Permanent shelter
Practical Action
What Practical Action Has Provided
Participatory approaches to housing, infrastructure and service design.
Proven, cost effective technology option for infrastructure & services, e.g.
Community managed gravel roads.
Guidance on the type of housing & infrastructure to built, based on
available resources
Obtaining the expertise of:
o National Water Supply & Drainage Board
o Regional Road Development Authorities
o Ceylon Electricity Board (on the Lanka Electricity Company)
o Central Environmental Authority
o Provide on-the–job training on cost effective construction methods.
Additional Information Resources
The following information resources, not specifically connected to reconstruction in Sri Lanka,
would also be informative for post-disaster reconstruction;
EPC (Environmental Planning Collaborative) / TCG International / FIRE-D (Indo-US
Financial Institutions Reform and Expansion) Project, Participatory Planning Guide for
Post-disaster Reconstruction, January 2004, (case studies of reconstruction following
2001 Gujarat earthquake in India covering planning and experiences)
OCHA (Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs) / Shelter Centre / DFID
(Department for International Development), Transitional Settlement and Reconstruction
after Natural Disasters (Field Edition), United Nations, 2008,
Twigg J, Good Practice Review — Disaster risk reduction mitigation and preparedness in
development and emergency programming, Humanitarian Policy Group Network Paper
Number 9, Overseas Development Institute, London, March 2004,
ALNAP (Active Learning Network for Accountability and Performance in Humanitarian
Action), Participation by Crisis-affected Populations in Humanitarian Action, A
handbook for practitioners, Overseas Development Institute, London, 2003,
Benson C & Twigg J, Tools for Mainstreaming Disaster Risk Reduction: Guidance notes
for development organisations, Provention Consortium, Geneva, January 2007,
Risk and Disaster Management Unit, Guidelines for Operational Programme Formulation
in Post Disaster Situations: A resource guide, UN-Habitat, Nairobi, 2001,
Practical Action, South Asia, Guidelines for Planning in the Re-building Process –
Resource pack, January, 2004,
Wates N, The Community Planning Handbook: How people can shape their cities, towns
and villages in any part of the world, Earthscan Ltd, 2000.
Kumar S, Methods for Community Participation: A complete guide for practitioners,
Practical Action Publishing, UK, 2002
Earthquake-Resistant Housing, Practical Action Technical Brief
Building Back Better T Schilderman et al Practical Action Publishing
Disaster Risk Management and Reconstruction in Latin America Montoro & Ferradas,
Practical Action Publishing, 2012
The Sphere Handbook SPHERE/ Practical Action Publishing, 2011
Additional resource materials on reconstruction can be found in the online library of the Shelter
Centre:
Shelter Centre
Villa Grand-Montfluery
Chemin du Grand-Montfleury 48
1290 Versoix
Switzerland
Tel; +41 22 755 3777/ Fax; +41 22 755 3779
Email: info@sheltercentre.org
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