Thesis Outline
Thesis Outline
Thesis Outline
Introduction
Disaster remains one of the main challenges facing the nations of the developing
world. It not only causes high mortality and suffering, it also damages local economies
that are in the process of formation and thwarts development achievements. The
Philippines is one of the countries around the world often experiencing disasters such as
earthquake, volcanic eruption, typhoon, tsunami, drought, and flooding among others.
Over the past two decades, the Philippines endured a total of 274 natural calamities,
making it the fourth most disaster-prone country in the world. The country is highly
exposed to natural hazards because it lies along the Pacific Typhoon Belt and is within
the Pacific Ring of Fire. The risk is compounded by uncontrolled settlement in hazard-
prone areas, high poverty rate, failure to implement building codes and construction
standards and the degradation of forests and coastal resources, among others.
to the monsoon rains and typhoons. The country experiences about 20 typhoons (more or
less) per year. Monsoon rain affects the weather system of the country for about six
months or half of the year. This causes flooding in many parts of the country. Excessive
rainfall can cause urban flooding as well as breach in river dikes or levees which can
cause flooding to low lying towns and villages. Damage to property agriculture. As well
as loss of lives may happen during floods. The Philippines experienced several disasters
related to flooding which caused many deaths and damage to property in the last decade.
(Dr. Murphy P. Mohammed, International Conference oo Building Resilience, 27 –
29 November 2017,)
First cause is that the DRRM in our country has poor urban governance resulting
in inefficient and ineffective building codes and poor land use planning at the local level.
One proof of this, as mentioned by relief web, if only the authorities have been held
accountable and focused more on risk reduction rather than the response, there would be
lesser casualties during the Typhoon Sendong. The efforts done before, during and after
the calamity are sometimes questionable. Politics donate goods but made it to their
connections and influence keep to themselves the donations that were supposed to be
given to the affected people. Businessmen grab the chance to increase the price of
primary goods such as water and food, knowing that the people would have no other
choice but to buy their product. These practices made the distribution of goods and
donations difficult and hassle. (Disaster Risk Reduction Problems Encountered in the
The Philippine National Government, which highly recognizes the adverse effects
of natural disasters, made possible the enactment of Republic Act No. 10121 or also
known as the “Philippine Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Act of 2010”. This
law provided the legal basis for the creation of the National Disaster Risk Reduction and
Management Plan (NDRRMP), the Local Disaster Risk Reduction and Management
This plan revolves around four thematic points or concerns, namely: (1) Disaster
Prevention and Mitigation; (2) Disaster Preparedness; (3) Disaster Response; and (4)
Disaster Rehabilitation and Recovery (NDRRMC, 2011). In addition, these four thematic
points revolve on the (1) avoidance of hazards and mitigates the potential impacts
recover from the negative impacts of emergency occurrences and disasters; (3) provision
of life preservation and meeting the basic subsistence needs of communities being
affected based on established standards during or immediately after a catastrophe; and (4)
the restoration and improvement of facilities, livelihood and living conditions and
The Act shifted the policy environment and the way the country deals with
Framework.
developed, and implemented as the master plan that will provide the strategies,
organisation, tasks of concerned agencies and local government units, and other
be achieved.
the individual, organisational, and institutional levels. A very important feature of this
law is its call for the mainstreaming of disaster risk reduction in physical and land-use
sectors.
RA 10121 also recognises local risk patterns and trends and decentralisation of
resources and responsibilities and thus encourages the participation of NGOs, private
management. It inhibits the full participation of the Local Government Units (LGUs) and
10121)
Kalamasig has its legendary origin of folklore from a manobo term "Kalaman-sa-
wagig" which literally means "Abundance of Water". It was them the seat of the
Salaman and Sebayor. On December 29, 1961. Kalamansig was officially created into a
municipality by virtue of Executive Order No. 459 by former President Carlos P. Garcia.
Sultan Kudarat.
