People's risk perceptions and responses to climate change and natural disasters in BASECO compound (Manila, Philippines)

The research probed the residents’ awareness of climate change, perception of risk and their preparedness for natural disasters in the urban poor community of BASECO in Manila, Philippines. The study highlights the importance of understanding the risk perceptions and responses to climate change and natural disasters with social, economic, political and cultural perspectives.

Noting that awareness, self-efficacy and responsibility are alternative approaches in building resilience and increasing adaptive capacity, the authors call for:

• the use and development of local knowledge and culture;
• the establishment of linkages between science based and indigenous knowledge;
• the inclusion of local knowledge and culture in reducing vulnerability and in the adoption of disaster risk reduction for the urban poor.

Procedia Environmental Sciences, Volume 34, Pages 490-505. This article is published under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International licence.