Planning for temporary housing - Rebuilding After Disasters: From Emergency to Sustainability - page 76

￿ Emergency shelters: tents, both canvas and winterised types, were pro-

vided in the early days after the earthquake and were set up in camps
and along roadways.

￿ Planning for temporary housing began shortly after the August earth-

quake, and while the first units were made available within a couple of
months, construction of temporary housing continued for several months,
finishing in the summer of 2000. In total, 40,621 temporary housing
units had been built, 9282 by NGOs and 31,339 by the government.

￿ The temporary housing was followed by an extensive government-initiated

permanent housing programme, lasting over five years, which rehoused
some 43,000 families in a range of different accommodations through a
variety of procurement strategies. In addition to this, NGOs, community
groups and individual families also built permanent housing.

start

wait for next
catastrophe

no

can we make a strategic
plan in advance ?

?

yes

strategic planning taking account of:
possible types of housing,
degree of vulnerability,
politico-socio-cultural environment,
climate (weather),
long-term housing policies,
possible approaches to procurement,
coherence of short-, medium-,
long-term plans,
availability of sites for construction.

do
strategic
planning

no

is the strategy
satisfactory ?

?

yes

keep strategy
on hold

catastrophe

no

do stop-gap
tactical
planning

was a strategic plan made ?

?

yes

should the strategy
be adapted because
of the actual conditions?

update
strategic
plan at
tactical level

ye s

no

?

?

is the strategy
satisfactory ?

yes

no

procurement according
to plan

Figure 4.3 Strategic planning for temporary housing is better done before the
catastrophe strikes (adapted from Johnson 11 ).