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    The document discusses integrating disaster risk reduction into land use planning in the Philippines. It begins by providing a taxonomy of natural hazards that affect the Philippines, which is prone to disasters due to its geography. It then outlines the extensive disaster management network in the country. However, the system is currently reactive rather than proactive. The document advocates for proactive approaches like environmental management, land use planning, safe construction, and early warning systems. Specifically for land use planning, it argues that a disaster risk reduction-driven approach at the local level provides benefits and should include enacting compliant regulations and programs to relocate settlements and provide alternative livelihoods.

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    The document discusses integrating disaster risk reduction into land use planning in the Philippines. It begins by providing a taxonomy of natural hazards that affect the Philippines, which is prone to disasters due to its geography. It then outlines the extensive disaster management network in the country. However, the system is currently reactive rather than proactive. The document advocates for proactive approaches like environmental management, land use planning, safe construction, and early warning systems. Specifically for land use planning, it argues that a disaster risk reduction-driven approach at the local level provides benefits and should include enacting compliant regulations and programs to relocate settlements and provide alternative livelihoods.

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    The document discusses integrating disaster risk reduction into land use planning in the Philippines. It begins by providing a taxonomy of natural hazards that affect the Philippines, which is prone to disasters due to its geography. It then outlines the extensive disaster management network in the country. However, the system is currently reactive rather than proactive. The document advocates for proactive approaches like environmental management, land use planning, safe construction, and early warning systems. Specifically for land use planning, it argues that a disaster risk reduction-driven approach at the local level provides benefits and should include enacting compliant regulations and programs to relocate settlements and provide alternative livelihoods.

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    Integrating Disaster Risk Parameters in Land Use Planning in the Philippines:

    Ernesto M. Serote

    Taxonomy of Natural Hazards in the Philippines


    Triggering Phenomena Earthquakes Associated Events Ground shaking Ground rupture Liquefaction Lava flows Pyroclastic flows Base surges Tephra falls Volcanic gases Earthquakes Storm surges Landslides Floods Drought Landslides Tsunami Fissuring Tsunami Landslides Debris avalanche Lahars Seiches Tropical cyclones Tidal fluctuations Sea level rise

    Volcanic Eruption

    Climatic Changes

    Sources:

    DOST-PHIVOLCS, 1994 NEDA-NLUC, 2002

    Disaster-Prone Country

    Due to its geographical location and physical characteristics


    An

    archipelago of 7,100 islands Lies on the northwest Pacific basin, the worlds busiest generator of tropical cyclones Part of the Pacific Ring of Fire Lies between two tectonic plates.

    Extensive Organizational Network

    The National Disaster Coordinating Council consists of:


    16

    Regional Disaster Coordinating Councils 80 Provincial Disaster Coordinating Councils 1,494 Municipal Disaster Coordinating Councils 116 City Disaster Coordinating Councils 41,960 Barangay Disaster Coordinating Councils

    Reactive in Focus
    The Philippine Disaster Management System is essentially reactive, emphasizes preparedness for emergency situations Hence, the need to institutionalize proactive modes of disaster mitigation and prevention.

    Proactive Modes of Disaster Risk Reduction


    Environmental Management

    Land Use Planning

    Safe Building Construction

    Early Warning Systems

    Environmental Management

    Most global of DRR strategies Concerns include climate change, biodiversity, freshwater supply and quality, land and other natural resources utilization, among others Policy area of coverage follows natural boundaries, e.g. ecosystems, river basins, watersheds, coastal zones, etc. DRR concerns embedded in national agency policies and legislation Need to decentralize or devolve policy implementation

    Land Use Planning


    A subset of environmental management Focused on land and other natural resources for human settlements, economic activities, and related needs DRR-sensitive LUP minimizes potential losses to physical assets, environmental capital, and human life Pursued at any scale but most effectively at local (city, municipal) levels

    Safe Building Construction

    A subset of land use planning and management, concerned with safer private constructions and critical public infrastructure Application of standard engineering procedures that are disaster-resistant involving

    reconstruction or repair of buildings damaged by hazardous events construction of new buildings retrofitting existing building stock improving resistance of non-engineered buildings non-

    Enforced through national building codes adapted by local ordinances

    Early Warning Systems


    Key element of DRR strategies aimed at protecting lives and property Consist of 3 basic components:

    Detecting and forecasting impending extreme events using scientific data and native traditional knowledge Disseminating warning information to political authorities and the threatened population Responding to warnings by the people at risk and the local authorities

    Involves all levels of stakeholders from national (and possibly international) agencies to local authorities and local communities

    Disaster Risk Reduction-Driven Local Land Use Planning: Rationale

    Land use planning at the local level is most effective in that, at this level:

    National environmental issues can be addressed in greater detail with local legislation Socially desired land use patterns can be regulated at the level of property parcels Safe construction practices can be enforced at the project level Community-level early warning systems can be Communitycoordinated and given resource support

    Disaster Risk Reduction-Driven Local Land Use Planning: Benefits

    Mainstreaming DRR in land use planning:


    promotes urban growth without generating new risks helps identify and mitigate the root causes of disaster like those entrenched in existing land development practices modifies and reduces vulnerable conditions of people and places preempts disaster damage before it happens rather than cleaning up after reduces vulnerability and losses of people and increases their ability to recover and hasten the process of reconstruction and rehabilitation

    Disaster Risk Reduction-Driven Local Land Use Planning: Scope


    Not a one-shot project but a continuing, cyclical function of local authorities Implemented through instruments derived from inherent powers of the state (e.g. zoning, special taxes, investment programs, etc.) Not targeted to specific hazard but includes all hazards known to threaten the local area Focus on the city/municipal level comprehensive land use plan (CLUP)

    DRR-Compliant Regulations
    Enact a zoning ordinance that ensures safety of all types of human settlements. Enact local ordinances adapting national subdivision and building regulations to address specific vulnerabilities of the locality.

    DRR-Compliant Programs/Projects
    Relocate marginal settlements that are located in hazardous areas to less hazardous ones. Provide alternative livelihood engaged in extraction of natural resources in hazardous areas.

    END

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