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...

Zimbabwe Idai Recovery Project (ZIRP): Rehabilitation of Community Infrastructure – Education and Health Facilities

22 May 2026

Supporting Post-Disaster Housing Recovery in Cuba through Local Production of Construction Materials, Cuba

22 May 2026

Integrated Environmental Modeller (IEM) for Public Housing Developments, Singapore

22 May 2026

Post-Earthquake (2001) Resilient Housing Recovery in Gujarat, India

22 May 2026

Building Housing Resilience in the UK – Warm Homes Plan and Warm Home Discount Scheme, UK

22 May 2026

Influencing Colombia's Housing Policies to Advance Resilience at Scale, Colombia

22 May 2026

Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana – Gramin (PMAY-G), India

22 May 2026

Owner-driven Earthquake Resilient Housing in Afghanistan: Preserving Cultural Heritage, Afghanistan

22 May 2026

Resilient Rebuilding with RISHA, Indonesia

22 May 2026

Chişinău River Rehabilitation and Flood Protection in Moldova

02 November 2023

“InfraRivChange”: A Web-Based Application to Monitor River Migration at Sites of Critical Bridge Infrastructure in the Philippines

19 June 2023

Multi-Hazard Risk Indexing of Coastal Critical Infrastructure: A Case Study Of Thailand

13 June 2023

Managing Landslides and Road Construction in Chure Hill Region (CHR), Nepal

13 June 2023

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