Reuse emergency housing in the reconstruction of host region

Abstract

The research tackles the issue of using sites, which have been designed as camps for (internal displacement people (IDP)), in the reconstruction of the host region and their role in the development of cities. The research explores the potentials of camps as a driver of urban transformation in the urban fringe of Erbil-Iraq. The study also investigates the impact of some factors such as timing, nature, the nature of development, motives of urban transformation, the size of the camps, their regional organization, the nature of the population and their religious affiliation, on the potential of transformation. The research sheds the light on the transformation of the temporary housing structure into a permanent structure and its effect on the structural urban features of the city.