Paper Title
A Soft Set Theoretic Approach for Shelter assessment in Humanitarian Relief

Abstract
World population has witnessed an increasing trend and serious consequencesof natural disasters in recent decades. A large-scale disaster renders a remarkable number of people homeless by destroying buildings and other infrastructure. Temporary shelters constitute a crucial step of recovery and reconstruction in the aftermath of a disaster. Shelter sites are vital for an effective relief and must be strategically planned. Their importance stems from the role they playinincubating people through provision of a safe and habitable environment till the outcomes of disaster are being remedied. Communities living in disaster-prone areas should prepare themselves well in advance for any future catastrophic event. Shelter site planning decisions involve multiple actors and criteria, making themessentially humanistic and thus subjective in nature. This study adopts an approach based on soft set theory to support shelter site planning, owing to its effectiveness and vast applicability in vague and imprecise situations. An illustrative caseis used to demonstrate applicability of soft set theory in disaster relief planning. Keywords - Decision support; Humanitarian relief; Site planning; Soft set