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SPACE ENCLOSURES FOR EMERGENCIES IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES *
Author(s) -
Hartkopf Volker H.,
Goodspeed Charles H.
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
disasters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.744
H-Index - 70
eISSN - 1467-7717
pISSN - 0361-3666
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-7717.1979.tb00183.x
Subject(s) - library science , citation , space (punctuation) , architecture , history , computer science , archaeology , operating system
The UN Center for Housing, Building, and Planning assesses that the world needs for construction of all kinds will exceed the total amount of building accomplished throughout all of human history (Slate, 1974). Particularly for people displaced by natural disasters (earthquakes, floods, typhoons and humcanes), wars, fues, political upheavals and slum clearance decisions, there is a pressing need for action. In developing countries, however, because of inadequate construction on many Levels, displacees moving in masses in destitute or nearly destitute conditions from traditional sites to new areas, receive low priorities. Generally they have no employment and very few possessions; they are truly at the bottom of the economic ladder. The provision of even minimal shelter for millions of displacees before a backdrop of widespread deficiences of food, health, shelter and education has become a seemingly insurmountable task. To make matters worse, new groups fleeing from new conflicts feed the refugee total faster than earlier groups can be taken care of (Slate, 1974). b i d e r (1979, pointing to the interrelated problems of inadequate shelters, hampered human development and lacking quality of life, sees potential improvement of the situation by research and development in the following three areas: