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    1. Haiti: post-earthquake lessons learned from traditional construction

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    Collection:
    Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
    Contributers:
    Audefroy,Joel F. (Author)
    Format:
    Journal Article
    Publication Date:
    Oct 2011
    Published:
    London, UK: Sage Publications
    Location:
    African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    Journal Title:
    Environment & Urbanization
    Journal Title Details:
    23(2) : 447-462
    Notes:
    Considers the potential contribution of traditional construction techniques and materials to rebuilding in Port-au-Prince and other areas in Haiti that were devastated by the 2010 earthquake. Based on different examples of housing that collapsed or was damaged by the earthquake, it shows how traditional construction systems often demonstrated better resilience to earthquakes than buildings constructed with modern materials.

    2. Post-quake Haiti: Security Depends on Resettlement and Development

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    Collection:
    Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
    Contributers:
    International Crisis Group (Author)
    Format:
    Pamphlet
    Publication Date:
    2011-06-28
    Published:
    International Crisis Group
    Location:
    African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    Notes:
    22 p., Discusses how a year and a half after a deadly earthquake devastated its capital, 650,000 victims still wait for permanent housing in more than 1,000 unstable emergency camps across Haiti as a new hurricane season arrives. If reconstruction is to right the many imbalances that have made Haiti poor and prone to disasters, violence and conflict, it is paramount that the Martelly government set out a resettlement policy rapidly that engages the victims and is less about closing the camps, more about building stable, less violent communities and not only in the capital. The pilot plan for closing six camps and resettling their residents his administration has put forward is an important first step that deserves support, but the most vulnerable camps should be added to it quickly.