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Defining flexible standards for post-disaster emergency sheltering
Post-disaster emergency-sheltering requires that various relief agencies and other actors with different backgrounds cooperate in a tremendously short amount of time and under very different circumstances. Lives depend on the quality of aid and, specifically, on the quality of sheltering. Standards play an important role in this hectic process. Currently, an international standard is being developed to help determine the sheltering requirements that are to be met. However, the proposed requirements are partly too generic or too restrictive for emergency situations. In this paper, we investigate in what manner sheltering requirements can be set that do not hamper innovation in sheltering. We develop a reference framework that meets the three key requirements for sheltering solutions: contextsensitivity, crisis-sensitivity and a performance-oriented approach. Application of the framework promises to increase innovation in and variety among shelter products, and, therefore, to support better tailored and more targeted shelter solutions.
Defining flexible standards for post-disaster emergency sheltering
Post-disaster emergency-sheltering requires that various relief agencies and other actors with different backgrounds cooperate in a tremendously short amount of time and under very different circumstances. Lives depend on the quality of aid and, specifically, on the quality of sheltering. Standards play an important role in this hectic process. Currently, an international standard is being developed to help determine the sheltering requirements that are to be met. However, the proposed requirements are partly too generic or too restrictive for emergency situations. In this paper, we investigate in what manner sheltering requirements can be set that do not hamper innovation in sheltering. We develop a reference framework that meets the three key requirements for sheltering solutions: contextsensitivity, crisis-sensitivity and a performance-oriented approach. Application of the framework promises to increase innovation in and variety among shelter products, and, therefore, to support better tailored and more targeted shelter solutions.
Defining flexible standards for post-disaster emergency sheltering
Definition flexibler Standards für Fluchtbauten nach Eintritt von Katastrophen
Tafahomi, Mahasti (author) / Egyedi, Tineke M. (author)
2008
9 Seiten, 3 Bilder, 25 Quellen
Conference paper
English
Multi-Functional Sheltering Facility for Tourism and Disaster Risk Reduction
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