People-centred Reconstruction (PCR): An Introduction

vulnerable people; this is particularly true in the
developing world. Home owners may lose their
biggest asset; many people may be forced away
from their livelihoods.
This toolkit focuses on reconstruction by and for
poor people in urban and rural locations. The tools
recognise that reconstruction often starts very soon
after a disaster occurred and therefore needs to
be planned for at a very early stage. In most cases
some people start to repair or rebuild their houses
immediately whilst others in the same location may
be supported with tents or transitional shelters.
Out of disasters, low income communities