Transitional Settlement, Displaced Populations

This book is published for co-ordinators and specialists working in
humanitarian relief who are concerned with the transitional
settlement needs of displaced people and their hosts. The guidelines
in it offer a common planning tool for developing and implementing
settlement and shelter strategies for people affected by conflict or
natural disaster. They are intended primarily to help specialists to
communicate with each other and understand one another. Other
readers may also find them useful, because many aspects of
transitional settlement work are relevant to policy making for
displaced populations in general.
The guidelines are divided into two sections:
part a gives a broad overview of the issues relating to transitional
settlement, and the six settlement options that are open to displaced
populations
part b offers technical information as reference for the implementation
of transitional settlement options
Users are advised to start by reading part a. In this way they will
become familiar with the relevant methods and issues before
referring to any particular chapter in part b. The CD at the back of the
book contains further resources and information for reference
purposes.