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The Problem and Politics of Temporary Housing
Housing, Theory and Society, 2013AbstractThere has been wide acknowledgement of the relationship between inadequate housing and poor health; however, temporary housing has largely escaped attention. This paper takes a socio-spatial perspective of camping ground residence, reflecting on competing narratives of the meaning of these places.
Christina Anne Severinsen +1 more
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Diagnostic of Habitability of Emergency Temporary Housing in Peru
2019 IEEE 1st Sustainable Cities Latin America Conference (SCLA), 2019In Peru, emergency temporary housing (ETH) is currently facing environmental, social, and economic problems. From an environmental perspective, no studies have explored the habitability and internal comfort of these units or the impacts of the materials used.
Rondinel Oviedo, Daniel Ricardo +4 more
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Factors affecting the post-disaster temporary housing construction
Journal of Emergency Management, 2021Every year, around 14 million people become homeless worldwide due to natural disasters. Providing temporary housing for the affected people is considered a complex task as it is affected by numerous factors such as socioeconomic, logistics, and community characteristics of the region.
Mahdi, Afkhamiaghda +3 more
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Deployable temporary housing for emergencies
The Journal of ArchitectureMinisterio de Economía y Competitividad de España; BIA2016-79459 ...
Juan Pérez-Valcárcel +7 more
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Temporary Housing, Permanent Communities
Journal of Urban History, 2007The Puerto Rico Housing Authority was created in 1938 as a consequence of the 1937 U.S. Federal Housing Act. Increased migration to Puerto Rico's urban centers had resulted in overflowing slums. Public housing became the prime solution. In 1964, Luis Muñoz Marín, first Puerto Rican elected governor and the first governor under the formally defined ...
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Temporary Multi-storey Container House
IABSE Reports, 2014<p> The project was the design development and construction of multi-storey temporary housing units as part of the disaster relief effort following the 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami. Our objective of the project was to find and commission an affordable temporary housing solution that could be constructed rapidly to accommodate the residents ...
Shigeru Hikone, Masaki Tokubuchi
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The International Journal of Interdisciplinary Social and Community Studies
<p class="ql-align-justify">This study examines the housing challenges faced by international graduate students in Italy, drawing on ethnographic methods and the author’s personal experience as a form of autoethnography. Data were collected through field notes, informal interviews, and document analysis over a one-year period.
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<p class="ql-align-justify">This study examines the housing challenges faced by international graduate students in Italy, drawing on ethnographic methods and the author’s personal experience as a form of autoethnography. Data were collected through field notes, informal interviews, and document analysis over a one-year period.
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Temporary housing or permanent communities?
2016Although federal housing policy has largely shifted from government-operated, subsidized housing developments, some individuals remain in public housing for extended lengths of time. This dissertation analyzes the determinants of tenure among public housing residents between 1986 to 2011.
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Post-Disaster Sheltering, Temporary Housing and Permanent Housing Recovery
2017In the aftermath of disasters, reestablishing housing is fundamental for individual, household, and community level recovery. For many households, the process can be characterized as multi-staged from sheltering, to temporary housing, and finally permanent housing with some bouncing back and forth between sheltering and temporary housing.
Walter Gillis Peacock +3 more
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Social Housing. Research and Experimentation of Temporary Housing
2014The theme of urban and housing stock regeneration is today the focal point of a debate on which a large number of researchers and governments at national and international level are focused. In recent years the construction sector has focused primarily on energy efficiency during the construction and management phase, but scant attention has been paid ...
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