Ebinezer R. Florano, Ph.D.*
Assistant Professor
National College of Public Administration and
Governance
University of the Philippines
Diliman, 1101 Quezon City
ABSTRACT
The Disaster-Resilient Community
Index (DRCI) is a tool developed by the author that can be used to assess the
resiliency of communities vis-à-vis natural disasters. It consists of five
thematic areas, namely: (1) governance, (2) knowledge and education, (3) risk
assessment, (4) risk management and vulnerability reduction, and (5) disaster
preparedness and response. Their 199 indicators were based from a guidance note
that lists down all characteristics of
a disaster-resilient community. Data were gathered through the use of
checklists which were triangulated with the following methods: (1) documents review, (2) focus group discussions
at the barangay level, and (3) interviews with relevant local government
officials. The DRCI was used in assessing the resiliency of 12 barangays in
four cities, namely: Tacloban, Iligan, Dagupan, and Marikina which were hit by
strong typhoons from 2009 to 2013, i.e., Yolanda, Sendong, Pepeng, and Ondoy,
respectively. The DRCI can compare the average index
values of all barangays by city and identify the strengths and weaknesses of
each barangay and city.
Read in the Third National Climate Conference of the
National Academy of Science and Technology of the Department of Science and
Technology in partnership with OML Center, Philippines held on 25 September
2014 in Traders Hotel, Roxas Boulevard, Manila, Philippines.
This presentation is based
on a research report entitled, “Community Governance for Disaster Recovery and
Resilience: Four Case Studies in the Philippines” that was carried out with the
aid of a grant from the Global Development Network/Japan International
Cooperative Agency (GDN/JICA) administered by the Philippine Institute for
Development Studies (PIDS) as East Asian Development Network (EADN ) Secretariat.
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