Mind the Gap
Post-disaster reconstruction and the transition from humanitarian relief.
Mind the gap is a report produced for RICS by the Max Lock Centre at the University of Westminster, principal author Tony Lloyd-Jones.
- Why does reconstruction after major disasters seem to take so long?
- What happens to survivors after the humanitarian aid agencies - and the cameras - have moved on?
- Why does aid money lie 'paralysed' in the accounts of governments and major agencies?
- Why do so many survivors continue to be stranded in 'transitional' accommodation?
These are among the searching questions posed and answered in this thorough report.
The report provides overwhelming evidence of the existence of a 'gap' - in funding, management and delivery- between short-term, effective humanitarian relief, and long-term reconstruction.
The report also provides hope for the future - an opportunity to rebuild disaster zones and victims' lives, to make things better than before the event: 'reconstruction-plus'.
A framework for making that happen will be the goal of the next phase of the RICS Gap Project.
The report can be downloaded, in English and French, from the Related items menu, top right of page.
