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Book SynopsisDelve deep into the complex issues surrounding humanitarian design Ground Rules in Humanitarian Design establishes essential foundations for thinking about humanitarian design and its role in global change. Outlining a vital framework for designing for impoverished and disaster-stricken communities, this informative guide explores the integration of culture, art, architecture, economy, ecology, health, and education. Experts on land, health, water, housing, education, and planning weigh in with best practices and critical considerations during the design process, and discussion of the environmental considerations and local materials/skills will broaden your understanding of this nuanced specialty. Richly illustrated, this guide combines graphic documentation of projects, maps, and data-tracking developments from Asia, Africa, and the Americas to underscore the complexities of this emerging and evolving field.
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Table of Contents
8 Introduction
Ground Rules for Humanitarian Design
18 Part 1 – Histories of Humanitarian Design and Aid
20 Humanitarian Design
Notes for a Definition
Christian Hubert and Ioanna Theocharopoulou
36 Fifty Years of the Community-Led Incremental Development
Paradigm for Urban Housing and Place-Making
John FC Turner and Patrick Wakely
56 Part 2 – Land
58 Real Estate and Property Rights in Humanitarian Design
Jesse M Keenan
70 Remediating Ecocide
Alice Min Soo Chun
86 Part 3 – Crisis in Health and Culture
88 Crisis Architecture
Conflict, Cultures of Displacement and Crisis-forms
J Yolande Daniels
98 Emergency Medical Structures
Sabrina Plum
110 Part 4 – Water and Sanitation
112 Fluid Matters
On Water and Design
Elizabeth Parker
124 Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Interventions
Household Water Treatment and Safe Storage to Reduce the Burden of Diarrhoeal Disease in Developing Countries
Daniele Lantagne
134 Part 5 – Ecology and Humanitarian Design
136 Architectures of Eco-Literacy
Eric Höweler and J Meejin Yoon
142 Circling Research with Design
NLÉ’s African Water Cities Project and Prototype Floating School for Makoko
Kunlé Adeyemi
148 Part 6 – Local Materials and Local Skills
150 Intelligent Materials and Technology
Alice Min Soo Chun
168 One City
Merritt Bulcholz
176 Part 7 – Shelter and Housing
178 Missing Scales
Deborah Gans
192 reCOVER
Emergency Shelter Interventions
Anselmo G Canfora
210 Part 8 – Education and Practice
212 Humanitarian Architecture Is Hip. Now What?
Eric Cesal
218 Reading Codes Is a Whole New World
Grainne Hassett
238 Part 9 – Architecture, Planning and Politics
240 Delmas 32
A Post-Disaster Planning Experience in Haiti
Sabine Malebranche
250 Building On, Over, With
Postcolonialism and Humanitarian Design
Irene E Brisson
258 Select Bibliography
259 Index
