world health organization [WHO] guide to emergency shelters

some recommendations for floor area and facilities, etc., in a temporary relief shelter:
http://www.k4health.org/toolkits/haiti_relief/shelter-and-emergency-settlements

highlights include:

* Beds or mats should be separated by a minimum distance of 0.75 metres.

* People sleeping on beds or mats should have a minimum of 3.5m2 of floor area or 10m3 of air space. In rooms with high ceilings, double bunk beds may be used.

* One wash basin should be provided for every 10 people.

Tsunami Mitgation and the Ethics of Disaster Relief

Tsunami mitigation through case studies and the ethics of disaster relief funding; how funds are distributed and do they really get there?

http://courses.washington.edu/larescue/precedents/prevention.htm

http://colorlines.com/archives/2010/01/another_tent_city_haitis_refugee_crisis_leads_to_mass_exodus.html

http://www.scu.edu/ethics/publications/briefings/philanthropy.html

Current Hurricane Relief in Haiti

Shipping Container City

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Habitat for Humanity provides shelters

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IOM builds Hurrican Shelter in Haiti

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low-cost cabins offered for post-haiti earthquake housing

and supplementary article:
http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/02/24/1498903/low-cost-cabins-offered-for-post.html?pageNum=2&mi_pluck_action=page_nav#Comments_Container
"A Miami company has launched an effort to provide Haitians left homeless by the quake with simple, inexpensive cabins made of sturdy space-age materials and designed by a famed Miami architect."