Philippines

This Philippines Disaster Management Reference Handbook offers readers an operational understanding of the nation’s disaster management capability and vulnerability, with detailed information on demographics, hazards, government structure, regional and

This document aims to clarify the key elements of open data and to serve as a proposal to institute and strictly implement a policy for climate change and disaster risk reduction-related data and information based on its articulated and internationally

This study aimed to assess the benefits and costs accrued through community-level risk insurance experiences in the Asia region, evaluate barriers limiting its penetration, and identify interventions for greater risk insurance penetration leading to

This study measures and describes the impact of disaster preparedness sessions on the perception of economically challenged women in Philippines. By using a mixed qualitative and quantitative research method the study found that: 1) the majority of women

This guidance paper describes the concept of resilience and discusses its relation to climate change adaptation (CCA), discusses the challenges involved in measuring resilience, and describes existing measurement frameworks that address these challenges.

This edition of the JICA magazine focuses on Japan's experience in disaster risk reduction, with features on land use planning and construction in Brazil, the creation of a typhoon-resilient aquaculture industry in the Philippines, and flood, landslide

This case study outlines Oxfam’s climate change adaptation (CCA) and disaster risk reduction (DRR) programme in the Philippines, which focuses on conflict-prone and climate change-sensitive areas, as well as areas affected by Typhoon Haiyan in Mindanao