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Interim Housing Provision Following Earthquake Disaster

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Core housing; Housing; Recovery phase; Shelter; Transitional housing

Introduction

The provision of interim housing following an earthquake disaster is important because it is the first substantial community step away from the effects of a sudden and unexpected seismic event and back towards some “normality.”

It is defined as housing that is “short term that can be in place for 1 month to 2 years – preferably on sites close to the damaged housing. (To the extent that displaced residents can remain near their previous homes means that economic impacts are reduced.) Interim housing will be needed because those organizations “donating” temporary shelter space need to reclaim that space for its original uses as schools – community centers – churches – that serve the community.” (ABAG 2008).

The idea of “shelter in place” is important not only from a psychosocial perspective of those affected but moreover as part of the subsequent recovery and reconstruction. Shelter in place will...

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    Regan Potangaroa

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  1. Institute for Computer Science in Civil Engineering, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, University Hannover, Hannover, Germany

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  2. Department of Civil Engineering & Engineering Mechanics, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA

    Ioannis A. Kougioumtzoglou

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    Edoardo Patelli

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    Siu-Kui Au

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Potangaroa, R. (2015). Interim Housing Provision Following Earthquake Disaster. In: Beer, M., Kougioumtzoglou, I.A., Patelli, E., Au, SK. (eds) Encyclopedia of Earthquake Engineering. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-35344-4_350

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