The International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) has published a working paper called “Learning from community planning following the 2010 Haiti earthquake”. This paper summarises the shared experience of 50 international organisations that worked together following the Haiti earthquake in 2010 to improve the conditions of informal settlements and to implement far-reaching institutional changes in planning policies in Haiti.
The paper contributes to the emerging literature of urban area-based planning in humanitarian crises through a case study of community planning projects carried out in 28 neighbourhoods of Port-au-Prince seven years after the 2010 Haiti earthquake. The paper raises questions about the scope of planning, the roles of planners and challenges around data and coordination. In addition, it grants access to a digital archive that comprises all data analysed for the paper and provides a starting point for staff involved in crisis-recovery, urban planning education and policy development to advance new approaches to tackle urban crises.
For more information and access to the paper, go to https://pubs.iied.org/10857IIED/.