Open AccessResilience and Disaster Trends in the Philippines: Opportunities for National and Local Capacity Building
Author(s) -
Tilly Alcayna,
Vincenzo Bollettino,
Philip Dy,
Patrick Vinck
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
plos currents
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.282
H-Index - 49
ISSN - 2157-3999
DOI - 10.1371/currents.dis.4a0bc960866e53bd6357ac135d740846
Subject(s) - disaster risk reduction , preparedness , resilience (materials science) , emergency management , vulnerability (computing) , environmental planning , community resilience , government (linguistics) , risk management , environmental resource management , capacity building , population , vulnerability assessment , disaster preparedness , business , political science , economic growth , geography , environmental health , psychological intervention , medicine , resource (disambiguation) , computer security , computer science , nursing , economics , philosophy , law , computer network , linguistics , thermodynamics , physics , finance
The Philippines is one of the top countries in the world at risk of climate-related disasters. For populations subsisting at the poverty line in particular, but also the nation as a whole, daily lives and wellbeing are routinely challenged. The Philippines government takes disaster risk seriously and has devoted significant resources to build disaster capacity and reduce population exposure and vulnerability, nationally and locally. This paper explores the policy and institutional mechanisms for disaster risk reduction management and research which have been conducted in the Philippines related to disaster preparedness, management and resilience. Methods: This study draws on direct observations of and conversations with disaster management professionals, in addition to a review of the extant literature on resilience and disaster preparedness, in the Philippines. This is a descriptive study based on a search of mainly peer-reviewed studies but also articles, reports, and disaster risk reduction and response projects in the Philippines. Search words used in various combinations included: Resilience, Philippines, Disaster Preparedness, Community-based, Disaster Risk Reduction, Capacity-building.