Participatory process in the post-disaster housing reconstruction after the 2013 Typhoon Haiyan

Abstract

In response to the great housing needs due to the Typhoon Haiyan which hit the Central Philippines in November 2013, many national and international agencies have provided housing in various ways such as donor-driven, owner-driven or contractor-driven approach. UN-Habitat employed a type of owner-driven approach called “People’s Process” which involves the community in a systematic way and succeeded in carrying out an effective housing reconstruction project. The effects of community participation approach depend greatly on the levels of participation by the people and its contents. This paper explains the process and its mechanism of “People’s Process” and analyzes the success factors by investigating how this universal concept of community participation was customized in the given local context.