| Description |
1 online resource (383 pages) |
| Contents |
Front Cover -- Disasters in the Philippines: Before and After Haiyan -- Copyright information -- Dedication -- Table of contents -- List of Figures and Tables -- Notes on Contributors -- Acknowledgments -- Part I Disasters in the Philippines: Overview and Responses -- 1 Introduction -- Conceptualizing disaster archipelago -- Framing cultures and disasters -- Local-global interface -- Organization of the book -- References -- 2 Socio-Economic Impact of Disasters in the Philippines: The First Two Decades of the 21st Century -- Introduction |
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Estimates of the socio-economic impact of disasters in the Philippines -- Direct effects of disasters -- Secondary effects of disasters -- Vulnerability to disasters in the Philippines -- Strategies for disaster risk reduction in the Philippines -- Disaster risk reduction strategies -- The case of Albay province -- Conclusions -- Notes -- References -- 3 State of ICT-Use within the Local Climate E-Governance in Metro Manila, Philippines -- Introduction -- ICT-use for local climate e-governance in Metro Manila, Philippines -- Social media -- Wireless broadband technologies -- GIS |
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Mobile technologies -- ICT application processes for local climate e-governance: Marikina case study -- Facilitating execution of tasks -- Collecting data/information -- Processing and analyzing data/information -- Issues/barriers to ICT use and adoption -- Recommendations -- Notes -- References -- 4 Food and Nutrition Security and Children's Health Challenges in Extreme Weather Disasters in the Philippines: Understanding the Implications of Gender Roles -- Introduction -- Undernutrition and climate -- Climate change as a factor in undernutrition -- Nutrition in EWEs/disasters |
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Child undernutrition -- Operational framework -- Method -- Characteristics of women participants, children, and households -- Characteristics of the children -- Characteristics of households -- Flood exposure -- Understanding the causes of flood -- Information and warning -- Anxiety and fear of loss of loved ones, home, and possessions -- Different mothering experiences -- Normal daily routines before the flood -- Controlling children's activities during the flood -- Long-term experiences concerning food and nutrition -- Food scarcity and insecurity |
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Food provision and allocation issues: 'Hating kapatid' (divide like siblings) but not really ... -- Mothers skipping meals for the sake of the children -- Resourcefulness to make ends meet -- Additional burdens affecting child nutrition and health -- Access to local health services -- Employment -- Rebuilding amidst financial constraints -- Lack of sustainable livelihood support and financial constraints -- Keeping your head above water: Coping strategies -- Food coping strategies -- Participation in local nutrition programs as a coping mechanism -- Non-food coping strategies |
| Summary |
Bringing together the voices of local scholars, this book examines disasters in the Asia-Pacific region. Through its analysis, the book demonstrates the scopes, inequities and inefficiencies of policies and responses, as well as forms of empowerment and resilience, in meeting challenges in disaster-afflicted communities in the Philippines |
| Notes |
Description based upon print version of record |
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Income-related coping |
| Subject |
Disasters -- Philippines
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SOCIAL SCIENCE / Disasters & Disaster Relief.
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Disasters
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Social services & welfare, criminology.
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Society.
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Philippines
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Bonifacio, Glenda Tibe, editor
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Balbido Epe, Roxanna, editor
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| ISBN |
9781529222920 |
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1529222923 |
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