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Build Back Better: Adapting Design
Content Type: Resource
Sector(s):
Publisher(s): Catholic Relief Services (CRS)
Date: May 2020
Location: Madagascar

The government of Madagascar declared a national emergency on March 14, 2017 due to Cyclone Enawo, which affected 64,566 people and destroyed 2,727 homes. CRS responded by strengthening the...

Developing Locally Affordable Hazard Resistant House
Content Type: Resource
Sector(s):
Publisher(s): Catholic Relief Services (CRS)
Date: Jul 2020
Location: India

With the increase in the magnitude and frequency of disasters, coupled with diminishing funding available for post disaster reconstruction, it is rare that all families affected by disasters will...

Constructing Homes by Adapting Traditional Building Resilient...
Content Type: Resource
Sector(s):
Publisher(s): Catholic Relief Services (CRS)
Date: May 2020
Location: Malawi

 Throughout December 2014 and January 2015, Malawi experienced above-average rainfall—the Southern Region alone received 400% more rainfall than the long-term average. More than half of the...

Participatory Village Planning
Content Type: Resource
Sector(s):
Publisher(s): Catholic Relief Services (CRS)
Date: Jul 2020
Location: Pakistan

In early September 2012, Jacobabad district was flooded due to heavy monsoon rain. Many houses collapsed, and people were forced to live in tents, emergency shelters or under the open sky. Around...

Urban Transitional Shelters Inspired by Traditional Building
Content Type: Resource
Sector(s):
Publisher(s): Catholic Relief Services (CRS)
Date: Jul 2020
Location: Philippines

The flash floods caused by Tropical Storm Washi destroyed a large portion of the city center of Cagayan de Oro. Macasandig and Isla de Oro were the worst affected urban barangays (or neighborhood...