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The creation of temporary settlements, particularly for displaced persons, is a frequent one – but primarily for both governments and NGO’s seeking to create safe loci, with proper (albeit) minimal infrastructures and amenities, for a short period of time. The agencies that engage in this discourse are civil servants, engineers, and aid organizations. The newly homeless [...] January 25, 2010, 10:37 pm | Tags: Haiti, reconstruction, temporary settlements | | Comments are closed
© Logan Abassi/MINUSTAH via Getty Images Aid continues to arrive in post-quake Haiti, and survivors, without homes, are seeking shelter. Currently, the dislocated and dispersed survivors are living in temporary makeshift tents, in the still unstable urban core / epicenter. Efforts are now being made to transport the survivors into new, [...] January 22, 2010, 6:28 pm | Tags: aftermath, disaster, earthquake, Haiti, informal settlements, temporary settlements | | Comments are closed
And yes, I believe that this is on. infrastructures, defense + military installations, New Babylon, eco-logics, smooth space, abandoned industrial sites + brownfields, instantaneous communication, nomadism, The Marin Headlands, apocalypse / collapse. January 21, 2010, 12:08 am | | Comments are closed
Although this is my first post, I will save introduction / exegesis / confession / apology for another time. I wanted to jump right into the pool in response to today’s post on the future of the reconstruction of Haiti and design professionals. As a current Masters of Landscape Architecture candidate at the Harvard GSD, [...] January 20, 2010, 8:21 pm | Tags: aftermath, disaster, earthquake, Haiti, reconstuction | | Comments are closed
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