelter: Contemporary architectural solutions for disaster management

Kizilova

2023

E3S Web Conf.

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The article considers the systematization of contemporary solutions to eliminate the consequences of anthropogenic, natural and man-made disasters. The purpose of the article is to classify modern approaches to the implementation of shelters. The article considers modern built and conceptual projects. As a result of a systematic analysis of project examples, 2 major groups of approaches were identified: specific and non-specific. Specific approaches are supposed to be used within one particular sort of cataclysm (tsunamis, floods, earthquakes), non-specific approaches are suitable for different extreme conditions. The study will be useful for practical and theoretical research in the field of combating the consequences of cataclysms.

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Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Instant shelter: Contemporary architectural solutions for disaster management

Kizilova

2023

E3S Web Conf.

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“…Shelters have been understood as places where housing and humanitarian response are provided, especially in emergency contexts of displacement (Colosio, 2020 ), but also as processes rather than objects (e.g., Davis, 1978 ). Recent efforts to nuance the definition of shelter, propose “sheltering” as “an enabled process to facilitate a living environment with crisis-affected communities and individuals, to meet their current and future needs” (George et al, 2022 , p. 12). Thus, understanding sheltering as a process, shelters as living environments where “guests” and “hosts” intermingle, and the goal of shelters to satisfy both actors' current and future needs are prominent elements in our analysis.…”

Section: Sheltering As Doing Migration: An Analytical Lensmentioning

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Sheltering difference: (un)doing the migrant/volunteer divide through sheltering practices in Mexico and the Netherlands

2023

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While acknowledging the important role of shelter organizations in protecting migrant rights, recent debates point to the thin line between care and control practices within shelters. This study seeks to deepen this observation by approaching shelters as spaces defined by a constant inward/outward mobility of people. From this starting point, we use the de-migranticization framework to understand and question the normalization of difference that divides migrant people (being reproduced as the typical guest) from international volunteers (being reproduced as the typical host) through sheltering practices in two rather different geopolitical contexts (Mexico and the Netherlands). We use our ethnographic insights to not only illustrate how difference is reproduced but also to analyze the practices that seek to transgress and undo these divides. We argue that highlighting the conviviality and interconnectedness between these differentiated actors in the broader context of cross-border mobility is of vital importance to question and overcome the coloniality of contemporary border regimes. However, we do not imply that these aspects have the potential to completely undo difference, as they are a constant struggle embedded in the relational practices of the people composing such a divide.

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“…To address the inconsistencies, most recent literature stresses the focus on the sheltering process. In [31], sheltering has been defined as "an enabled process to facilitate a living environment with crisis-affected communities and individuals, to meet their current and future needs, whilst also having due consideration for the needs of the host communities and environment" [31]. The definition is linked to sustainability goals.…”

Section: The Emergency Housing Processmentioning

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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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Redefining shelter: humanitarian sheltering

Cited by 10 publications

References 24 publications

Instant shelter: Contemporary architectural solutions for disaster management

Instant shelter: Contemporary architectural solutions for disaster management

Sheltering difference: (un)doing the migrant/volunteer divide through sheltering practices in Mexico and the Netherlands

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

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