Philippines

School of Economics and Finance Working Paper 04/2016:

This paper analyses what shapes people’s disaster risk exposure, focusing on tropical cyclones and using the Philippines as a case study. It constructs a new provincial level panel dataset, and uses

Two years after the typhoon ravaged coastal and farmland communities, the people who survived the storm -the farmers and fishers- are well on the road to recovery. This book is a tribute to their resilience and FAO's work together to build back better their agricultural livelihoods after suffering such devastating losses.

This study explores the historical evolution of civil-military-police relations in Asia and the role that the military plays in Asian societies today in relation to disaster response. It focuses on how military and police actors mandated to respond in

With a focus on South and Southeast Asia, this report examines the potential impact of the 2015/16 El Niño in the region and analyses key stakeholders’positioning, intentions and means to respond to it. It presents key points, an overview of the risks and

This scoping study maps government, community-based organizations, national and international non-governmental organizations, private sector initiatives, and research and academic institutions working on disaster preparedness and response in the

This report explores the relationships between climate change and poverty, focusing on climate extremes, on the basis that these manifestations of climate change will most affect attempts to reduce poverty over the next 15 to 25 years. Three detailed case

The document describes livelihood recovery initiatives in response to Typhoon Bopha, a Category 5 super typhoon that hit the Philippines on 4 December 2012.

The publication describes how a multi hazard suitability map for residential buildings was produced by using quantitative data (probability, severity) considering seven hazards (storm surge, tsunami, inland floods, storm, earhtquake, landslide, ground