Jamaica award AID/OTR-C-1829 · 1981 · housing, urban and municipal infrastructure · Planning and Development Collaborative International, Inc. (PADCO)

Following a disaster, A.I.D. often provides housing both to meet victims' immediate shelter needs and to create a base from which to reconstruct permanent housing. This manual for A.I.D and host country disaster assistance and housing officials focuses on expeditious planning and implementation of conventional, contractor-built, low- and middle-income, transitional housing. Emphasis is placed on A.I.D.'s potential contribution and lessons learned from past experience in the following areas: (1) disaster assessment; (2) operational responsibility; (3) project beneficiaries; (4) project timing; (5) environmental considerations; (6) land ownership and financing; (7) site, selection, location, layout, and access; (8) phased occupancy and implementation of infrastructure; (9) safe housing program components; (10) cyclone-, flood-, and earthquake-resistant design; and (11) project management and evaluation. A.I.D. can make the greatest contribution in the areas of supply procurement, quality control, project oversight, training, site preparation, and information sharing and by assisting the disaster victims prior to project start-up. In conclusion, the author cautions that contractor-

Source: DEC abstract, PN-AAJ-399 (1981). The source's own text.