Development and Use of a Comprehensive Humanitarian Assessment Tool in Post-earthquake Haiti | Zendy

M.A. Zissman | Zendy; Justin Evans | Zendy; Kathryn Holcomb | Zendy; Douglas A. Jones | Zendy; M.R. Kercher | Zendy; Jeremy Mineweaser | Zendy; A. C. Schiff | Zendy; M. M. Shattuck | Zendy; E. L. Gralla | Zendy; Jarrod Goentzel | Zendy; COL C. Heatherly | Zendy; COL J. Czarnik | Zendy; M. Rodgers | Zendy; M. Wooten | Zendy; Michael Brennan | Zendy; Ondrej Mach | Zendy; A. Cleaves | Zendy; Michael Hartnett | Zendy; Gregory L. Simon | Zendy; Louise C. Ivers | Zendy

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Development and Use of a Comprehensive Humanitarian Assessment Tool in Post-earthquake Haiti

Author(s) -

M.A. Zissman,

Justin Evans,

Kathryn Holcomb,

Douglas A. Jones,

M.R. Kercher,

Jeremy Mineweaser,

A. C. Schiff,

M. M. Shattuck,

E. L. Gralla,

Jarrod Goentzel,

COL C. Heatherly,

COL J. Czarnik,

M. Rodgers,

M. Wooten,

Michael Brennan,

Ondrej Mach,

A. Cleaves,

Michael Hartnett,

Gregory L. Simon,

Louise C. Ivers

Publication year - 2014

Publication title -

procedia engineering

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.32

H-Index - 74

ISSN - 1877-7058

DOI - 10.1016/j.proeng.2014.07.033

Subject(s) - human settlement , data collection , government (linguistics) , humanitarian aid , task (project management) , political science , engineering , environmental planning , geography , sociology , law , social science , linguistics , philosophy , systems engineering , waste management

This paper describes a comprehensive humanitarian assessment tool designed and used following the January 2010 Haiti earthquake. The tool was developed under Joint Task Force – Haiti coordination using indicators of humanitarian needs to support decision making by the United States Government, agencies of the United Nations, and various non-governmental organizations. A set of questions and data collection methodology were developed by a collaborative process involving a broad segment of the Haiti humanitarian relief community and used to conduct surveys in internally displaced person settlements and surrounding communities for a four-month period starting on 15 March 2010. Key considerations in the development of the assessment tool and data collection methodology, representative analysis results, and observations from the operational use of the tool for decision making are reported. The paper concludes with lessons learned and recommendations for design and use of similar tools in the future

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