Statement of the problem
The study aims to determine the level of awareness about disaster and disaster
General Objectives
the DRRM of the flood-prone, typhoon and any natural calamities at barangay Poblacion
Specific Objectives
Kadarat.
Kadarat.
Disaster risk reduction and management helps prevent incoming and inevitable
disaster that creates destructive outcomes. Specifically, this study will show how resident
will take action to different disasters, and to contribute to the overall knowledge of
disasters and on how to reduce destruction. For the respondents, it is to imply adequate
knowledge about Disaster Readiness and Risk Management, and to apply everything they
This research study is delimited only to determine the disaster awareness and
Household Interview. A house to house visit and personal interview with the
respondents.
sometimes orally translate into local vernacular for easy understanding and
comprehension.
Respondents. The one who will answer the interview/questions of the researchers.
impacts that exceed the ability of the affected community or society to cope using
Disaster risk reduction. The concept and practice of reducing disaster risks
through systematic efforts to analyse and manage the causal factors of disasters,
and property, wise management of land and the environment, and im-proved
may cause loss of life, injury or other health impacts, property damage, loss of
damage.
related disasters.
effectively anticipate, respond to, and recover from the impacts of likely,
disasters.
Public awareness. The extent of common knowledge about disaster risks, the
factors that lead to disasters and the actions that can be taken, individually and
resist, absorb, adapt to and recover from the effects of a hazard in a timely and
asset that make it susceptible to the damaging effects of a hazard. The definitions
in this section are adapted from the United Nations International Strategy for
Disaster Preparedness provides for the key strategic actions that give
contingency planning; conduct of local drills and the development of a national disaster
response plan. Risk-related information coming from the prevention and mitigation
aspect is necessary in order for the preparedness activities to be responsive to the needs
of the people and situation on the ground. Also, the policies, budget and institutional
mechanisms established under the prevention and mitigation priority area will be further
operations and essential services will be ensured. Behavioral change created by the
disasters. At the frontlines of preparedness are the local government units, local chief
executives and communities. Disaster Response gives importance toactivities during the
actual disaster response operations from needs assessment to search and rescue to relief
operations to early recovery activities are emphasized. The success and realization of this
priority area rely heavily on the completion of the activities under both the prevention
and mitigation and preparedness aspects, including among others the coordination and
vertical and horizontal coordination work between and among key stakeholders will
contribute to successful disaster response operations and its smooth transition towards
early and long term recovery work. The Rehabilitation and Recoverypriority area cover
areas like employment and livelihoods, infrastructure and lifeline facilities, housing and
resettlement, among others. These are recovery efforts done when people are already
outside of the evacuation centers. There are compelling reasons why the Philippines
should adopt disaster risk reduction and management (DRRM) and climate change
adaptation (CCA). It is exposed to disasters and hazards due to its geography and
geology as well as the presence of internal disputes in some areas. Tropical cyclones and
its sequential effects of rain and windstorms, as well as floods are the most prevalent
eightyfour (84) tropical cyclones entered the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR).
These typhoons resulted to a total of 13,155 in human casualty and more than 51 million
families have been affected. Economic losses due to typhoon damages in agriculture,
infrastructures and private properties are estimated to reach P158.242-B. Some of the
most devastating floods and landslides are triggered by these typhoons that happened also
within this period. The El Nino Southern Oscillation which is a periodic disaster recorded
high economic costs in just a single occurrence. In 2010, out of the almost PhP 25-M
to more than half. These affected more than 3 million people in that year alone.
