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 correspondente), 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)
Ano2016
Volume40
Fascículo4
Páginas693-719
Data de publicação2016-10-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoDisasters (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0361-3666 • E-ISSN: 1467-7717
EditoraWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/disa.12174
PMID26749416
OpenAlexW2223531526
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas14
Referências 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