1. Home
  2. Documents and publications

Philippines: The case of SM City Cabanatuan mall

Source
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR)
SM Prime Holdings, Inc.
Upload your content

SM Prime’s (shopping mall company) commitment in building safer and disaster‐resilient malls was considered in SM Cabanatuan by consciously and decisively designing the mall to allow overflowing creek floodwater during extreme floods into the mall property. The lower ground structure also serves as a temporary flood catchment which minimized the level of flood in the community.

The recorded lessons learned are:

  • SM Prime saw the opportunity of doing business while considering the risk.
  • The additional 10% in costs to build a disaster resilient mall were more than recouped in avoided losses.
  • SM Prime gained more trust with its stakeholders because it anticipated the risk and took action based on their needs, rendering a sustainable competitive advantage.

This case study is one of a series produced by members of ARISE, the UNISDR Private Sector Alliance for Disaster Resilient Societies.

Download

Document links last validated on: 18 December 2019

Explore further

Hazards Cyclone, Hurricane and Typhoon Flood
Themes Private sector Urban risk and planning Economics of DRR Disaster risk management Structural safety
Country and region Philippines
Number of pages
2 p.
Publication year
2016

Also featured on

UNDRR Website

Please note: Content is displayed as last posted by a PreventionWeb community member or editor. The views expressed therein are not necessarily those of UNDRR, PreventionWeb, or its sponsors. See our terms of use

Is this page useful?

Yes No
Report an issue on this page

Thank you. If you have 2 minutes, we would benefit from additional feedback (link opens in a new window).