Vulnerability to typhoon hazards in the coastal informal settlements of Metro Manila, the Philippines

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ID4920140
AutoresVéronique M Morin (Senior Disaster Risk Management Specialist The World Bank Washington, DC United States), Véronique Morin (World Bank, autor de correspondencia), Mokbul Morshed Ahmad (0000-0002-4003-0920, Associate Professor, School of Environment, Resources and Development Asian Institute of Technology Pathumthani Thailand), Pennung Warnitchai (Professor, School of Engineering and Technology Asian Institute of Technology Pathumthani Thailand)
Año2016
Volumen40
Número4
Páginas693-719
Fecha de publicación2016-10-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaDisasters (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0361-3666 • E-ISSN: 1467-7717
EditorialWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/disa.12174
PMID26749416
OpenAlexW2223531526
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas14
Referencias citadas44

In many low- and middle-income countries informal communities-also termed slum and squatter areas-have become a dominant and distinct form of urban settlement, with ever increasing populations. Such communities are often located in areas of high hazard exposure and frequently affected by disasters. While often recognised as one of the highest 'at risk' populations, this paper will argue that informal settlers have been directly and indirectly excluded from many formal mechanisms, thereby increasing their vulnerability to disaster events. Household surveys were conducted across several frequently flooded informal coastal communities in Metro Manila, the Philippines, following a major typhoon and storm surge disaster. The study revealed a large level of diversity in socio-economic vulnerability, although all households faced similar levels of physical exposure and physical vulnerability. Disaster risk reduction policies and responses need to better integrate informal settlement areas and recognise the diversity within these communities

Business · Computer security · Disaster risk reduction · Diversity (politics · Economic growth · Environmental health · Environmental planning · Geography · Hazard · Human settlement · Informal settlements · Poison control · Political science · Population · Settlement (finance · Slum · Socioeconomics · Sociology · Storm · Storm surge · Typhoon · Vulnerability (computing · Climate Change, Adaptation, Migration · Disaster Management and Resilience · Medicine · Urban and Rural Development Challenges · Ecology