Assessing local building cultures for resilience & development

Annalisa Caimi (1, 2) , Bertin Adikpon (3) , Jean-Christophe Adrian (3) , Alma Alsayed (3) , Alexander Angermaier (3) , Carmen Antuna Rozado (3) , Joseph Ashmore (3) , Charles Aurouet (3) , Christian Belinga (1, 2) , Abdulkadir Bello (3) , Frédéric Blas (3) , Béatrice Boyer (3) , Anne Burlat (3) , Elsa Cauderay (3) , Javier Cidon (3) , Laure Cornet (3) , Jean d'Aragon (3) , David Dalgado (3) , Alexandre Daval (3) , Sébastien Dechamps (3) , Emeline Decoray (3) , Florie Dejeant (3) , Fanny Delgutte (3) , Alexandre Douline (2, 1) , Sandra d'Urzo (3) , Philippe Garnier (2, 1) , Léa Génis (1, 2) , Xavier Genot (3) , Martijn Goddeeris (3) , Sanjeev Hada (3) , Pablo Haro Perez (3) , Gregor Herda (3) , Milo Hofmann (3) , Julien Hosta (1) , Mohammad Shariful Islam (3) , Rohit Jigyasu (3) , Thierry Joffroy (2, 1) , Basharat Ullah Khan (3) , Christophe Lalande (3) , Randolph Langenbach (3) , Santiago Luengo (3) , Yoann Maldonado (3) , Sophie Marongiu (3) , Rafael Mattar Neri (3) , Olivier Moles (1, 2) , James Morgan (3) , Frédéric Pinto (3) , Ratan Kumar Podder (3) , Kurt Rhyner (3) , Paul Ruegg (3) , Eric Ruiz (2) , Graham Saunders , Tom Schacher (3) , Reiza Sheikh (3) , Maggie Stephenson (3) , Melvin Tebbutt (3) , Corinne Treherne (3) , Luc van Hoef (3) , Dominique-Cécile Varnat (3) , Valérie Verougstraete (3)

1 CRAterre - CRAterre
2 AE&CC - Architecture, Environnement & Cultures Constructives
3 Auteur indépendant

The development of a set of tools to enhance appreciation of local practices developed by communities regarding settlements and risks is an initiative that aims to promote context-based strategies for responding efficiently and adequately to habitat improvement and vulnerability reduction needs. This guide offers a methodological and operational support for decision-making and practices towards approaches and actions deeply rooted in local contexts. It is a practical tool that provides detailed explanation on planning, preparing and undertaking field assessments of local practices related to habitat and risks. It refers to a participatory approach suitable for, and adapted to, various geographical, cultural and risk-prone areas. By supporting habitat assessment in all its different aspects, it also fosters links between programmes, providing clues and keys to define and implement coherent projects including income generating activities, livelihood, health and other related sectors. The necessary investment to be taken into account in project planning to achieve the basic step described in this booklet will result in huge savings, as logistical issues will be drastically reduced during the project implementation. It is a worthwhile investment that will lead to decisions ensuring more benefits to the affected communities, including a long-term enhancement of their resilience capacity

Cet ouvrage s'adresse aux responsables de projets et aux preneurs de décisions. L'auteur explique tout d'abord la démarche de projet respectueuse des cultures constructives. L'auteur présente ensuite une méthode d'évaluation des cultures constructives locales et expose l'importance de celle-ci dans un projet

Mots clés: Resilience; Building cultures; Decision makers; Assessment methodology; Architecture

Mots clés: Evaluation; Cultures constructives

Domaines: Architecture, aménagement de l'espace

Annalisa Caimi, Bertin Adikpon, Jean-Christophe Adrian, Alma Alsayed, Alexander Angermaier, et al.. Assessing local building cultures for resilience & development: A practical guide for community-based assessment. CRAterre, 121 p., 2015, 978-2-906901-86-5. ⟨hal-01493386⟩