![Urban planning after humanitarian crises: Supporting local actors to take the lead](http://resilienturbanism.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/20141108_Victoria-Maynard_Guian-NDZ-470x140.jpg)
How can humanitarian actors support local government to lead recovery and reconstruction planning after urban crises? My current research project (with Elizabeth Parker, David Garcia…
![Post-disaster decision making](http://resilienturbanism.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Humanitarian-Decision-Makers-Taxonomy-cropped-470x140.png)
Disaster recovery can be described as a ‘process of interaction and decision-making among a variety of groups and institutions’ (Mileti, 1999). It is also complex,…
![How to bridge theory, policy and practice in post-disaster shelter?](http://resilienturbanism.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/Shelter-PechaKucha-Posters-470x140.jpg)
Earlier this year Laura Heykoop, Bernadette Devilat and I ran a Shelter Research PechaKucha to test one way of bridging the theory-policy-practice divide. The aim…
![Post-tsunami housing in Indonesia](http://resilienturbanism.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/Post_tsunami_housing_Indonesia-470x140.jpg)
Habitat for Humanity supported more than 25,000 families to repair or rebuild their homes following the Indian Ocean Tsunami – but what lasting effect did…
![Pasar Peunayong, Banda Aceh. Source: Norhasan This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license via http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pasar_Peunayong,_Banda_Aceh.jpg](http://resilienturbanism.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Pasar_Peunayong_Banda_Aceh-470x140.jpg)
Since the introduction of the Humanitarian Cluster Approach in 2005 ‘early recovery’ has become part of the common vocabulary of humanitarian action. But where does…
![Market day in downtown Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Credit: David Lallemant](http://resilienturbanism.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/market-day_cropped-470x140.jpg)
In my masters dissertation I investigated the relationship between the shelter assistance provided after disasters and the recovery of affected communities. While my research identified…
![Banda Aceh, Indonesia, 9 months after the Indian Ocean Tsunami. Source: Victoria Maynard](http://resilienturbanism.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/Banda-Aceh_Indonesia_9-months-after-the-tsunami-e1372346098640-470x140.jpg)
Following a disaster local, national and international decision-makers make complex choices in a rapidly changing situation. They must match the needs of affected communities with…