Environmental factors such as denuded forests aggravate flood risks. The pace of
deforestation since the 1930s accelerated in the 1950s and 1960s, before falling slightly
in the 1980s. Even now, the effects of loose soil and reduced forest cover from past
forestry activities are felt in frequent landslides and floods. Recent events show that the
annual monsoon season in the country has brought severe flooding in most areas. In
2011, most of the disasters that claimed the lives of people and affected properties and
livelihoods of the most vulnerable were brought about by increased rainfall which caused
massive flash flooding in areas which don’t normally experience such. Between January
to September 2011, more than 50 incidents of flash flooding and flooding and more than
30 landslides occurred, mostly caused by increased rainfall and illegal logging. Typhoon
Sendong alone caused the lives of more than 1,000 people and damaged properties
seismic area lying along the Pacific Ring of Fire and is highly-prone to earthquakes.
Over the past 20 years disasters have affected 4.4 billion people, caused $2
trillion of damage and killed 1.3 million people. These losses have outstripped the total
disproportionately affect people living in developing countries and the most vulnerable
communities within those countries. Over 95 per cent of people killed by natural disasters
are from developing countries (Extreme Weather and Natural Disasters, 2012).
Disaster risk reduction is at the core of the mission of the World Meteorological
Organization (WMO. WMO, through its scientific and technical programs, its network of
Centers, provide scientific and technical services. This includes observing, detecting,
monitoring, predicting and early warning of a wide range of weather–, climate- and
water-related hazards. Through a coordinated approach, and working with its partners,
WMO addresses the information needs and requirements of the disaster risk management
meteorological, hydrological and climate hazards cause significant loss of life, and set
back economic and social development by years, if not decades. Between 1980 and 2007,
nearly 7500 natural disasters worldwide took the lives of over 2 million people and
produced economic losses estimated at over 1.2 trillion US dollars. Of this, 90 per cent of
the natural disasters, 71 per cent of casualties and 78 per cent of economic losses were
tropical cyclones, storm surges, extreme temperatures, landslides and wild fires, or by
hydrological conditions. Over the past five decades, economic losses related to hydro-
meteorological hazards have increased, but the human toll has fallen dramatically. This is
reduction policies and tools, including contingency planning and early warning systems
Recent disasters in Haiti and Pakistan in 2010 showed the need to “use knowledge,
innovation and education to build a culture of safety and resilience at all levels” as
articulated in the Hyogo Framework for Action 2005-2015. The role of education for
disaster risk reduction strategies can thus be presented according to three types of
activities: 1) Save lives and prevent injuries should a hazardous event occur, 2) Prevent
interruptions to the provision of education, or ensure its swift resumption in the event of
an interruption, and 3) Develop a resilient population that is able to reduce the economic,
social and cultural impacts should a hazardous event occur. Education for Disaster Risk
Reduction (DRR) takes into account the relationships between society, environment,
economy, and culture and their impacts. It also promotes critical thinking and problem-
solving as well as social and emotional life skills that are essential to the empowerment
It also plays a catalytic role, including advocacy, networking and participation in inter-
agency activities, to ensure that educational needs are met in post-disaster settings. It is
Program (MERP) in the Asia-Pacific region.UNESCO has been playing a valuable role
within the UN International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (ISDR) Thematic Platform
on Knowledge and Education. With its ISDR partner agencies, UNESCO promotes the
integration of Disaster Risk Reduction in national educational plans, school curricula and
including the workshop on “ESD and disaster risk reduction: building disaster-resilient
societies”, organized during the 2009 Bonn World Conference on ESD (UNESCO, 2011).
Much can be done to minimize the impacts of natural disasters. The Australian
as health, education, water and sanitation, and food security—must ensure that their
activities and infrastructure are disaster-resilient. Australia, along with most of our
developing country partners, is a signatory to the Hyogo Framework for Action 2005–
2015 Building the resilience of nations and communities to disasters, the international
blueprint for disaster risk reduction. It highlights that disaster risk reduction, along with
Aid, 2011).
In the period 2000-2009 as many as 85 per cent of the people reported affected by
disasters belonged to the Asia-Pacific Region, where Australia provides most of its
much impact a hazard has on society and the environment. The scale of the impact in turn
depends on the choices we make for our lives and for our environment. These choices
relate to how we grow our food, where and how we build our homes, what kind of
government we have, how our financial system works and even what we teach in schools.
