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Building Resilience through Housing Reconstruction in Areas Affected by Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines: Users Involvement and Incremental Growth for Medium-rise Buildings

Arroyo, Ivette LU (2015) p.67-93
Abstract
The paper discusses how families affected by Typhoon Haiyan have been involved in housing reconstruction in the Philippines and the potential for the use of medium-rise buildings. Case study methodology was conducted based on data collected three months after Typhoon Haiyan. Reconstruction projects show different degrees of users involvement such as “reparation of previous makeshift shelter,”“shelter as humanitarian assistance,”“expanding people’s opportunities to rebuild,”“users as unskilled labor,” and finally “enhancing users self-construction and self-management capabilities.”“Freedom to rebuild,” a capability approach framework to evaluate users involvement and resilience in postdisaster housing reconstruction, has been developed and... (More)
The paper discusses how families affected by Typhoon Haiyan have been involved in housing reconstruction in the Philippines and the potential for the use of medium-rise buildings. Case study methodology was conducted based on data collected three months after Typhoon Haiyan. Reconstruction projects show different degrees of users involvement such as “reparation of previous makeshift shelter,”“shelter as humanitarian assistance,”“expanding people’s opportunities to rebuild,”“users as unskilled labor,” and finally “enhancing users self-construction and self-management capabilities.”“Freedom to rebuild,” a capability approach framework to evaluate users involvement and resilience in postdisaster housing reconstruction, has been developed and applied to a project in Ormoc, Leyte. (Less)
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subject
keywords
housing reconstruction, user involvement, resilience, typhoon Haiyan, Philippines
host publication
Urban Opportunities: Perspectives on Climate Change, Resilience, Inclusion, and the Informal Economy. A New Generation of Ideas.
editor
Garland, Allison M.
pages
67 - 93
publisher
Wilson Center
language
English
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yes
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267fa1dc-b135-4817-ad43-ab9b4f1c7185
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https://www.wilsoncenter.org/sites/default/files/media/documents/event/Urban%20Opportunities.pdf#page=73
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2019-10-20 22:00:06
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2023-11-14 15:48:40
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  abstract     = {{The paper discusses how families affected by Typhoon Haiyan have been involved in housing reconstruction in the Philippines and the potential for the use of medium-rise buildings. Case study methodology was conducted based on data collected three months after Typhoon Haiyan. Reconstruction projects show different degrees of users involvement such as “reparation of previous makeshift shelter,”“shelter as humanitarian assistance,”“expanding people’s opportunities to rebuild,”“users as unskilled labor,” and finally “enhancing users self-construction and self-management capabilities.”“Freedom to rebuild,” a capability approach framework to evaluate users involvement and resilience in postdisaster housing reconstruction, has been developed and applied to a project in Ormoc, Leyte.}},
  author       = {{Arroyo, Ivette}},
  booktitle    = {{Urban Opportunities: Perspectives on Climate Change, Resilience, Inclusion, and the Informal Economy. A New Generation of Ideas.}},
  editor       = {{Garland, Allison M.}},
  keywords     = {{housing reconstruction; user involvement; resilience; typhoon Haiyan; Philippines}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  pages        = {{67--93}},
  publisher    = {{Wilson Center}},
  title        = {{Building Resilience through Housing Reconstruction in Areas Affected by Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines: Users Involvement and Incremental Growth for Medium-rise Buildings}},
  url          = {{https://www.wilsoncenter.org/sites/default/files/media/documents/event/Urban%20Opportunities.pdf#page=73}},
  year         = {{2015}},
}