The enormous scale of the January 12th, 2010 earthquake in Haiti remains difficult to comprehend, even for those living in the country. Equally overwhelming are the effects it left behind, including more than 200, 000 deaths, an estimated 20 million cubic meters of debris; and, initially, the disruption of social and economic life throughout the country.
Many aspects of daily life are returning to normal, but characteristics of Haiti and of the event itself are making the recovery of housing and neighborhoods slow and challenging. Suchchallenges include:
the concentration of housing destruction in Port au Prince--a large, heavily-congested urban setting;
the fact that vast majority of the affected households have some of the lowest incomes in the world;
the reality that much of Haiti's housing stock is substandard (not just that portion damaged in the earthquake) and that the housing sector operates almost exclusively on an informal basis;
the need to mitigate multiple hazards in the reconstruction process that were not fully understood or well-managed in the past.
There is a strong commitment in Haiti to stand up to these challenges, and to use the reconstruction process to address factors that contributed to the severity of the earthquake's impact on housing and neighborhoods. Obviously, the reconstruction of Haiti involves more than the reconstruction of housing.
The IHRC has identified priority sectors as the following: education, health, agriculture, housing, debris removal, and disaster preparedness
The action plan drawn up by the government after the earthquake focused on four main areas:
Territorial rebuilding: Reconstruction of the devastated zones, the road network, regional development hubs and urban renovation, preparation for the hurricane season and regional planning and local development.
Economic rebuilding: Relaunch of national production, restoration of economic and financial circuits, access to electricity.
Social rebuilding: Health, food safety, nutrition, water, sanitation, highly labor-intensive activities.
Institutional rebuilding: Democratic institutions, restart of public administration, justice and security.
Please note that this document is a Draft, submitted for Agency Review and originally released by the University of Notre-DameThe enormous scale of the January 12th, 2010 earthquake in Haiti remains difficult to comprehend, even for those living in the country. Equally overwhelming are the effects it left behind, including more than 200, 000 deaths, an estimated 20 million cubic meters of debris; and, initially, the disruption of social and economic life throughout the country.
Many aspects of daily life are returning to normal, but characteristics of Haiti and of the event itself are making the recovery of housing and neighborhoods slow and challenging. Suchchallenges include:
the concentration of housing destruction in Port au Prince--a large, heavily-congested urban setting;
the fact that vast majority of the affected households have some of the lowest incomes in the world;
the reality that much of Haiti's housing stock is substandard (not just that portion damaged in the earthquake) and that the housing sector operates almost exclusively on an informal basis;
the need to mitigate multiple hazards in the reconstruction process that were not fully understood or well-managed in the past.
There is a strong commitment in Haiti to stand up to these challenges, and to use the reconstruction process to address factors that contributed to the severity of the earthquake's impact on housing and neighborhoods. Obviously, the reconstruction of Haiti involves more than the reconstruction of housing.
The IHRC has identified priority sectors as the following: education, health, agriculture, housing, debris removal, and disaster preparedness
The action plan drawn up by the government after the earthquake focused on four main areas:
Territorial rebuilding: Reconstruction of the devastated zones, the road network, regional development hubs and urban renovation, preparation for the hurricane season and regional planning and local development.
Economic rebuilding: Relaunch of national production, restoration of economic and financial circuits, access to electricity.
Social rebuilding: Health, food safety, nutrition, water, sanitation, highly labor-intensive activities.
Institutional rebuilding: Democratic institutions, restart of public administration, justice and security.
Please note that this document is a Draft, submitted for Agency Review and originally released by the University of Notre-DameThe enormous scale of the January 12th, 2010 earthquake in Haiti remains difficult to comprehend, even for those living in the country. Equally overwhelming are the effects it left behind, including more than 200, 000 deaths, an estimated 20 million cubic meters of debris; and, initially, the disruption of social and economic life throughout the country.
Many aspects of daily life are returning to normal, but characteristics of Haiti and of the event itself are making the recovery of housing and neighborhoods slow and challenging. Suchchallenges include:
the concentration of housing destruction in Port au Prince--a large, heavily-congested urban setting;
the fact that vast majority of the affected households have some of the lowest incomes in the world;
the reality that much of Haiti's housing stock is substandard (not just that portion damaged in the earthquake) and that the housing sector operates almost exclusively on an informal basis;
the need to mitigate multiple hazards in the reconstruction process that were not fully understood or well-managed in the past.
There is a strong commitment in Haiti to stand up to these challenges, and to use the reconstruction process to address factors that contributed to the severity of the earthquake's impact on housing and neighborhoods. Obviously, the reconstruction of Haiti involves more than the reconstruction of housing.
The IHRC has identified priority sectors as the following: education, health, agriculture, housing, debris removal, and disaster preparedness
The action plan drawn up by the government after the earthquake focused on four main areas:
Territorial rebuilding: Reconstruction of the devastated zones, the road network, regional development hubs and urban renovation, preparation for the hurricane season and regional planning and local development.
Economic rebuilding: Relaunch of national production, restoration of economic and financial circuits, access to electricity.
Social rebuilding: Health, food safety, nutrition, water, sanitation, highly labor-intensive activities.
Institutional rebuilding: Democratic institutions, restart of public administration, justice and security.
Please note that this document is a Draft, submitted for Agency Review and originally released by the University of Notre-Dame