| Title |
A Study on Spatial Characteristics of PostDisaster Interim Housing - Focusing on Asian Precedents of Natural Disasters |
| Authors |
김사라(Kim, sara) ; 남경숙(Nam, KyungSook) |
| DOI |
http://dx.doi.org/10.14774/JKIID.2015.24.5.108 |
| Keywords |
Disaster ; Temporary Shelter ; Spatial Characteristics ; Environmental Factors |
| Abstract |
This study intends to research the spatial characteristics of Asian interim housing that accommodates sufferers pro tempore after disasters. The scope of this research covers the interim spaces used for housing people after natural disasters that occurred in Asia for the past fifteen years. Within this scope, literature review was conducted as the basis to derive the characteristics and environmental elements of interim housing, which provided the criteria to compare and evaluate cases of interim housing along with characteristic elements required of interim housing found in previous studies. According to literature review, interim housing can be classified by lifespan, region, economy, climate, type, number of household, square measure, residential cost, structure/material, and service life. Within the scope of the present research, literature review showed a total of twentyeight cases of interim housing in fifteen countries revealing a high rate of disaster occurrence in the subtropic and tropic climate of Southeast Asia. A great percentage of interim housing was used for longterm stay of over a year. The structure of interim housing varied from lightweight steel, wooden, masonry, membrane, to traditional structure and the type were divided into temporary shelter, transitional housing, temporary housing, and permanent housing. Followed by literature review, the characteristics required of postdisaster interim housing were analyzed based on previous research and case studies. The characteristics of interim housing can be divided into environmental, technological, and sociocultural ones. Subcharacterical items according to such division include amenity, health, surroundings, structure, convenience, ecofriendliness, safety, communication, and locality. As a result of evaluation, most items met the required characteristics of interim housing, while technological characteristics such as structure and convenience varied with the types of interim housing and appeared even unnecessary in some cases. According to analysis, amenity is maintained through the structural and material characteristics of interim housing and is also facilitated by increasing number of infrastructure such as educational, sanitary, and convenience facilities provided by the governmental and organizational bodies. It is expected that this study will be utilized as preliminary data for followup studies that improve the environment of postdisaster interim housing suitable for domestic circumstances in environmental, technological, and sociocultural respects. |