In the past decades, earthquakes have left millions of people without homes across the world. Safe housing is crucial for the long-term wellbeing of the affected population. This article analyses the Ecuadorian housing reconstruction developed after the 7.8 magnitude 2016 earthquake, taking as case study the cities of Portoviejo, Manta, Bahía de Caráquez and Pedernales, located in the Manabí province, which jointly accommodate more than 90% of the resettlements built by the central government.

The research aims to understand the implications of the top-down management reconstruction process and its impacts, five years after the earthquake, using as critical lens the inhabitants, the UN-Habitat principles for adequate housing and the “Build Back Better” principles of the Sendai Framework for post-disaster reconstruction. The work combines policy review, risk spatial analysis, semi-structured interviews, and constructive and architectural analysis. The article is the outcome of a transdisciplinary multi-scalar approach that analyses key long-term social implications, the quality and the spatial adaptations of the built environment. It finally offers some crucial recommendations for the long-term wellbeing of post-disaster housing strategies.

在过去的几十年里，地震使全世界数百万人无家可归。安全住房对于受影响人口的长期福祉至关重要。本文分析了厄瓜多尔在 2016 年 7.8 级地震后的住房重建，以位于马纳比省的 Portoviejo、Manta、Bahía de Caráquez 和 Pedernales 等城市为例，这些城市共同容纳了 90% 以上的移民中央政府。

该研究旨在了解地震五年后自上而下的管理重建过程的影响及其影响，以居民为关键视角、人居署的适足住房原则和“重建得更好”原则仙台灾后重建框架。这项工作结合了政策审查、风险空间分析、半结构化访谈以及建设性和架构分析。这篇文章是跨学科多尺度方法的结果，该方法分析了建筑环境的关键长期社会影响、质量和空间适应性。最后，它为灾后住房战略的长期福祉提供了一些重要建议。