DISTRIBUTED LOCATION PLANNING OF TEMPORARY HOUSING COMPLEX AND RESIDENTIAL SUSTAINABILITY FOR DISASTER VICTIMS

Mechanism for selecting the appropriate decision-making model for Temporary Post-Disaster Housing

Background and objective: Disaster, natural or else, are phenomena that occur suddenly and unknowingly, and therefore in most cases, it is difficult to deal with them in a principled and rapid manner. The main reason for this is that the duration of these phenomena is relatively short and it can be psychologically difficult to show a quick and appropriate reaction due to the existing fear. Ther...

Healthcare ICT for Temporary Housing Community in Disaster-Stricken Area

Various information and communication technology (ICT) applications have been introduced for use in disaster-stricken areas. Of these, those for healthcare purposes proved useful when used for continually monitoring health conditions and easily using medical and healthcare devices, such as sphygmomanometers, which are familiar to the public. Devices that were easy to understand and use were mor...

Spatial Decision Support for Subsidized Housing Location and Residential Mobility

A behavioral simulation model for metropolitan policy analysis and planning: residential location and housing market components of UrbanSim

The growing demand for better coordination of metropolitan land use and transportation planning has led to the need for new analytical tools to examine the potential impacts of land-use and transportation policies and investments. In this paper I report on the residential and market-clearing components of the recently developed UrbanSim land-use model, which is currently being implemented in Ha...

Victims of crime as victims of disaster.

The gross disparity between the routine attention paid to criminals and that paid to their victims led to the proposition that victims of major crime be treated as victims of disaster. The fresh appraisal might provide the impetus for appropriate services for them as a matter of social policy.