COVID-19: How to Manage Recovery in Informal Settlements

Mendoza Arroyo, Carmen

COVID-19: How to Manage Recovery in Informal Settlements - urbanNext, June 26, 2020. - 803 words.

Carmen Mendoza-Arroyo, Essay, expanding design practices, Politics and economics, Urban Paradigms

Adaptivity, Architect’s role, Co-creation, Community, COVID-19, Designing Strategies, Emergency architecture, Essay, Habitability, Health crisis, Housing, Inequality, Informal settlements, Knowledge, Modular Design, Neighborhood, Recovery, Resilience, Sharing knowledge, Slums, Social cohesion, Sustainability, Urban Health, Well-being

Originally published in The Conversation España.
Translation by Catherine Stephenson


Crises caused by natural disasters or situations of conflict are always a challenge to health and habitability. They put a strain on care systems and their capability. In countries where health, housing and welfare services are already limited, these needs will be exacerbated.




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Architecture Recovery Settlements COVID-19

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