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Resilience and Disaster Trends in the Philippines: Opportunities for National and Local Capacity Building – PLOS Currents Disasters http://currents.plos.org/disasters/article/resilience-and-disaster-trends-in-the-philippines-opportunities-for-national-and-local-capacity-building/ Introduction: The Philippines is one of the top countries in the world at risk of climate-related disasters. For populations subsisting at the poverty line in particular, but also the nation as a whole, daily lives and wellbeing are routinely challenged. The Philippines government takes disaster risk seriously and has devoted significant resources to build disaster capacity and reduce population exposure and vulnerability, nationally and locally. This paper explores the policy and institutional mechanisms for disaster risk reduction management and research which have been conducted in the Philippines related to disaster preparedness, management and resilience.

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Despite a large body of research on disasters in the Philippines, there is limited data on household levels of preparedness for disaster. This report provides findings from a nationwide household survey in the Philippines addressing disaster resilience and preparedness. The results of the survey provide a comprehensive baseline of household measures on each.

Preparedness relates to steps that are taken by government, communities and individuals to mitigate the impact of hazards. Preparedness is a component of resilience. Resilience is a long-term concept that covers the full disaster continuum and includes aspects of positive transformation that enhances the ability of future generations to meet their needs.

Survey participants were selected using a nationally representative sample of randomly selected adults aged 18 years old and above, representing all Philippines economic strata (ABCDE households). A total of 4,368 interviews were conducted. Data collection took place across the country between March 10, 2017 and April 9, 2017. Two hundred and forty household interviews were conducted in each of the 18 regions of the Philippines with oversampling in the National Capital Region.

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