Transitional shelter
Practical Action
Note on Dimensions Used
In Sri Lanka feet and inches are conventionally used for measurement and specification of
length and other size dimensions. All dimensions in this brief are given in these units and are
designated ‘ for feet (e.g. 7’), and “ for inches (e.g. 6”). There are 12 inches in one foot. For
approximate conversion to metric units, use the following metric equivalents:
One foot = 0.305 metres; one inch = 2.54 centimetres; one square foot = 0.0929 square
metres.
Further Information
• Permanent Shelter For Housing Infrastructure And Services Design - Planning
Process, Practical Action Technical Brief (South Asia)
• 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
• RecoverLanka – Post-tsunami relief, rehabilitation, reconstruction resources,
• GeoLanka Net - Post-tsunami relief, rehabilitation, reconstruction resources meeting
point,
• Learning from December 2004 Tsunami, by Ananda Mallawatantri, UNDP, Sri Lanka:
overview of the post-tsunami recovery process in Sri Lanka, presented at National
Earthquake Conference, Seattle, USA, 22-26 April, 2008,
• Mid-Year Review, Post Tsunami Recovery and Reconstruction, RADA, June 2006,
• Transitional Settlement Displaced Populations, by Tom Corsellis & Antonella Vitale,
Oxfam GB & University of Cambridge, 2005,
• Field Operations Guide for Disaster Assessment and Response, United States Agency
for International Development, Version 4.0, September 2005,
Additional resource materials on reconstruction can be found in the online library of the
Shelter Centre:
http://www.sheltercentre.org/library/
Shelter Centre
Villa Grand-Montfluery
Chemin du Grand-Montfleury 48
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