This literature review contains a list of references to publications and case studies relevant to the shelter component of humanitarian response following disasters. Literature was selected from the Shelter Centre online databse that contained the terms 'Coordination', 'Strategy', 'Assessment' or, 'Implementation' in the title or abstract. The abstracts of these documents were then inspected to ascertain their relevance to humanitarian shelter responses.
The Introduction to this literature review provides an overview of shelter concepts, and presents the seven major strategic documents, guidelines and toolkits relating to shelter and disaster. The remainder of the document is organised into 4 chapters: Coordination, Strategy, Assessment, and implementation. Each of these chapters is structured in the same way:
► the overview section at the start of each chapter gives a brief introduction to the topic and explains the key issues to be considered. The information provided is adopted from 'Shelter after disaster: transitional settlement and reconstruction';
► relevant literature sources are then presented, with the main reference documents being listed before illustrative case studies;
► the document references are further organised chronologically and then alphabetically;
► each reference is number, and is presented by its title, author(s) and/or publisher(s), brief summary as provided by author(s) in the original document, selection of key terms, and the link to the on-line version of the original document in Shelter Centre Online Library (www. sheltercentre.org/library);
► the summary section following each chapter highlights the main points, and gives an indication of the current thinking within the shelter sector of humanitarian assistance.
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