Capacity Building Lessons from a Decade of Transitional Settlement and Shelter

• Authors: Esteban Leon , Ilan Kelman , James Kennedy , Joseph Ashmore

Title variants

LT

Per dešimt metų išmoktos potencialo didinimo pamokos aprūpinant laikinosiomis gyvenamosiomis vietomis ir suteikiant prieglaudą

Abstracts

EN

This paper examines 23 recent case studies of post-disaster settlement and shelter across Africa, Asia, and Latin America to provide examples of implementing transitional settlement and shelter as a process and how to build more capacity for such programmes. The case studies are examined by using a four-part framework: (i) Safety, security, and livelihoods; (ii) the question "Transition to what?" in order to understand better how to connect post-disaster programmes to permanent communities and housing; (iii) fairness and equity; and (iv) connecting relief and development, which also explores root causes of vulnerability. The main lessons identify six specific activities that should be highlighted for capacity building in transitional settlement and shelter: site selection, good governance, participatory and consultative processes, land ownership, logistics, and monitoring and evaluation.

LT

Šiame darbe analizuojami 23 neseniai atliktų nelaimės ištiktų žmonių apgyvendinimo ir prieglaudų jiems suteikimo Afrikoje, Azijoje ir Lotynų Amerikoje tyrimų rezultatai, pateikiami efektyvaus aprūpinimo laikinosiomis gyvenamosiomis vietomis ir prieglaudomis programų įgyvendinimo pavyzdžiai, patariama, kaip didinti šių programų potencialą. Tyrimų rezultatai nagrinėjami remiantis keturių dalių struktūra: 1) saugumas, apsauga ir pragyvenimo šaltinis; 2) klausimas "Jei laikinas, tai kas po to?", siekis ištikus nelaimei vykdomas apgyvendinimo programas susieti su pastoviomis bendruomenėmis ir nuolatiniu būstu; 3) teisingumas ir lygybė; 4) paramos ir plėtros sąsaja, pagrindinės pažeidžiamumo priežastys. Išskiriamos šešios konkrečios veiklos rūšys, kurias reikėtų akcentuoti didinat aprūpinimo laikinosiomis gyvenamosiomis vietomis ir prieglaudų suteikimo potencialą: vietos parinkimas, geras valdymas, dalyvavimo ir konsultavimo procesai, žemės nuosavybė, logistika, stebėjimas bei vertinimas.

Keywords

EN

Capacity building; Process approach; Transitional settlement and shelter

• Publisher: Sciendo
• Journal: International Journal of Strategic Property Management
• Year: 2009
• Volume: 13
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 247-265

Contributors

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Esteban Leon

• UN-HABITAT Geneva Office, 7, Ch. de Balexert, 1219 Chatelaine, Geneva, Switzerland

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Ilan Kelman

• Center for International Climate and Environmental Research - Oslo (CICERO), P.O. Box 1129, Blindern, N-0318 Oslo, Norway

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James Kennedy

• Avenue des Villas 23, B-1060 Brussels, Belgium

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Joseph Ashmore

• 30 Carlyle Street Brighton, England, BN2 9XW, UK

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Identifiers

DOI

10.3846/1648-715X.2009.13.247-265