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- Summary:
- This document outlines lessons learned from the shelter intervention following Cyclone Nargis’ impact along the Myanmar coast on 2-3 May, 2008. It assesses the success of the post-Nargis shelter intervention, while identifying remaining gaps and opportunities for further improvement in the shelter sector. Cyclone Nargis resulted in massive human costs, with nearly 140 thousand people either killed or missing, and another estimated 2.4 million severely affected throughout the country’s 37 townships. The study employs four research tools to assess the post-Nargis shelter intervention in Myanmar: (i) desktop research on key documents to understand different aspects of the shelter programme, (ii) key respondent interviews to capture the top level management’s views on the programme, (iii) agency-level interviews to determine their actual experience of implementing the shelter projects, and (iv) household (HH) surveys to draw feedback from the users of newly designed-resilient shelters (p.21). In employing the four research tools, the study pays attention to thirteen subheadings: (1) planning, (2) design, (3) implementation, (4) quality of construction, (5) cost, (6) capacity building, (7) maintenance, (8) water, sanitation & electricity, (9) communication and information, (10) impacts and effects, (11) sustainability, (12) funding, (13) administrative and management (p.32). The last part of the document provides various recommendations for each of the thirteen areas of concern (p.124-37). The recommendations are based on assessments of the shelter programme, and provide a very detailed roadmap to enhancing the quality of shelter interventions. In addition, the study underlines several remaining issues: (i) more money is needed to create disaster resilient shelters, (ii) 62 percent of HHs reside in non-resilient shelters, and they need funding for retrofitting, (iii) shelters should be recognized as critical livelihood drivers, and (iv) it is essential that building codes are updated (p.13). ( English )
- Subject:
- Disaster Risk Reduction ( English )
- Citation/Reference:
- (2011). Lessons learned and way forward for resilient shelter interventions in rural Myanmar. Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, UN International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UNISDR), UN Human Settlements Programme (UN-HABITAT).
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- Source Institution:
- Florida International University
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- Refer to main document/publisher for use rights.
- Resource Identifier:
- FI13022749
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