A platform for research: civil engineering, architecture and urbanism
A platform for research: civil engineering, architecture and urbanism
Emergency Shelters for Humanitarian Aid after Natural Disasters
Every year hundreds of thousands of people become homeless due to natural disasters and are consequently in need of temporary accommodation until they can return to their reconstructed homes. Immediately after a disaster this temporary accommodation is provided by emergency shelters. In developing countries these emergency shelters are often family tents which, especially in cold climate disaster regions, however do not provide adequate shelter. An example of this is the Pakistan earthquake in 2005 where no appropriate winterised tents were available and thermal comfort could not be gained, given the extremely cold winter conditions. Aiming to improve this situation the present work researches in detail the possibilities of a floor and roof insulation as well as the required bedding as parts of a winterisation kit. The very specific problem of tent winterisation fits in the much broarder overall topic of this work, i.e. the risk management of post-disaster homelessness. Using the data of past disasters, the spread of homelessness for different disaster types and regions was analysed. Furthermore, a risk index for homelessness due to earthquakes was developed and the significant influence of the socio-economic boundary conditions on the post-disaster sheltering situation was identified. In its second part the work responds to the pressing need for the winterisation of family tents by presenting a number of different options for a floor insulation. The use of infrared reflective materials for the floor as well as for the roof insulation proved to be very promising. Finally, due to the lack of any guidance on the required disaster relief bedding in cold regions, a model for the determination of thermal comfort during sleeping was developed. Concluding, the developed winterisation kit facilitates better living conditions not only immediately after the disaster but as well in the long term, as adequate emergency shelters offer more time for a better reconstruction.
Emergency Shelters for Humanitarian Aid after Natural Disasters
Every year hundreds of thousands of people become homeless due to natural disasters and are consequently in need of temporary accommodation until they can return to their reconstructed homes. Immediately after a disaster this temporary accommodation is provided by emergency shelters. In developing countries these emergency shelters are often family tents which, especially in cold climate disaster regions, however do not provide adequate shelter. An example of this is the Pakistan earthquake in 2005 where no appropriate winterised tents were available and thermal comfort could not be gained, given the extremely cold winter conditions. Aiming to improve this situation the present work researches in detail the possibilities of a floor and roof insulation as well as the required bedding as parts of a winterisation kit. The very specific problem of tent winterisation fits in the much broarder overall topic of this work, i.e. the risk management of post-disaster homelessness. Using the data of past disasters, the spread of homelessness for different disaster types and regions was analysed. Furthermore, a risk index for homelessness due to earthquakes was developed and the significant influence of the socio-economic boundary conditions on the post-disaster sheltering situation was identified. In its second part the work responds to the pressing need for the winterisation of family tents by presenting a number of different options for a floor insulation. The use of infrared reflective materials for the floor as well as for the roof insulation proved to be very promising. Finally, due to the lack of any guidance on the required disaster relief bedding in cold regions, a model for the determination of thermal comfort during sleeping was developed. Concluding, the developed winterisation kit facilitates better living conditions not only immediately after the disaster but as well in the long term, as adequate emergency shelters offer more time for a better reconstruction.
Emergency Shelters for Humanitarian Aid after Natural Disasters
Notunterkünfte zur humanitären Hilfe nach Naturkatastrophen
Becker, Nicole (author) / Universitätsbibliothek Braunschweig (host institution) / Burkhardt, Berthold (tutor)
2008
Miscellaneous
Electronic Resource
English
DDC:
721
Emergency shelters for humanitarian aid after natural disasters
| UB Braunschweig | 2008
Emergency shelters for humanitarian aid after natural disasters
| UB Braunschweig | 2009
EVALUATING STRUCTURAL RESILIENCY OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS AS EMERGENCY SHELTERS IN NATURAL DISASTERS
| TIBKAT | 2023