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Flood Management Policy and Plans:Social Aspects

Affected Families Post-Ondoy andPost-Pepeng (from 2009 – 2011)

Mary RacelisAteneo de Manila UniversityPhilippines

Philippine Flood Management Knowledge Sharing ForumAsian Development Bank and theDepartment of Public Works and Highways5 December 2012, Session 203

The views expressed in this paper are the views of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views or policies of theAsian Development Bank (ADB), or its Board of Directors, or the governments they represent. ADB does not guarantee

the accuracy of the data included in this paper and accepts no responsibility for any consequences of their use.Terminology used may not necessarily be consistent with ADB official terms.

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The Social Impacts of Tropical Storm Ondoy and Typhoon Pepeng: The Recovery of Communities in Metro Manila and Luzon

Institute of Philippine Culture, Ateneo de Manila University 2012

The study covered 24 affected communities in 4 cities of Metro Manila and 9 provinces in Luzon. Rapid SocialImpact Assessment done 2009 one week after Ondoy

and Pepeng, and Social Impact Monitoring 2011Reduction in incomes, especially in resettlement sites;livelihood assistance provided but usuallyunsustainable; not responsive to long-term livelihood

recovery needs; lack of capital to start over.Borrowing from multiple sources intensified;indebtedness increased .




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IPC Findings

Coping strategies continued: additional or temporary jobs, reducing consumption, multipleloans, but basic consumption needs not met

Increased dependence on women’s earnings insmall businesses, but in lower paid and unskilledwork, largely home-based

Youth took on temporary work; communityperceptions of them now as more trustworthy




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IPC Findings

Delays between needs assessment for newhousing and arrival of assistance.

Residents still in temporary shelter (2 sites) after two years since eviction from home sites.

Reluctance to move to resettlement sites for livelihood reasons and loss of social support

In-city resettlement preferred far more than out-of-city, except for higher amortization rates entailed




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IPC Findings

Barangay and community level disaster preparedness stilllimited.

Expressed need to improve communication among sub-groups within the communities for greater civic engagement

and improved security.Praise to Municipal Social Welfare Development Officer indistribution of goods and services during recovery;negotiating with international donors; monitoring

All sites stressed importance of strengthening local disaster preparedness activities




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Basic Issues

Onsite, near-site, in-city secure, affordable, andacceptable resettlement vs distant resettlement

Social housing for urban informal settlers; land

policies and land costsIncome recovery; subsidizing the poorest

People’s agency, voices, participation; capacity toaspire; dignity; citizenship, right to the city




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Other useful sourcesTransformation; Women’s Stories of Resilience and Challengesin the Time of Ondoy; Banyuhay: Mga kuwento ng hamon at

pagbangon ng kababaihan sa panahon ng Ondoy (Oxfam,Quezon City, 2011.

Community-Managed Disaster Risk Reduction in Community Development and Local Government Planning. InternationalInstitute of Rural Reconstruction and Lutheran World Relief Philippines, 2011

Women, Children, Disaster and Resilience, M Racelis. The State

of the World’s Children 2012: Children in an Urban World. NewYork: UNICEF 2012


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