Sustainable Temporary Housing: Global Trends and Outlook

Perrucci, Daniel V.; Vazquez, Bianca A.; Aktaş, Can B.

doi:10.1016/j.proeng.2016.04.082

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“…Consequently, there are various factors to be considered in designing shelters (temporary or permanent) as a vital part of recovery and reconstruction in the aftermath of a disaster. Perrucci et al (2016) emphasize on the sustainable approach to include interconnected consideration on users need, including the culture, location, climate, affordability, constructability, etc. to ensure its success (Perrucci et al, 2016).…”

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“…Perrucci et al (2016) emphasize on the sustainable approach to include interconnected consideration on users need, including the culture, location, climate, affordability, constructability, etc. to ensure its success (Perrucci et al, 2016). From various world natural disasters such as Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans, 2005, it is highlighted that main issues in recovery and provisions of shelters especially permanent homes are logistic, contractual, late delivery and lack of suitability to users' needs (Patel & Hastak, 2013;Perrucci et al, 2016;Sukeri & Syazwani, 2016).…”

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“…According to Potangaroa (2015), QSAND tends to devalue design and focus on sustainable coordination of issues. Studies across the globe shows that shelters meant for temporary usage ended up as long term structures for years or even decades after the disasters (Zhang, Setunge, & van Elmpt, 2014).The design of the shelters has to consider the lifespan of the structure from selection of the types of materials and sizes as well as the environmental impacts of the temporary shelters in the design phase (Perrucci et al, 2016).…”

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“…Global warming and its effect on climate change such as the rise of sea level had brought about rampant threats of floods, storms, droughts and typhoons over the recent decade and this phenomenon is predicted to escalate in the future (Schilderman & Lyons, 2011;Schilderman, 2014). This increasing severity of natural disasters coupled with the growth of population will subsequently result in continual increase in disaster casualties hence a large number of displaced people and refugees (Perrucci, Vazquez, & Aktas, 2016). It is caused by the loss of homes and properties and need for temporary or permanent massive shelters programmes depending on the severity of incidents.…”

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Post-Disaster Shelters: A Review Of Strategies And Design Framework

Samad¹

2019

The European Proceedings of Multidisciplinary Sciences

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Currently, more rampant and severe natural disasters have increased the threat of displaced population and refugees requiring relief shelters, not only during the catastrophe but also in the aftermath, for permanent replacement of damaged homes. In Malaysia, flood accounts for 62% of all-natural disasters and had increased in severity over the last decade. This paper aims at examining the milieu on the threats of flood disaster, policies and strategies, and recovery process focusing on post-disaster shelters for victims. An in-depth systematic literature review data shows that efforts by the relevant agencies are geared towards the disaster response and the recovery on infrastructure itself without proper strategy and provision on designated relief shelters (temporary or permanent) as a crucial part of Disaster Risk Management (DRM). Victims are often placed in temporary shelters in school and community buildings on higher grounds over the critical flooding period. These measures are insufficient for more severe scenario, where massive damage to houses occurred, requiring longer recovery periods disrupting the function of schools and community buildings. For long term solutions, more cohesive efforts by the agencies are essential to include post-disaster shelters as a critical part of disaster relief strategies learning from the global counterparts. From the review of global solutions and adapting from models from other countries, this paper proposes the design and management framework for efficient temporary and permanent post-disaster shelters to offer acceptable standard of living for displaced victims.

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Post-Disaster Shelters: A Review Of Strategies And Design Framework

Samad¹

2019

The European Proceedings of Multidisciplinary Sciences

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“…Indeed, compared to canvas tents that people can only use during hard times, container houses have unparalleled advantages in every respect. And it seems that for a long period of time, the use of container buildings as a transitional emergency plan is a global trend [1]. However, we cannot help but ask, is the container house really perfect?…”

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Lightweight Reconfigurable Structure System (Lrss): Rethinking Temporary Buildings

Deng

2018

WIT Transactions on the Built Environment

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The concept of temporary buildings may have many forms or definitions in different countries and regions. In China, they are defined as buildings and structures that are simply constructed for temporary use of production and life and are required to be demolished within a specified period of time. Container houses are the most common type in China. They have been widely used in post-disaster recovery, temporary resettlement of industrial workers and low-income groups. It also plays an important role in different historical stages. It is undeniable that they have the advantages of simple construction technology, fast construction speed, integration and high degree of modularization in practical application. However, from the beginning of the Wenchuan earthquake in 2008, as well as the subsequent series of natural disasters, their design and functional defects were exposed. Through the spot investigation and questionnaire survey, this paper summarized these issues. For the reason that, this study attempts to fill this gap by introducing a new lightweight reconfigurable structure system (LRSS). First of all, in order to meet the needs of national conditions, the system is based on new modular design and manufacturing methods, quick to build and construction, but also easy to disassemble and transport. Moreover, the new design breaks through the traditional style of component form and size restrictions, with more human and sustainable features. Finally, through computer simulation and analysis, it is convinced that the new products have better comprehensive performance. Multiple comparison results are sufficient to illustrate the new structural system can meet the demand of people whom at different age even different social stratum, and ultimately achieve a win-win results from both social and environment system.

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