... throughout the year. Storm surges in this region are well known for their destructive potential due to strong winds and heavy rainfall. This paper describes our participatory action research (PAR) journey towards strengthening grassroots action by providing access to safe and affordable housing for cyclone...

... were collected from six communities that received no external housing assistance, analyzing surveys from 220 households, 13 carpenters, 20 key actors coordinating reconstruction or recovery efforts, as well as 12 focus group discussions. Findings This research argues for a stronger role...

... and landlessness (Hall, 1994 ; Cernea, 1997 ; Usamah and Haynes, 2012). The success of post-disaster resettlement does not solely depend on reconstructing housing for affected people, but how it is done (Oliver-Smith, 1991). Therein lies the need for community participation in the resettlement process...

... the needs of vulnerable poor communities. Findings on conditions and challenges are based on practical experience, from family/village level to provincial/national administration, in promoting safe housing and safer communities and in evaluating the barriers for extending and sharing such practices...

...Murat Tas; Nilufer Tas; Nilay Cosgun Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine production of permanent housing in Turkey after the 1999 Marmara earthquake in terms of planning, design, and construction, and to identify problems that were faced. Earthquake survivors face many problems...

...) practices will encourage continuous improvement, distribute best practices, quick response to beneficiaries, share valuable tacit knowledge, reduce rework, improve competitiveness and innovations, and reduce complexities in post‐disaster housing reconstruction. Therefore, this research aims to study...

...E.L. Quarantelli The terms “sheltering” and “housing” are used in a variety of unclear and inconsistent ways in the disaster literature. Proposes a differentiation among emergency sheltering,temporary sheltering, temporary housing and permanent housing. Indicates how they are paid differential...