Where to Go? Strategic Modelling of Access to Emergency Shelters in Mozambique

Bibliographic Data

ID5161053
AuthorsM Gall (0000-0002-9344-6727, University of South Carolina, corresponding author)
Year2004
Volume28
Issue1
Pages82-97
Publication date2004-03-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueDisasters (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0361-3666 • E-ISSN: 1467-7717
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.0361-3666.2004.00244.x
PMID15016107
OpenAlexW2126049323
LanguageEN
Citations received9
References cited13

This paper, through spatial-analysis techniques, examines the accessibility of emergency shelters for vulnerable populations, and outlines the benefits of an extended and permanently established shelter network in central Mozambique. The raster-based modelling approach considers data on land cover, locations of accommodation centres in 2000, settlements and infrastructure. The shelter analysis is a two-step process determining access for vulnerable communities first, followed by a suitability analysis for additional emergency shelter sites. The results indicate the need for both retrofitting existing infrastructure (schools, health posts) to function as shelters during an emergency, and constructing new facilities - at best multi-purpose facilities that can serve as social infrastructure and shelter. Besides assessing the current situation in terms of availability and accessibility of emergency shelters, this paper provides an example of evaluating the effectiveness of humanitarian assistance without conventional mechanisms like food tonnage and number of beneficiaries

Business · Economic growth · Emergency management · Environmental planning · Geography · Human settlement · Retrofitting · Transport engineering · Climate Change, Adaptation, Migration · Disaster Management and Resilience · Engineering · Urban and Rural Development Challenges