Settlement Planning: UN-HABITAT in disaster and conflict contexts
After a disaster, cities face a massive influx of displaced people and relief actors; breakdown of services; weakened institutions; and destruction of infrastructure and buildings. This brochure provides an overview of the importance of post-crisis urban planning in post-crisis recovery and reconstruction. It introduces the issues that ought to be considered in the settlement plan and the approaches to the achieving plan. It also highlights UN-HABITAT's expertise in settlement planning and using a global map shows samples of UN-HABITAT settlement planning activities in crisis-affected countries. Other brochures in human crisis settlement planning include:
