Natural Disaster Risk Management in the Philippines : Enhancing Poverty Alleviation Through Disaster Reduction

The Philippines by virtue of its geographic circumstances is highly prone to natural disasters, such as earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, tropical cyclones and floods, making it one of the most disaster prone countries in the world. This report seeks to document the impacts of natural disasters on th...

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Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	Other Rural Study
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AGRICULTURE BIODIVERSITY BUILDING CODES CAPACITY BUILDING CARBON DIOXIDE CASUALTIES CATASTROPHIC EVENTS CENSUS OF POPULATION CIVIL DEFENSE CLIMATE CHANGE CORN CRED DAMAGE ASSESSMENT DAMAGE ASSESSMENTS DAMAGED HOUSES DAMAGES DANGERS DEMOGRAPHIC GROWTH DEVELOPMENT OBJECTIVES DEVELOPMENT PLANNING DEVELOPMENT PLANNING PROCESS DEVELOPMENT POLICY DISADVANTAGED GROUPS DISASTER EMERGENCY DISASTER EMERGENCY RESPONSE DISASTER EVENTS DISASTER MANAGEMENT DISASTER MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES DISASTER MANAGEMENT FACILITY DISASTER MITIGATION DISASTER PLAN DISASTER PREVENTION DISASTER PRONE COUNTRIES DISASTER RECOVERY DISASTER REDUCTION DISASTER RELIEF DISASTER RESPONSE DISASTER RISK DISASTER RISK REDUCTION DISASTERS DMF DRINKING WATER DROUGHT DROUGHTS EARLY WARNING EARLY WARNING SYSTEMS EARTHQUAKE EARTHQUAKE RECONSTRUCTION EARTHQUAKES ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC RAMIFICATIONS EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EL NINO EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT EMERGENCY RELIEF EMERGENCY SUPPLIES ENSO ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION ENVIRONMENTAL DISASTERS ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS ENVIRONMENTAL STRATEGIES ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS ERUPTION EVACUATION EVACUEES EXPLOSIVE EXTREME EVENTS FALLOUT FARMERS FATALITIES FIRE FIRE FIGHTING FIRE FIGHTING EQUIPMENT FIRES FLOOD FLOOD CONTROL FLOOD PRONE AREAS FLOODING FLOODS FOOD INTAKE FOOD REQUIREMENTS FORCE MAJEURE FOREST COVER GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS GOVERNMENT POLICIES GREENHOUSE GASES GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT HEAVY RAINFALL HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD LEVEL HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HUMAN HEALTH HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE IMPACT OF DISASTERS INCIDENCE OF POVERTY INDIVIDUAL HOUSEHOLDS INFORMED DECISIONS INFRASTRUCTURE DAMAGE INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY INSURANCE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY LA NINA LAHAR LAHARS LAND-USE PLANNING LANDSLIDE LANDSLIDES LEVEL OF POVERTY LIVELIHOOD OPPORTUNITIES LOCAL ECONOMY LOCAL GOVERNMENTS MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS MIGRATION NATIONAL COUNCIL NATIONAL GOVERNMENT NATIONAL LEVEL NATURAL DISASTER NATURAL DISASTER REDUCTION NATURAL DISASTERS NATURAL HAZARD NATURAL HAZARDS NATURAL PHENOMENA NATURAL RESOURCE NATURAL RESOURCES NUMBER OF PEOPLE PACIFIC REGION PERSISTENT POVERTY PERSONAL COMMUNICATION PHYSICAL DAMAGE PLASTICS POLITICAL LEADERSHIP POLLUTION POOR FAMILIES POOR PEOPLE POOR WOMEN POPULATION DENSITY POPULATION GROWTH POPULATION PRESSURES POVERTY ALLEVIATION POVERTY REDUCTION POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY PRESIDENTIAL DECREE PROGRESS PUBLIC SAFETY RAPID POPULATION GROWTH REHABILITATION ASSISTANCE REHABILITATION PROGRAMS REINSURERS RELIEF ACTIVITIES RELIEF EFFORTS RELIEF SUPPLIES REMITTANCES RICE RISK REDUCTION RURAL AREAS RURAL DEVELOPMENT SAFETY SAFETY NETS SAVINGS SEA LEVEL SOCIAL COHESION SOCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE SOCIAL WELFARE SOUTHERN OSCILLATION STORM STORMS SUGAR SUGAR CANE SURFACE TEMPERATURE SURFACE TEMPERATURES SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TECTONIC PLATE TRANSPORTATION TROPICAL CYCLONES TSUNAMI TYPE OF DISASTER TYPE OF DISASTERS TYPHOON TYPHOONS UNDRO UNEMPLOYMENT URBAN AREAS URBAN POPULATION URBANIZATION VEGETABLES VICTIMS VOLCANIC ERUPTION VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS VOLCANO VOLCANOES VULNERABILITY
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/10/8387918/philippines-natural-disaster-risk-management-philippines-enhancing-poverty-alleviation-through-disaster-reduction http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8748

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Natural Disaster Risk Management in the Philippines : Enhancing Poverty Alleviation Through Disaster Reduction

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