Number and percentage of damaged houses / dwellings

This indicator focuses on the impact of the crisis / disaster on housing structures by degree of damage, enabling the development of a well targetted shelter response and associated response monitoring. Shelter damage category are to be defined at country level as relevant. It is recommended to have three to five levels of damage. (1) No Damage; (2) Partially Damaged; (3) Completely Destroyed. Partially damaged could be furher broken down into: (2.1) Minor damage; (2.2) Significant damage but habitable; ie: structurally sound; (2.3) Severely damaged and inhabitable; structurally not-sound