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BRIDGING THE GAP: POST-TSUNAMI TRANSITIONAL SETTLEMENT

Graham Saunders Catholic Relief Services. BRIDGING THE GAP: POST-TSUNAMI TRANSITIONAL SETTLEMENT. Post-tsunami transitional settlement. Review of transitional settlement response in Indonesia, Sri Lanka & India Identifying trends and issues. Context – Indonesia. >500,000 people displaced

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BRIDGING THE GAP: POST-TSUNAMI TRANSITIONAL SETTLEMENT

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  1. Graham Saunders Catholic Relief Services BRIDGING THE GAP: POST-TSUNAMI TRANSITIONAL SETTLEMENT

  2. Post-tsunami transitional settlement • Review of transitional settlement response in Indonesia, Sri Lanka & India • Identifying trends and issues

  3. Context – Indonesia • >500,000 people displaced • Extensive damage to coastal strip + 2-3km inland • >95% of buildings destroyed in affected areas • Limited road access to many areas • Conflict area, restricted access by Government & military • Very limited non-governmental settlement activity pre-tsunami

  4. Context – Sri Lanka • >500,000 people displaced • Extensive damage to coastal strip – 500m inland • >90% of buildings destroyed in affected areas • Road access to most areas • Conflict area with LTTE Government most affected • Progress on common response but problematic • Significant non-governmental settlement activity pre-tsunami in conflict areas

  5. Context – India • >150,000 people displaced • Irregular damage to coastal strip – 100-300m inland • Range of damage buildings in affected areas • Road access to all areas • Government declined external assistance • Policies by State Governments • Extensive non-governmental sector

  6. Transitional settlement – Indonesia • Large scale displacement • Government strategy - TLCs • Emergency shelter close to original sites • Restricted zone • Reluctant access given to NGOs • Support for ‘semi-permanent’ • Dilemma of ‘interim’ shelter • Government Masterplan – zoning & guidelines

  7. Transitional settlement – Sri Lanka • Decentralised Government – no immediate strategy • Emergency shelter response • NGO-led strategy development, adopted by Government • Transitional shelter progress to date – Govt & LTTE areas • Land & zoning dilemma • Mixed quality of the response • Governmental structures • TAFREN & progress to permanent

  8. Transitional settlement – India • State Governments mobilised response • Rapid move to transitional • Standardised community shelters • Support for alternative solutions e.g. renting • Creative transitional shelters • Close State oversight of actors • Zoning issues – being progressed • Rapid progress to permanent – separate State strategies

  9. Transitional settlement - trends & issues • Strategy development • Understanding of transitional • Individual versus collective • Land & zoning • Site planning • Environmental impact • Materials • Agency competencies • Governmental capacities

  10. Graham Saunders Catholic Relief Services BRIDGING THE GAP: POST-TSUNAMI TRANSITIONAL SETTLEMENT

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