Determining Universal Risks in the Sustainability of Post-Earthquake  Temporary Housing

Merve Serter; Gülden Gümüşburun Ayalp

doi:10.38027/ICCAUA2026EN0007

Authors

Merve Serter Department of Architecture, Faculty of Fine Arts and Architecture, University of Hasan Kalyoncu, Gaziantep, Türkiye
Gülden Gümüşburun Ayalp Department of Architecture, Faculty of Architecture, University of Gaziantep, Gaziantep, Türkiye

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.38027/ICCAUA2026EN0007

Keywords:

Post-earthquake, Temporary housing, Sustainability risks, Systematic literature review, PRISMA, Disaster risk management

Abstract

Post-earthquake temporary housing (PETH) is critical to disaster recovery but is prone to
sustainability threats. This study systematically identifies and categorizes 24 universal risks
of PETH, based on a PRISMA-guided systematic literature analysis (n = 23) of peer
reviewed articles indexed in the Web of Science (WoS). The emerging risks are grouped into
four thematic sets: environmental, economic, social, and operational. Results show that
economic risks, e.g., Lack of Cost-Effectiveness (EC4), Low Potential for Reuse of
Temporary Structures (EC5), are the most widely reported in 12 countries, indicating their
relevance worldwide.
This study presents a new cross-national risk-matrix conceptualization that integrates diverse
findings. It serves as a reminder to move from short-term technical fixes to long-term
strategic and sustainability-oriented post-disaster housing solutions. The presented
framework may enable policymakers, designers, and disaster response actors to successfully
reduce long-term vulnerabilities and increase the resilience of housing responses to future
disasters. In the end, it offers a framework that can be used globally to aid evidence-based
planning and policy-making in disaster-prone areas.