| Issue |
E3S Web Conf.
Volume 65, 2018
International Conference on Civil and Environmental Engineering (ICCEE 2018)
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| Article Number | 08007 | |
| Number of page(s) | 10 | |
| Section | Structural Engineering | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/20186508007 | |
| Published online | 26 November 2018 | |
Shipping Container as Shelter Provision Solution for Post-Disaster Reconstruction
Faculty of Civil Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 81310 Skudai, Johor, Malaysia
* Corresponding author: tcsiang@utm.my
The emerging of shipping container house can help to relief the challenging issue in provision of dwelling in certain countries with overpopulation or surge of refugee. However, the suitability of shipping container, which is initially designed for transportation purpose, for shelter usage is not well understand. This paper aims to understand the current research on the technical aspect of container for shelter provision and the gaps of knowledges. Literature review is done on the up-to-date research about the container shelter and the potential of container shelter is summarized. From the study, shipping container can be suitable for shelter provision with some improvement to be done.
© The Authors, published by EDP Sciences, 2018
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