Each decision and action makes us more vulnerable to disasters - or more resilient to
them. Disaster risk reduction is the concept and practice of reducing disaster risks
through systematic efforts to analyze and reduce the causal factors of disasters. Reducing
land and the environment, and improving preparedness for adverse events are all
examples of disaster risk reduction. Disaster risk reduction includes disciplines like
disaster management, disaster mitigation and disaster preparedness, but DRR is also part
must also reduce disaster risk. On the other hand, unsound development policies will
increase disaster risk - and disaster losses. Thus, DRR involves every part of society,
every part of government, and every part of the professional and private sector (National
Political spin can either exaggerate or play down the scale of a disaster, with
sole publicly accessible global database on disasters and their impacts, EM-
2012).
typhoons to hit the Philippines on that fateful day of 8 November 2013. It was also
considered the world’s strongest typhoon in the past year, having affected massive
update by the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC),
as of 23 November 2013, about 5,235 individuals have been reported dead, 23,501
injured, and 1,613 still missing. There are around 2,157,529 families or about 10 million
facilities, and agriculture were severely damaged. The total cost of damage is estimated at
about PhP22 billion. Amid the devastation wreaked by Typhoon Yolanda, some
questions arise. Is it possible to have zero casualty as aspired for by President Benigno S.
Aquino III during his national address days before the coming of the deadly storm? Are
there even ways to at least minimize the damage caused by typhoons of such nature?
Experts are saying that with climate change manifesting itself even more patently, there is
a great possibility that another typhoon of the same magnitude will hit the Philippines and
other countries anytime soon. Is the Philippines ready for another disaster?
It can be argued that the number of casualties and the extent of the damage
brought about by such disaster could have been eliminated or, at the very least,
minimized had proactive steps been taken. Preparation is very important especially for
of such preparation in Philippine law is in Republic Act (R.A.) No. 10121, or An Act
Strengthening the Philippine Disaster Risk Reduction and Management System,
Providing for the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Framework and
Institutionalizing the National Disaster Risk and Management Plan, Appropriating Funds
Therefor and for Other Purposes. The law, also known as the Philippine Disaster Risk
Reduction and Management Act of 2010 (DRRM Act), was enacted on July 27, 2009
and signed into law on May 27, 2010 during the term of former President Gloria
Macapagal-Arroyo. The DRRM Act repealed Presidential Decree (P.D.) No. 1566, also
known as the Strengthening the Philippine Disaster Control, Capability and Establishing
METHODOLOGY
This chapter present the research locale of the study, research design, respondent
of the study, sample and sampling procedure, research instruments, data gathering and
The location of the study was in Barangay Poblacion which lies within the
coordinates: Northing 6°55'41" and Easting 124°06’80". And Barangay Nalilidan within
the coordinates: Northing 6°51'58" and Easting 124.07'89". Easting, in the island of
PHILIPPINES MINDANAO
Figure 1. Map showing the area coverage of Barangay Poblacion and Barangay Nalilidan.
Research Design
The researchers used triangulation in the study since both qualitative and
The respondents of this study will be the total number of household in the two
The researcher use slovin's formula which appropriate for stratified random
Formula:
𝑁
𝑛=
1 + 𝑁(𝑒)2
Where:
n = no. of samples
N = total population
Interview guides and survey questioners were used in study to gather information
from the respondents that consists the following Part I- Demo socio-economic profile of
kudarat, Part II- awareness of the respondents of Barangay Poblacion and Barangay
Data Gathering
Data gathering procedure consists of three stages: the first will be the preparatory
stage that shall include the preparation of materials as well the validation questioners
need in the study. The second stage will be the actual gathering and collecting of the for
including the administration of questioners. Lastly the encoding and editing of the data in
Data analysis, the researchers will use a qualitative analysis of data, interpretation
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