A shelter is an architectural structure or natural formation (or a combination of the two) providing protection from the local environment.The Handbook Of The SAS And Elite Forces. How The Professionals Fight And Win. Edited by Jon E. Lewis. p.412-Tactics And Techniques, Survival. Robinson Publishing Ltd, 1997. ISBN 1-85487-675-9 A shelter can serve as a home or be provided by a residential institution. It can be understood as both a temporary and a permanent structure. In the American Counterculture of the 1960s, the concept of "Shelter" intervenes as one of the key concepts of the Whole Earth Catalog, and expresses an alternative to the modes of teaching architecture practiced in American academies.
In the context of Maslow's hierarchy of needs, shelter holds a crucial position as one of the fundamental human necessities, complementing other physiological needs such as air, water, food, clothing, sleep, and reproduction.
Types
Forms Apartment Bivouac shelter Blast shelter Bunker Fallout shelter House Hut Lean-to Mia-mia, Indigenous Australian for a temporary shelter Quinzhee, a shelter made from a hollow mound of loose snow Ramada, a roof with no walls Rock shelter Shack Tent Toguna, a shelter used by the Dogon people in Africa Townhouse Tree house
Applications Air raid shelter Animal shelter Bothy, public supply shelter in the British Isles Bus stop Emergency shelter Homeless shelter Housing unit Mountain hut Refugee shelter Transitional shelter Women's shelter
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See also List of human habitation forms Right to housing
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