Results of contextualised performance assessment of refugee shelters globally

This dataset contains information about the results of contextualised performance assessment of shelter around the world. 187 previously deployed shelters (64 Emergency, 75 Transitional and 48 Durable Shelters), from 40 countries were evaluated by the authors using SAM (the Shelter Assessment Matrix), and the designs were collated from various sources. Context-specific design assessment was conducted on each shelter design considering their local, cultural, political and climatic issues. These shelters were constructed between 1945 and 2018. This exercise: (i) shows whether SAM is able to provide a diverse range of scores when analysing real shelters (rather than all shelters obtaining similar scores); (ii) provides the first contextual performance analysis of previously deployed shelters around the world; (iii) generates a repository of scored shelters for those to judge their designs against.

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Kuchai, N., 2021. Results of contextualised performance assessment of refugee shelters globally. Bath: University of Bath Research Data Archive. Available from: https://doi.org/10.15125/BATH-00999.

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This excel file contains information about the results of contextualised performance assessment of 187 refugee shelters which are deployed around the world

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Contributors

David Coley
Supervisor
University of Bath

Sukumar Natarajan
Supervisor
University of Bath

Paul Shepherd
Supervisor
University of Bath

Stephen Lo
Work Package Leader
University of Bath

Dima Albadra
Researcher
University of Bath

University of Bath
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Data collection method:

One hundred eighty-seven previously deployed shelter designs, from 40 countries were evaluated by the authors using SAM (Shelter Assessment Matrix), and the designs were collated from various sources. Context-specific design assessment was conducted on each shelter design considering their local, cultural, political and climatic issues.

Funders

Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
https://doi.org/10.13039/501100000266

Healthy Housing for the Displaced
EP/P029175/1

Publication details

Publication date: 7 April 2021
by: University of Bath

Version: 1

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15125/BATH-00999

URL for this record: https://researchdata.bath.ac.uk/id/eprint/999

Related papers and books

Kuchai, N., Albadra, D., Lo, S., Saied, S., Paszkiewicz, N., Shepherd, P., Natarajan, S., Orr, J., Hart, J., Adeyeye, K., and Coley, D., 2024. Improving the shelter design process via a shelter assessment matrix. Progress in Disaster Science, 23, 100354. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pdisas.2024.100354.

Related datasets and code

Kuchai, N., Lo, S., Albadra, D., Coley, D., Natarajan, S., Hart, J., Paszkiewicz, N., Adeyeye, K., Moran, F., Ball, R., Holley, J., Orr, J., and de Castro, M., 2020. Shelter Assessment Matrix (SAM). Version 1. Bath: University of Bath. Available from: https://doi.org/10.15125/BATH-00937.

Contact information

Please contact the Research Data Service in the first instance for all matters concerning this item.

Contact person: Noorullah Kuchai

Departments:

Faculty of Engineering & Design
Architecture & Civil Engineering

Research Centres & Institutes
Centre for Doctoral Training in Decarbonisation of the Built Environment (dCarb)
Centre for Energy and the Design of Environments (EDEn)