Dilemmas and challenges for the shelter sector: Lessons learned from the sphere revision process

Disasters

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 160-175

  Saunders, Graham ^a  

^a Catholic Relief Services   (United States)

Author keywords

Guidelines; Settlement; Shelter; Sphere; Standards

Indexed keywords

DISASTER MANAGEMENT; GUIDELINE; HOUSING PROVISION; HUMANITARIAN AID; STANDARD (REFERENCE); STRATEGIC APPROACH;

ARTICLE; DISASTER; HOUSING; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; STANDARD;

HOUSING; HUMAN RIGHTS; HUMANS; RELIEF WORK;

EID: 3042690327     PISSN: 03613666     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0361-3666.2004.00250.x     Document Type: Article

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