Learning Briefs | December 15, 2012
Learning From Urban Transitional Settlement Response in the Philippines
This publication documents CRS' experience in implementing an urban transitional settlement program in response to the destruction caused by Tropical Storm “Washi” in Cagayan de Oro in the Philippines. It offers reflections and a monologue of questions to ask oneself when faced with similar urban disasters to improve future transitional settlement and land programs, especially for those who do not have access to their own land.
CONTENTS
Urban transitional settlement program
Acquiring land for transitional settlements, step by step
City politics and administration
Identifying, selecting and prioritizing the affected
Transitional shelter design
Transitional WASH facilities
Camp management
Procurement, logistics and finance