Innovations in Transportable Healthcare Architecture is the first book to examine the ways that healthcare architecture can provide better assistance in disaster-stricken communities.Aimed at architects and other professionals working across the disaster relief sector; it provides:An overview of the need for rapid response healthcare facilities; Global case studies which demonstrate real examples;Historical perspectives on redeployables used in past military and civilian contexts; Analysis of the advantages; challenges; and opportunities associated with offsite; premanufactured healthcare facilities and their component systems; for permanent installations or reuse on multiple sites; Planning and design considerations for transportable offsite-built healthcare architecture; State-of-the-art research on pop-up clinics; truck-based configurations; ISO container-based outpatient clinical and trauma care centres; and modularized facilities for contemporary military and civilian contexts. Innovations in Transportable Healthcare Architecture will be an invaluable reference source for architects; disaster mitigation planners; design and engineering practitioners; non-governmental medical aid organizations (NGOs); governmental health ministries; and policy specialists across the spectrum of disciplines engaged in disaster mitigation and the provision of healthcare in medically underserved communities globally.
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