Designing for Disaster: Developing Sustainable and Safe Displacement Shelters

As climate and conflict disasters increase, a growing number of displaced peoples will require optimization models for displacement settlements to ensure the safety and wellbeing of residents and sustainability of short- and long-term shelter developments. This talk explores how displacement camps become future cities, and the disruptive urban design options that can promote sustainability, foster economic empowerment, and support healthy (re)settlement and integration into host communities