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This chapter is based on an independent and follow-up study on integrated child-centered disaster risk reduction and management (IC-DRRM) programs and activities of the Department of Education, concerned local government units (LGUs), and select communities in Bohol, Philippines, that were the project-implementing partners of the School-based Disaster Risk Reduction and Management in the Philippines. Adopting the insider and outsider perspectives of doing qualitative research provide an in-depth and objective analysis in examining whether the project interventions during the Bohol earthquake post-disaster response and partners’ initiatives are sustained and/or scaled up that promote resilience among children and communities. Results of the study demonstrate the synergies, child participation, and how the Department of Education, the two pilot LGUs (Maribojoc and Loon), and their communities have adopted and scaled up to sustain an integrated child-centered DRRM as they move forward in resilience building. The conclusion underscores the much-needed IC-DRRM and resilience building and its requisites for safer and resilient schools and communities and ‘disaster risk proofing development’ towards sustainable development.
Bringing together the voices of local scholars in the Philippines, this book offers critical insights into one of the world’s most disaster-prone regions.
The Asia-Pacific region is one of the most vulnerable regions in the world, with the effects of climate change contributing to rising sea levels and increasingly frequent typhoons and floods. Case studies in this book examine such disasters, including the aftermath of 2013 super typhoon Haiyan. Discussions are centred around four themes: women and empowerment, economics and recovery, community and resilience, and religion and spirituality.
Through its analysis, the book demonstrates the scopes, inequities and inefficiencies of policies and responses, as well as forms of empowerment and resilience, in meeting challenges in disaster-afflicted communities in the Philippines. Its conclusions provide a more nuanced and grounded perspective of policies, practices and approaches in the sociology of disasters today.
Disasters in the Philippines: Before and After Haiyan is a collection of original works produced mostly by local scholars and specialists in one of the world’s most disaster-prone countries. Case studies examine the disasters in the Philippines using selected themes such as women empowerment, children, disability, economics and recovery, communities and resilience, and religion. Disasters caused by natural hazards are likely to increase in frequency and severity due to the global impact of climate change, yet the scholarly examination of its social and economic dimensions in vulnerable areas in the Asia-Pacific region like the Philippines is not well established. This new collection provides a more nuanced and grounded perspective of policies, practices, and approaches in the sociology of disasters today.
Disasters in the Philippines: Before and After Haiyan is a collection of original works produced mostly by local scholars and specialists in one of the world’s most disaster-prone countries. Case studies examine the disasters in the Philippines using selected themes such as women empowerment, children, disability, economics and recovery, communities and resilience, and religion. Disasters caused by natural hazards are likely to increase in frequency and severity due to the global impact of climate change, yet the scholarly examination of its social and economic dimensions in vulnerable areas in the Asia-Pacific region like the Philippines is not well established. This new collection provides a more nuanced and grounded perspective of policies, practices, and approaches in the sociology of disasters today.
This is the concluding section of the book which synthesizes the themes and chapters and implications beyond the Philippines.
This introductory chapter sets the background, framework, concepts, and context of the sociology of disasters in the Philippines, mainly from pre- and post-typhoon Haiyan. As an overview, this chapter presents the sociocultural dimensions of disasters in the Philippines by conceptualizing a disaster archipelago; framing cultures and disasters; the interface of the local and global; environmental policies, humanitarian, and development assistance. It also presents the organization of the book into two parts and a description of the 15 chapters related to gender, women, children, nutrition, community resilience, religion, information communication technology, economy, disaster impact analysis, applied theater, disability, and disaster risk reduction.
