Philippines

This biennial publication features the latest research and activities from the Southeast Asia Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia. This issue includes articles on:

• Flood hazard assessment in Pakistan;
• Youth

This study analyses the outcome of acting early on the island of Mindanao in the Philippines between 2018 and 2019, ahead of an El Niño‑induced drought. It evaluates the effectiveness of anticipatory actions and highlights families’ perspectives on the

The guidelines aim to harmonize and codify existing policies of the Interagency Task Force (IATF) and member-agencies pertaining to community quarantine, which shall be applied to all regions, provinces, cities, municipalities, and barangays placed under

This study, the flood-prone areas and flood risk due to pluvial flooding for Davao Oriental in Mindanao of the Philippines are assessed by a GIS-based MCDA based on the analytic hierarchy process (AHP) method

While the need to strengthen disaster and climate change resilience is a core pillar of the different global frameworks that together make the Post-2015 Agendas, the coherent implementation and progress monitoring of resilience goals across the Agendas'

The cities in Southeast Asian and Small Island Developing States have distorted the natural environment by haphazardly constructing roads, buildings, and other infrastructures.

Countries are faced with the growing challenge of managing increasing risks from climate change and climate variability, putting development and the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals at risk. The adoption in 2015 of the Sendai Framework for

In this report five disaster risk reduction and early recovery interventions from the Philippines, Vanuatu, and Vietnam were assessed to identify which elements are likely to facilitate recovery from disasters. The research investigated “off-the-radar communities” which in this research are broadly defined as communities that are geographically or politically far from the centers of political power.