IMPACT OF FIRES & FLOODS ON INFORMAL SETTLEMENTS Parliamentary Housing Portfolio Committee Conference 19 – 20 April 2005 G J PILLAY

FIRES [PMG note: for picture]

DISRUPTION, CHAOS, PANIC [PMG note: for picture]

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LOSS OF PROPERTY AND POSSESSIONS [PMG note: for picture]

INFRASTRUCTURAL DAMAGE [PMG note: for picture]

DISPLACEMENT OF PEOPLE [PMG note: for picture]

SERVICE COSTS [PMG note: for picture]

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FORWARD COMMAND POST [PMG note: for picture]

INSIDE FCP [PMG note: for picture]

JOC/DOC IN SESSION [PMG note: for picture]

LARGE SCALE DAMAGE & DESTRUCTION [PMG note: for picture]

THREAT TO FORMAL HOUSING & BUILDINGS [PMG note: for picture]

ABSENTEEISM FROM WORK & SCHOOL [PMG note: for picture]

LOSS OF LIVELIHOODS [PMG note: for picture]

EMERGENCY RELIEF COSTS [PMG note: for picture]

EMERGENCY SHELTERING USING MARQUEES / COMMUNITY HALLS [PMG note: for picture]

LACK OF PRIVACY [PMG note: for picture]

EMERGENCY FEEDING [PMG note: for picture]

BALES OF BLANKETS [PMG note: for picture]

SITE CLEARING [PMG note: for picture]

PORTABLE TOILETS [PMG note: for picture]

ABLUTION FACILITIES [PMG note: for picture]

FLOODS

DISCOMFORT

DAMAGE TO PROPERTY & POSSESSIONS [PMG note: for picture]

EXACERBATES POVERTY & HARDSHIP [PMG note: for picture]

ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION [PMG note: for picture]

ABSENTEEISM FROM SCHOOL [PMG note: for picture]

SICKNESS RISK INCREASES [PMG note: for picture]

STAGNANT WATER INCREASES RISK OF DISEASE [PMG note: for picture]

SUMMARY IMPACT OF FIRES AND FLOODS IN INFORMAL SETTLEMENTS DISPLACEMENT OF COMMUNITIES DISRUPTION OF COMMUNAL LIFE LOSS OF PROPERTY AND POSSESSIONS LOSS OF LIFE LOSS OF LIVELIHOODS INJURY AND SICKNESS ABSENTEEISM FROM WORK AND SCHOOL EXACERBATES POVERTY

SUMMARY IMPACT OF FIRES AND FLOODS IN INFORMAL SETTLEMENTS EXACERBATES HARDSHIP INFRA-STRUCTURAL DAMAGE DISASTER RELIEF AND RECOVERY COSTS ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION LARGE SCALE DAMAGE AND DESTRUCTION

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