Mapping Vulnerabilities A Thesis 2

PAMBAYANG KOLEHIYO NG MAUBAN
 Name: Nicole Morales Pascual

 Year & Section: 2E- Social Studies
 Submitted by: Lineth T. Santayana (Part time Instructor)
Mapping Vulnerabilities: Assessing Risks and

Resilience of Urban Barangays to Natural Disasters
II. ABSTRACT
This study is focused entirely on the shortcomings of the Philippine risk management
system. This study also is focused on the recent improvements that has occurred within
The system itself. Unfortunately, there are still a lot of problems within the system with
my study and the references from other Authors that I have found.
III. INTRODUCTION
The Philippines is a country known for its various national disasters. These disasters,
include Volcanoes, Earthquakes, Typhoons, Tsunamis & Landslides etc...
These disasters have caused thousands of lives in the past like for example the
Volcanoes Hibok-Hibok & Taal claimed a combined 4,500 people in their eruptions.
Taal in 1911 killed 1,500. Hibok-Hibok killed 3,000 in 1951. The latter’s eruption caused
the government to start COMVOL (Commision on Volcanology) now known as
PHIVOLCS (The Philippine Institute on Volcanology & Seismology). Other natural
disasters such as the massive 7.7 magnitude earthquake of July 16, 1990, and the 1991
Eruption of Mount Pinatubo justified the need for having PHIVOLCS. The Philippines is
also known for Typhoons such as Yolanda or Haiphong thus PAGASA (Philippines
Atmospheric Geophysical & Astronomical Services Administration) was formed to act in
advance of storms and warn LGU’s of their risks. LGU’s responds to evacuation with
instructions from the country’s risk reduction agency which is the NDRRMC (National
Disasters Risk Reduction & Management Council). The LGU’s then organizes a plan to
evacuate civilians in an orderly manner as possible.
IV. REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE
I. Local
According to Dariagan (2021) prevention and mitigation, preparedness, response, and

rehabilitation and recovery are the primary plan of action by LGU’s against these natural
disasters but unfortunately, The Philippines poorly performs in disaster management
particularly on financial utilization, information management, leadership, monitoring,
collaboration, and coordination with various stakeholders. This institutes itself with high
casualty rates and poor recovery outcomes for the cities of the countries itself such as
Tacloban in 2013 & Odette in 2021. .
See & Porio (2015) added more by saying there is a correlation between vulnerability of
communities and their access to basic services and social capital. Households with
stronger social ties and access to services such as healthcare, education, and
employment, were more likely to stay resilient to flooding events. Thus, it can be said
that the less wealthy sector of the country is lacking in these benefits thus, they have a
weaker strength to survive and recover against these flooding events.
According to (Libot, 2020) There is a plethora of ways that resilience can be defined,
measured, and applied to a system, each method carrying its own underlying
assumptions and biases that inform the outcome on a system, both intended and
unintended. For example, within media and amongst parties in power, the term “Filipino
Resilience” has been utilized for many years. This concept glamorizes the Filipino
people’s ability to cope with and stay resilient to disasters to shift the focus away from
the failure of systems to protect the people, and rather shift the responsibility to cope
with disasters on the shoulders of the people
II. FOREIGN
According to Granstrom (2021) the Philippines was categorized with a very high level of
exposure and lack of adaptive capacities, a high level of vulnerability and susceptibility,
and a medium level of the lack of coping capacities. Criticisms have surfaced on the
short sightedness of plans and protocols in climate change adaptation from various
experts in the field. Instead of focusing on a 20-30 year plan the organizers instead
focused on a shorter sighted 1 political term in mind (6 years). Thus, the country lacks
the adaptive capability to cope with situations that may arise. Thankfully according to
Granstrom (2021) Communication and coordination have improved with the expansion
and decentralization of DRRM efforts, specifically managed by the OCD in the pre-,
during-, and post- disaster phases. The implementation of more activities related to
training and knowledge dissemination for LGUs has also increased their capacities to
create resilience within their own contexts. Finally, an increase in community
participation has also happened through activities such as multi-hazard mapping and
vulnerability risk assessments. But Granstrom (2021) has also stated that however, as
conditions for typhoon impacts continue to worsen, these frameworks will need to be
applied on a far larger and transformative scale to tackle the root causes of
vulnerabilities, rather than creating short-term solutions.
III. METHODOLOGY
RESEARCH DESIGN
This research study lies within the Qualitative spectrum as the data of information to be
gathered requires comparison of other data from other barangays and cities and thus it
employs a descriptive type of research as it is employing description of the
Vulnerabilities of barangays to natural disasters. This type of method is used to identify
& describe specific factors regarding the topic of the thesis.
Research work most of the time is appraised based on the quality & reliability of the
analysis & information it provides in the end. Data was gathered using the validated
interview of a city or Barangay official here at Mauban, Quezon Province. The questions
asked to the official were regarding the concerns of the vulnerability of the region to
natural calamities.
Respondents
This thesis required the interview of the barangay captain of Mauban, Quezon Province.
He was chosen as the Barangay Captain of the barangay thus; he has the knowledge of
how he will organize the evacuation & prevention of damage to his assigned region.
IV. DATA ANALYSIS
From the interview the Barangay Captain was asked by myself and answered these
following questions:
1. What is the weakness that our barangay (Bagong Bayan) has in preserving our
community in case of national calamities? (Flood, Volcanic eruptions...etc.)
Ans: Lack of communication between barangay officials & the community around.
Plenty of the citizens in our barangay lacks the awareness of the risks that these natural
disasters do.
2. What are the steps that the barangay has taken to minimize the effect of these
disasters on our livelihood?
Ans: We use the formation & dissemination, raising awareness of our citizens using
social media and other else. Still, unfortunately we still have those who are hard-headed
& wouldn’t follow our instructions.
V. CONCLUSION
In conclusion of this study. The problems of Barangay Bagong-Bayan are a part of a
bigger nationwide issue that is mitigated by inadequate communication and
overwhelming corruption in this issue. LGU’s have made several improvements to these
problems including multiple sectors in charge of communications overall. Thus,
improving their reliability. However, the LGU’s efforts are not enough to overcome these
issues. This study indicates that the problem is the entire system. The entire system is
incredibly inadequate and in need of modernization and faithful leadership by the
Executive branch overall.
VI. REFERENCES
LOCAL LITERATURE
Dariagan J.D (2021) Disaster preparedness of Local Governments in Panay Island,

Philippines
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11069-020-04383-0
Libot, J., 2020. As Filipino resilience gets exploited, netizens slam gov't disaster
response. Rappler, [online] Available at:
https://www.rappler.com/moveph/filipino-resiliency-exploited-netizens-slam-disaster-
response-government-uselessph/ [Accessed 22 June 2022].
See J. & Porio E. (2021) Assessing Social Vulnerability to flooding in metro manila
using Principal Component Analysis
https://researchprofiles.canberra.edu.au/en/publications/assessing-social-vulnerability-
to-flooding-in-metro-manila-using-
FOREIGN LITERATURE
Granstrom, S.E (2021) Disaster Risk Reduction & Management in Metro Manila
Philippines

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PAMBAYANG KOLEHIYO NG MAUBAN

 Name: Nicole Morales Pascual

Mapping Vulnerabilities: Assessing Risks and

IV. REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE

According to Dariagan (2021) prevention and mitigation, preparedness, response, and

IV. DATA ANALYSIS

Dariagan J.D (2021) Disaster preparedness of Local Governments in Panay Island,

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