Sustainable and Resilient design for emergency shelters in flood risk communities: Case study: The informal settlements in the Bekaa Valley (Eastern Lebanon)

Azzawi, Neebal Al; Amir, L.; Tiwari, Pallavi; Mushtaha, Emad

doi:10.1109/aset48392.2020.9118276

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“…Salta in his research explained advances in fabrication technology which resulted in a shift from the phenomenon of mass production to mass customization (Salta, Papavasileiou, Pyliotis, & Katsaros, 2020) Nebal Al Azzawi conducted research with a digital fabrication approach that produced post-flood housing in Bekka Valley Lebanon using basic materials paper as covering material folded with honeycomb formation. In this project, it can be seen that the advantages of this design are the light weight of the dead load and the flexibility of the shape (can be in the form of a box and the shape of the letter L with a certain radius) (Al Azzawi, Amir, Tiwari, & Mushtaha, 2020). In terms of material use, Rina Yadav conducted preliminary research on Moso bamboo (Phyllostachys pubescens) in combination with processed materials and used tires which have the potential to be basic shelter materials.…”

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Structure System For Flood Disaster Emergency Shelter On Peatlands With A Parametric Approach

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Kalimantan Island has had minimal risk of flooding, but this condition has changed due to extreme natural damage. As a result, in 2021, many provinces were affected by floods. One example is the province of South Kalimantan. The Center for Disaster Information and Communication of the National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB) released on January 17, 2021, ten districts/cities affected by flooding in South Kalimantan Province, namely Tapin Regency, Banjar Regency, Banjar Baru City, Tanah Laut City, Banjarmasin City, Hulu Sungai Regency Central, Balangan Regency, Tabalong Regency, South Hulu Sungai Regency, and Batola Regency. Eighteen thousand two hundred twenty-two people were displaced due to flooding. These victims were spread across six regencies/cities, namely the cities of Banjarmasin, Banjarbaru, Banjar Regencies, Tanah Laut, Barito Kuala, and Hulu Sungai Tengah. Therefore, the local government is trying to provide emergency shelter after the flood. However, post-disaster needs are very complex in the process, such as the character of peatlands that require special structural knowledge to build them, the difficulty of access during disasters, the lack of availability of building materials in disaster conditions, and the high demand for housing. To answer the need for multi-parameters in the process of designing unloading structures for post-flood emergency shelters, a parametric approach is needed that will significantly change the design approach such as testing several parameters at once, controlling the dimensions-quality-quantity of materials, being able to perform analysis and simulation tests in one flow—integrated work.

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Structure System For Flood Disaster Emergency Shelter On Peatlands With A Parametric Approach

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Sustainable refugee camp design in the Dalhamyie settlement (Bekaa, Lebanon) for climate change context

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Emergency shelters are often designed to be of temporary nature but end up adopting a more permanent nature in becoming informal settlements. On one hand, these settlements suffer from the conflicts and environmental pressures. On the other hand, they also bear the inadequacies of services and facilities. This adds to the vulnerability of the refugee population to climatic extremes and environmental extremes along with a low quality of life. The present study aims to identify the pressures both environmental and socio-economic on a refugee camp in the Dalhamyie settlement in Bekaa, Lebanon and design a resilient model which address both internal and external risks. We propose a master plan as a suggested guideline representing a preliminary design umbrella plan that may be updated and altered depending on the population of the community, the site's limitations, and the general availability of resources. To help the local refugees become more resilient and self-sufficient in times of crisis, recommendations are here presented are not strict structural plans but rather a strategic, data-driven collection of actions. With the increasing mental stress that refugees experience, the idea of resilience at all levels is needed to lessen and reinforce the constant environmental, physical, and economic threat that they are subjected to. Residential zoning has been detailed out with respect to the form, structure and assembling of components along with cluster planning within the settlement. Recommendations are not a rigid structural plan but a strategic, data driven set of actions that can be implemented by the local refugee community in order to achieve greater resilience and self-sustainability during crisis situations. Such model is applicable with modifications for other emergency settlements also with varying risk factors. The proposed model addresses the challenges and the multiple risks that the people are exposed to present a framework that can lead to better quality of life in temporary settlements. With more climate refugees, conflict driven refugees and internal refugees, absence of such models was a gap and the authors have tried to build the same through one case study.

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Sustainable and Resilient design for emergency shelters in flood risk communities: Case study: The informal settlements in the Bekaa Valley (Eastern Lebanon)

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Structure System For Flood Disaster Emergency Shelter On Peatlands With A Parametric Approach

Structure System For Flood Disaster Emergency Shelter On Peatlands With A Parametric Approach

Sustainable refugee camp design in the Dalhamyie settlement (Bekaa, Lebanon) for climate change context

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