NOVel Approach for Vital Infrastructure post DisAster
A paradigm shift in how post-disaster reconstruction processes occur will happen when community wellbeing and infrastructure deployment are equally considered. This research, co-designed with international stakeholders, evaluates post-disaster management cases in three cities in Ecuador, to create new bottom-up community-led frameworks for infrastructures development.
fieldworks
post-disaster resettlements
Acuarela II
The resettlement of Acuarela II is located in the south-east of Bahía de Caráquez and hosts approximately 170 families. The entire resettlements includes the 4d housing typology
Maria Enriqueta Orrantia
The resettlement of Maria Enriqueta Orrantia is located in the south of Bahía de Caráquez and hosts approximately 50 families. The entire resettlement was built by a local priest congregation and includes House on stilts
San Alejo
The resettlement of San Alejo is situated in the north-west of Portoviejo and hosts approximately 315 families. The most common housing typologies in this resettlement are the 4d and Single House
El Guabito
The resettlement of El Guabito is situated in the south-west of Portoviejo and hosts approximately 320 families. The entire resettlement includes the 4d housing typology
April 2016 | Earthquake in Ecuador
The earthquake emergency in numbers
7.8
moment magnitude
68000
households affected
12
resettlements built
2,716
houses built
Living in resettlements: an analysis of day-to-day experiences and challenges
The subsequent section provides insight views into the living conditions several years after constructing the resettlements in Manabí. It analyses key social transformations occurring over time, as well as the material adaptations of the built environment. Furthermore, the section discusses how the social and economic reproduction of the households was affected by specific conditions of the resettlements.
“It’s difficult for us, because only a dresser and a bed fit into a room. The girl is small now, and sleeps on a hammock, but she will need a bed for herself soon, and there is no room for any extra bed”
Inhabitant witness
“The house is too small for a family. There are six of us, me, my four daughters and my wife……and there are also families with six children, I have no idea how they can make it”
Inhabitant witness
“Before I installed the gypsum panels, the sun hit terribly. Even the fan was not blowing cold air but hot. However, when I open the window down there and the patio door, still very few air flows”
Inhabitant witness
NEWS
NOVA_VIDA RESEARCH PROJECT
The NOVA_VIDA team adopted a detailed dissemination and communication strategy in order to promote the research results
An important part of the NOVA_VIDA research project is the organisation of symposiums, workshop and seminaries
NOVA_VIDA research project brings together architectural engineering, material science, urban studies and computer science
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