Management of Temporary Housing for Disaster Victims in Developing Countries

Once incidents occur, the first step for amending the position happened is the emergency access to a secure shelter for survivors. In this respect, temporary houses are necessary for recovering post-disaster survivors to bring them to a better living condition. Unfortunately, in developing countries due to the lack of protecting shelters of the incident, the amount of losses is great. Therefore, the major destination of this paper is to provide a logical managing schedule to respond the victims’ need of shelter in developing countries. In this regard, the strategies carried out by two known companies which manage temporary housing after disasters: FEMA in USA (developed country) and TOKI in TURKEY (developing country) have been investigated to discuss the failure and strength points of both. Finally, a revisal program for temporary housing in developing countries has been proposed which can be more reliable and applicable in disaster conditions.

Keywords:

Disaster , Developing Countries , TOKI , FEMA , Temporary Housing