The document reviews several related studies on disaster risk management. One study from 2004 examined different approaches to researching hazard-related human behaviors, linking disaster preparedness to demographic and psychosocial factors. A 2010 book discussed how community-based development requires participatory communication between organizations and environments. Another study from the Philippines in 2005 looked at communication systems in disaster management through a case study of a 2004 fire. A recent study by the Ateneo de Manila University found that communities affected by 2009 typhoons in the Philippines were still struggling years later due to lost assets and income.
The document reviews several related studies on disaster risk management. One study from 2004 examined different approaches to researching hazard-related human behaviors, linking disaster preparedness to demographic and psychosocial factors. A 2010 book discussed how community-based development requires participatory communication between organizations and environments. Another study from the Philippines in 2005 looked at communication systems in disaster management through a case study of a 2004 fire. A recent study by the Ateneo de Manila University found that communities affected by 2009 typhoons in the Philippines were still struggling years later due to lost assets and income.
The document reviews several related studies on disaster risk management. One study from 2004 examined different approaches to researching hazard-related human behaviors, linking disaster preparedness to demographic and psychosocial factors. A 2010 book discussed how community-based development requires participatory communication between organizations and environments. Another study from the Philippines in 2005 looked at communication systems in disaster management through a case study of a 2004 fire. A recent study by the Ateneo de Manila University found that communities affected by 2009 typhoons in the Philippines were still struggling years later due to lost assets and income.
According to a joint study participated in by Dr. Doracie B. Zoleta-
antes in 2004 (pre-Hyogo Framework for Action World Conference), there are different types of approach in the scientific research of hazard-related human behaviors. One such approach mentioned has directly associated disaster preparedness with age-related demographic variables (e.g., age, civil status), socio-economic related demographic variables (e.g., highest educational attainment, income, home ownership) and psychosocial- behavioral variables (e.g., training, risk assessment). In the introduction to his book, Alwin B. De Leon, Ph. D. (2010) stated that community-based development projects are participatory in nature. Thus, communication not only serves as the lifeblood of the organization, it is also its major linkage to the organization’s environment. This is the rationale for tapping the Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) as regular members of the BDRRMC since they serve as the link chain which brings about the necessary balance between the top-down and bottom-up approach of managing community development plans and projects. In another study, the observations made in the book printed and published by the Department of Health, Republic of the Philippines, entitled “RESPONDING TO HEALTH EMERGENCIES AND DISASTERS: The Philippine Experience” (2005), about a fire which broke out at the locale of this study, Barangay 649 (BASECO), on January 11, 2004 in the evening, the last two directly related to communication system in disaster management One of the key findings of a qualitative study completed recently by the Institute of Philippine Culture (IPC) based at the Ateneo de Manila University stated that many residents in poor communities that were heavily affected by Typhoons Ondoy and Pepeng in 2009 are still struggling to recover due to lack of assets and working capital to restore their livelihood lost to the floods. Using focus group discussions and key informants interviews, the study titled “The Social Impact of Tropical Storm Ondoy and Typhoon” probes into the long-term effects of the twin disasters that hit the country in 2009. The study was supported by a trust fund from the Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID) administered by the World Bank. The study says that since 2009, these communities reported overall reduction in incomes due to loss of assets and working capital. • Magunda M. K. (PhD) published a study on August 2010 entitled “Study on Disaster Risk Management and Environment for the Karamoja Subregion.” The study focused on:
- Assessment of environmental change as a parameter of disaster risk
in the Karamoja region. - Assessment of environmental causes and the associated consequences. - Assessment of the dynamics between disaster, environmental impacts and the needs of the communities in Karamoja Koos van Zyl (2006), meanwhile, discussed in his “A Study on a Disaster Risk Management Plan for the South African Agricultural Sector” the dependent factors of flood hazard such as the depth and velocity of the water, duration of the flood and the load carried such as the sediment, salts, sewage and chemicals. He added that flood events and impacts appear to be increasing on a global scale.