The Effectiveness and Efficiency of Interventions Supporting Shelter Self-Recovery Following Humanitarian Crises

Maynard, Victoria; Parker, Elizabeth; Twigg, John

doi:10.21201/2017.8739

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“…Improving the building of safety in supported shelter self-recovery: evaluating the evidence Humanitarian interventions that support shelter are still relatively under-researched, and programmes that support shelter self-recovery even less so (Peacock, Dash, and Zhang, 2007;Hendriks et al, 2017). Evidence about the impact of shelter selfrecovery support on householders' knowledge of safer building techniques has been described as 'unclear' (Maynard, Parker, and Twigg, 2017). To the knowledge of the authors, there has been no analysis to date of the impact of shelter programmes supporting self-recovery on building safety, even though it is now frequently a key programme outcome target.…”

Section: Improving the Building Of Safety In Post-disaster Sheltermentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Additional terms were searched for by examining articles and reports in three key humanitarian shelter resources about humanitarian shelter programmes that typically support self-recovery: the Humanitarian Library; the Global Shelter Cluster website; and the Shelter Case Studies repository on the Shelter Projects webpage (see Annexe 1 for a list of search terms). 1 Following Maynard, Parker, and Twigg (2017), this search included shelter programmes that provided:…”

Section: Terms For 'Self-recovery'mentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The shelter response to Typhoon Haiyan in Southeast Asia in 2013 (Shelter Cluster Philippines, 2014) was the first major humanitarian shelter initiative to identify the provision of support for shelter self-recovery as a strategic objective. It has been a strategic objective in other humanitarian post-disaster shelter responses since then (Maynard, Parker, and Twigg, 2017), and the approach was given global institutional backing by the Global Shelter Cluster (2018) as part of their 2018-2022Strategy (Global Shelter Cluster, 2018.…”

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Building safety in humanitarian programmes that support post‐disaster shelter self‐recovery: an evidence review

2019

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The humanitarian sector is increasingly aware of the role that good quality evidence plays in the underpinning of effective and accountable practice. This review addresses the need for reliable evidence by evaluating current knowledge about the intersection of two key outcome targets of post‐disaster shelter response: supporting shelter self‐recovery and building back safer. Evidence about post‐disaster shelter programmes that aim to improve hazard resistance while supporting shelter self‐recovery has been systematically analysed and evaluated. Technical support, especially training in safer construction techniques, was found to be a central programme feature, but the impact of this and other programme attributes on building safety was largely not ascertainable. Programme reports and studies lack sufficient detail, especially on the hazard resistance of repaired houses. Accounts of shelter programmes need to include more reliable reporting of key activities and assessment of outcomes, in order to contribute to the growing evidence base in this field.

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Section: Improving the Building Of Safety In Post-disaster Sheltermentioning

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Section: Terms For 'Self-recovery'mentioning

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Building safety in humanitarian programmes that support post‐disaster shelter self‐recovery: an evidence review

2019

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“…As Graham Saunders pointed out: ‘The scale of post‐disaster shelter need that is increasingly emerging is beyond the response capacity of institutional humanitarians, be they governmental or non‐governmental’ (Davis, 2011, p. 203). The result is a growing emphasis on supporting ‘self‐recovery’ and homeowner‐driven models of shelter and housing reconstruction (Maynard, Parker, and Twigg, 2017). These approaches will become the new norm for responding to disasters.…”

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Assessing the impact of household participation on satisfaction and safe design in humanitarian shelter projects

2019

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Participation has long been considered important for post‐disaster recovery. Establishing what constitutes participation in post‐disaster shelter projects, however, has remained elusive, and the links between different types of participation and shelter programme outcomes are not well understood. Furthermore, recent case studies suggest that misguided participation strategies may be to blame for failures. This study analysed 19 shelter projects implemented in the Philippines following Typhoon Haiyan in November 2013 to identify the forms of participation employed. Using fuzzy‐set qualitative comparative analysis, it assessed how household participation in the planning, design, and construction phases of shelter reconstruction led to outcomes of household satisfaction and safe shelter design. Participation was operationalised via eight central project tasks, revealing that the involvement of households in the early planning stages of projects and in construction activities were important for satisfaction and design outcomes, whereas engagement during the design phase of projects had little impact on the selected outcomes.

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“…With a need for safer, more resilient shelter that continues to be maintained and used over time, training is also paramount in shelter projects. A growing body of research points to the need to include capacity building in humanitarian projects in order to ensure that households have the skills needed to maintain infrastructure or rebuild after future disasters [23,24].…”

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A Comparative Analysis of Coordination, Participation, and Training in Post-Disaster Shelter Projects

2018

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The delivery of post-disaster shelter assistance continues to be fraught with challenges derived from the coordination of resources, involvement of project stakeholders, and training of households and builders. There is a need to better understand what project elements in the delivery of post-disaster shelter projects most influence resilience and sustainability. To address this need, we examined nineteen post-disaster shelter projects in the Philippines following Typhoon Haiyan. We first characterized coordination, participation, and training employed across the planning, design, and construction phases of shelter projects and then used fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis (fsQCA) to assess the influence of these elements, alone and in combination, on building resilient and sustainable community infrastructure systems. Findings show that early involvement of households in planning efforts, combined with subsequent training, was important in evolving recovery outcomes. Our results point to the importance of: (1) supporting household sheltering processes over delivering hard products; (2) strategically linking project processes across phases; and (3) aligning humanitarian actions with long-term development. Conclusions from this study contribute to theory of sheltering in developing communities and more broadly to theory of recovery processes that link to community resilience and sustainability.

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The Effectiveness and Efficiency of Interventions Supporting Shelter Self-Recovery Following Humanitarian Crises

Cited by 18 publications

References 17 publications

Building safety in humanitarian programmes that support post‐disaster shelter self‐recovery: an evidence review

Building safety in humanitarian programmes that support post‐disaster shelter self‐recovery: an evidence review

Assessing the impact of household participation on satisfaction and safe design in humanitarian shelter projects

A Comparative Analysis of Coordination, Participation, and Training in Post-Disaster Shelter Projects

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