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Showing 1 to 9 of 9 for “"emergency housing"”.
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One size does not fit all : innovation in emergency housing with a focus on Nepal 2015
… or 't-shelters', exist to provide semi-permanent housing. Many t-shelter designs do not cater to all the needs of their inhabitants and are only functional in the short term, often leaving many people relying on t-shelters for housing in an unsafe and unsanitary environment. This thesis addresses …
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It’s the Journey: The Developmental and Attachment Implications of Animal Assisted Play Therapy(TM) for Children in Emergency Housing
BACKGROUND: Child homelessness is correlated with a wide range of health and psychosocial challenges including poor school performance, juvenile justice involvement, and heightened risk of exposure to early-life violence and trauma. Despite this, participation in therapy tends to be low. Animal …
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Moving towards a strategy for the sustainable delivery of emergency housing and temporary residential accommodation in the City of Cape Town
… was to come up with a new strategy to address emergency response in the form of settlement provision for those affected by disasters. It was further discovered that there needs to be a more sustainable approach that would reduce risk accumulation in informal settlements in a proactive manner in …
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Rethinking emergency habitats for refugees : balancing material innovation and culture
This thesis propose an alternative approach to emergency housing for Colombian refugees, helping development agencies put the displaced community on the road to permanent housing. An environmentally friendly 'smart' material is proposed, based on case studies, material tests, experiments and …
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Land use planning innovations in the midst of a 'Migration Crisis' : developing a spatial definition of refugee integration
… A case study of state-provided refugee housing in Hamburg, Germany identifies innovations at the federal and state levels that outline a new model of how urban planning can contribute to refugee housing policy. This research provides an alternative to leading refugee housing models and …
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Mapping Ruling Relations Through Homelessness Organizing
… to a social assistance benefit for people in emergency housing need, and a campaign to increase the number and improve the conditions of emergency shelter beds. My research demonstrates the active and ongoing research and theorization that anti-poverty activists engage in as well as the …
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Supporting Emergency Shelter Staff: The Co-Design and Deployment of a Human-Centred Data-Navigation Interface
… co-design study with frontline staff at an emergency housing shelter in Canada: The Calgary Drop-In Centre. The homelessness sector encounters high rates of staff turnover due to mental health issues. If these issues interrupt important frontline work, vulnerable clients could miss the …
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Creating a workflow that aims to respond to the unique needs of young people in Emergency Supports in Aotearoa New Zealand
… and improve outcomes for young people requiring Emergency Support in Aotearoa, New Zealand. Emergency Support is the term used for taking young people from their place of living into an emergency place – this is often a motel or hotel. A more fulsome explanation of this is provided in the …