Chapter 11 Integrating disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation: Initiatives and challenges in the Philippines

Abstract

The Philippines is one of the most vulnerable countries in the world as far as climate-related and other forms of disasters (e.g., earthquake and volcanic eruption) are concerned (World Bank and NDCC, 2004; UNISDR, 2008a, 2008b). In 2004 alone, 25 weather disturbances hit the country, of which four occurred successively in November and the first week of December. These triggered massive landslides and flooding in Southern and Central Luzon, leading to damages in lives and properties (Duque, 2005). With this the country is considered as one of the most disaster prone, ranking 12th among the 200 countries most at risk to natural hazards in the 2009 Mortality Risk Index of the United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UNISDR, 2009).

Citation

Pulhin, J.M., Tapia, M.A. and Perez, R.T. (2010), "Chapter 11 Integrating disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation: Initiatives and challenges in the Philippines", Shaw, R., Pulhin, J.M. and Jacqueline Pereira, J. (Ed.) Climate Change Adaptation and Disaster Risk Reduction: An Asian Perspective (Community, Environment and Disaster Risk Management, Vol. 5), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 217-235. https://doi.org/10.1108/S2040-7262(2010)0000005017