Floating Houses Community Based Flood Resilience Innovations in Bangladesh
This project aimed to test community-led innovations that enhance the resilience of households and communities to flooding before, during and after floods and to develop a strategy for future implementation at scale and widely across Bangladesh.
The objectives of the project were to:
- Co-design, implement and test innovative flood-resilient houses in three flood-affected communities;
- Implement and learn from applying a participatory process that enhances inclusivity and effectiveness of resilience initiatives
- Engage with public and private actors to design an up-scaling strategy to implement resilience initiatives across Bangladesh
Client: KPMG East Africa Limited
Project Duration: January 2017 – June 2018
Location: Shariatpur, Bangladesh
Activities Performed under the Project:
- Baseline survey
- Inception workshop at study area
- Stakeholder analysis and community engagement
- Design analysis
- Feasibility analysis
- Gender assessment
- Participatory approach for construction of the structures and interventions
- Design portfolio on the upscaling strategy for building support for future projects
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Jarin Tasneem Oyshi
Research Associate
My research interests include climate change, disaster management, wastewater treatment, and environmental management.