Gimme shelter : tsunami mitigation as part of a permanent shelter programme for Aceh, north Sumatra
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Potangaroa, Regan
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2006
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Conference Contribution - Paper in Published Proceedings
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tsunamis
permanent shelters
safety
mitigation
permanent shelters
safety
mitigation
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Potangaroa, R. T. (2006). Gimme shelter: Tsunami mitigation as part of a permanent shelter programme for Aceh, north Sumatra. In Proceedings of the 3rd International i-Rec International Conference (CD Rom ed.), i-Rec.
Abstract
The resulting housing solutions developed for permanent shelter as part of aid packages and reconstruction often belie the complexity of their resolution. This paper briefly outlines the often hidden subtleties in such designs and in
particular the complexity that “mitigation” can require. Mitigation is the accepted “notion” that any reconstruction should address former issues by reducing those perceived problems and issues. The hope is that they can be completed
eliminated so that the disaster does not happen again. This may not always be achievable.
The development of a permanent shelter reconstruction program for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) for tsunami victims on the west Coast of Aceh, North Sumatra is documented. And in this program the
obvious mitigation need was for “tsunami proofing” of housing. Drawing on the tsunami report by Wilkinson, the paper highlights the process, design and planning considered as part of this mitigation and the practicalities of “balancing” the wishes of people to return home to sites ravaged by the tsunami against the responsibility to ensure “safe” housing (Wilkinson, 2005). The starkness of the engineering “numbers” against the social costs is compelling
and the paper highlights in practical terms the difficulties sometimes faced to reduce and thus “mitigate”.
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Regan Potangaroa
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