Emergency Shelter Topologies: Locating Humanitarian Space in Mobile and Material Practice

Food and Shelter Standards in Humanitarian Action

The number of disasters, both natural as well as man-made, has been increasing in frequency in the recent years. This leads to short as well as long-term effects on food security and shelter, requiring humanitarian assistance. This article aims to identify the principles and standards that are applicable to food and shelter related aid that needs to be provided by the co-operation of the local ...

Psycho-topologies: closing the circuit between psychic and material space

Open space suitability analysis for emergency shelter after an earthquake

In an emergency situation shelter space is crucial for people affected by natural hazards. Emergency planners in disaster relief and mass care can greatly benefit from a sound methodology that identifies suitable shelter areas and sites where shelter services need to be improved. A methodology to rank suitability of open spaces for contingency planning and placement of shelter in the immediate ...

Investigating the role of temporary and emergency shelter locating in green spaces and playground on children mental resilience, Case study:the 1396 Kermanshah earthquake

Background and objectives: disasters lead to the experience of trauma in the children. On average, one in three children with trauma, one of them has symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder. Therefore, planning and managing the transition from crisis to normal conditions during the temporary and emergency sheltering phase is important as a starting point for recovery. The present study deals...

Locating emergency responders using mobile wireless sensor networks

Emergency response in disaster management using wireless sensor networks has recently become an interest of many researchers in the world. This interest comes from the growing number of disasters and crisis (natural or man-made) affecting millions of lives and the easy-use of new and cheap technologies. This paper details another application of WSN in the post disaster scenario and comes up wit...