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From vulnerability to resilience: Addressing the causes, impacts, and . . . The Philippines is among the most disaster-prone nations Its islands are frequently hit by floods, typhoons, landslides, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, and droughts due to their location along major tectonic plates and in a typhoon belt The country is blessed with oceans, rivers, lakes, and streams, but weather events can release massive amounts of water, causing flooding This study
A systematic framework for assessing social vulnerability to flood for . . . Assessing social vulnerability to floods (SVF) is a crucial component of integrated flood risk management, especially in flood-prone regions such as Metro Manila in the Philippines This study presents a holistic framework to assess SVF, based on susceptibility, exposure, and resilience factors while recognizing its multi-dimensional, multi-attribute, and context-dependent nature The
Interrelationships of the barriers to integrated flood risk management . . . Many countries encountered “barriers” or obstacles that hampered the process of adapting to the integrated flood risk management (IFRM) from the traditional hard structural solutions in managing urban flooding One of the crucial tasks to overcome the barriers is to understand their interrelationships However, analysis of the interrelationships between the barriers to IFRM adaptation has
Earthquake damage estimation in Metro Manila . . . - ScienceDirect Building damage due to a scenario earthquake in Metro Manila, Philippines is estimated based on seismic performance of the buildings evaluated by local experts’ judgments For the damage estimation, building capacity curves and fragility curve are developed from questionnaire to the local experts of structural engineering The Delphi method is used to integrate the experts’ opinions The
Impact of flooding on truck movement in Metro Manila, Philippines Flooding in Metro Manila is a perennial problem given the frequency of typhoons hitting the country every year When a flood occurs along major roads, vehicular traffic usually results in a standstill, causing major disruptions that impede the flow of people, goods and services The study assessed the impact of flooding in terms of changes in the route of trucks under reduced road capacities