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Kci Fi002175315
Kci Fi002175315
Abstract The study aims to identify the existing problems and suggests the implication for the planning of emergency
shelter in terms of users' habitability. The results of the study show that the concept of shelters for disaster
victims need to set up and be distinctively defined as emergency phase and temporary residency phase. In
emergency phase, the various types of buildings and facilities should be considered as temporary shelters for
disaster victims such as transitional shelters including the public facilities. Based on the results of the critical
review, this research proposed an analytic framework emphasizing habitability for disaster victims including
vulnerable people such as the disabled, the aged, women and children. The framework is composed of four
dimensions: safety, health, convenience and comfortability. The manual guidelines for emergency shelters should
reflect the barrier-free design or universal design for various types of disaster victims considering habitability to
provide the positive opportunity and future hope for restoration after disaster. This research can be a basis for
the planning and application of temporary shelters for disaster victims.