Case Studies

Advisory Issued by NDMA on Heatwave Protection and Mitigation in Housing and Human Settlements

India faces a growing threat from heatwaves, which disproportionately affect vulnerable, low-income settlements with thermally inadequate housing. In response, the National Disaster Manageme...

Response to Hurricane Iota: Community-Based Reconstruction Using Modern Technologies for Damage Assessment and Establishing Material Banks

Following the devastation of Category 5 Hurricane Iota in November 2020, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) implemented a community-based reconstruction initiative in Colombia's...

Omo Hada of Nias Island: Traditional Solutions for Seismic-Resilient and Climate-Adaptive Housing

Omo Hada, the traditional architecture of Nias Island, built by the Ono Niha (Nias people), is seismic and climate resistant and thermally comfortable. Construction of Omo Hada without nails...

Community-Driven Reconstruction of Flood and Earthquake Resilient Schools in Pulwama, Jammu & Kashmir, India

This case study describes the reconstruction of resilient schools after the 2014 floods in Jammu & Kashmir, India. The 2014 floods devastated education infrastructure across J&K, inc...

Housing Resilience in Dominica

Hurricane Maria (2017) caused catastrophic damage to Dominica's housing sector, destroying or severely impairing over 90 percent of the island's homes. The government's interventions include...

Job creation for Syrian Refugees and Jordanian Host Communities through Green Works in Agriculture and Forestry

30 October 2023

Building a Resilience Strategy for Transport Infrastructure

30 October 2023

Flood Protection in High-Density Areas of Budapest

30 October 2023

An Integrative Governance of Development, the Environment, and Disaster Management

30 October 2023

Assam Integrated River Basin Management Project (AIRBMP)

30 October 2023

Resilience Ratings System

30 October 2023

Decision Support Tool for Coastal Protection for the Mekong Delta (CPMD)

30 October 2023

Retrofitting the Slussen Lock in Sweden

30 October 2023

Green Plan, Lebanon

30 October 2023

Promoting Climate and Disaster Resilient Construction Practices: Worldwide Adoption and Use of the Eurocodes Standards

30 October 2023

Strengthening Critical Infrastructure Resilience in Costa Rica through the Implementation of UNDRR’s Principles for Resilient Infrastructure

30 October 2023

Purnima: UK Support to Post-Earthquake Recovery in Nepal

30 October 2023

National Reconstruction Program, Mexico

30 October 2023

Business of Resilience Taskforce

30 October 2023

Cyclone Gita Recovery Project

30 October 2023

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