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...

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

26 August 2026

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

26 August 2026

Housing Resilience in Dominica

26 August 2026

Scaling Disaster and Climate Resilient Housing in Indonesia

26 August 2026

Multi-Purpose Hurricane Resilient Shelter for Community in Abaco

26 August 2026

Roch Valley Neighbourhood Flood and Climate Resilience Programme (Resilient Roch)

26 August 2026

Mozambique Recovery Facility: Enhancing Disaster Resilience in Housing and Community Infrastructure Post-Cyclone Idai

26 August 2026

Policy Framework for Post-Disaster Housing Recovery – The Experience of Rio Grande do Sul in 2024

26 August 2026

Owner-Driven Housing Recovery: Post-Earthquake Intervention in Nepal

26 August 2026

Building Back Better: Housing Reconstruction Strategy for Vulnerable Households, Lesotho

26 August 2026

Japan–Malawi–UNDP Partnership for Inclusive Disaster Recovery

25 August 2026

Policy on the Seismic Retrofitting of Housing and Other Buildings

25 August 2026

Recovery and Resilience after Hurricane Fiona in the Dominican Republic

25 August 2026

Integrated Urbanization of the Morro da Cruz Rock Massif in Florianópolis, Brazil

22 May 2026

Traditional Barjeel (Wind Tower) as a Passive Cooling Solution for Extreme Heat Resilience, United Arab Emirates

22 May 2026

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