Philippines

This document draws a portrait of what is known about climate change and how it is affecting the Philippines. It addresses the hope for the Philippines through mitigation, adaptation, and resilience initiatives examples, and presents the country concerns

Protecting peoples’ lives and properties from flood risks in Dagupan City, Philippines: in Safer Cities, issue 20:

This case study of Dagupan City illustrates the significance of setting up and operationalizing an early warning system and evacuation plan

This book, consisting of two parts, the theory of Total Disaster Risk Management (TDRM) and good practices for disaster risk management, was compiled for the purpose of promoting TDRM as a comprehensive approach to disaster risk reduction worldwide.

This document is the first in a series of case studies being undertaken by the ProVention Consortium in support of the process to mainstream disaster risk reduction into development, examining experience to date and challenges ahead in mainstreaming at a

The author presents the results of a study on the adjustment of two ethnic groups to the post-disaster resettlement program after the 1991 Mt Pinatubo volcano eruption in the Philippines.

This study makes a comparative analysis of 15 cities in the Asian region, including some megacities, medium sized cities, and smaller cities, in their capacity to absorb stress, to manage it and recover from it. The scope of this study is limited to

This paper discusses the role of resource rights in pre-disaster resilience and post-disaster reconstruction.

These studies on impacts of disasters on the education sector in Lao PDR, Philippines and Cambodia builds an evidence-based rationale to raise awareness on integrating DRR concerns into education policies, programs and plans and to advocate for changing