Transitional settlement and reconstruction after natural disasters (Field Edition)

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These guidelines, Transitional Settlement and Reconstruction After Natural Disasters, are the first revision of the key publication Shelter After Disaster: Guidelines for Assistance, published in 1982 by UNDRO (now UN/OCHA), this field edition has been developed to be used for extensive field testing over the following months.

The transitional settlement and reconstruction principles are:

  1. Support the affected community
  2. Coordinate and promote a strategy for response
  3. Maintain continuous assessment of risk, damage, needs and resources
  4. Avoid relocation or resettlement unless it is essential for reasons of safety
  5. Minimise duration and distance, when displacement is essential
  6. Support settlement and reconstruction for all those affected
  7. Ensure rights and secure tenure for all those affected
  8. Support the affected population in making informed choices
  9. Ensure that vulnerability to disasters is not rebuilt
  10. Undertake contingency planning
Publisher: 
Shelter Centre
Publisher: 
Department for International Development
Publisher: 
United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
Author: 
Corsellis, Tom
Author: 
Vitale, Antonella
Date: 
2008
Pages: 
324
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