TY - BOOK AU - Noha Nabeel Abbassy AU - Basil Kamel , AU - Lobna Sherif , TI - Emergency shelters from an architectural perspective / PY - 2009/// CY - Cairo : PB - Noha Nabeel Abbassy , KW - Disaster KW - Displaced population KW - Emergency shelters N1 - Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Engineering - Department of Architectural Engineering; Issued also as CD N2 - Disasters happen around the world leaving many impacts on developing as well as developed countries. One major impact is the displacement of different populations, where people lose their permanent shelter and do not have an immediate alternative. This thesis is an attempt to define the meaning of an emergency shelter from an architectural point of view as percieved by the different parties involved within the emergency rescue process ER -