Disaster Risk Management Policies and the Measurement of Resilience for Philippine Regions

How can a government prioritize disaster risk management policies across regions and types of interventions? Using an economic model to assess welfare risk and resilience to disasters, this article systematically tackles the questions: (1) How much asset and welfare risks does each region in the Philippines face from riverine flood disasters? (2) How resilient is each region to riverine flood disasters? (3) What are, per region, the possible interventions to strengthen resilience to riverine flood disasters and what will be their measured benefit? We study the regions of the Philippines to demonstrate the channels through which macroeconomic asset and output losses from disasters translate to consumption and welfare losses at the micro-economic level. Apart from the regional prioritizations, we identify a menu of policy options ranked according to their level of effectiveness in increasing resilience and reducing welfare risk from riverine floods. The ranking of priorities varies for different regions when their level of expected value at risk is different. This suggests that there are region-specific conditions and drivers that need to be integrated into considerations and policy decisions, so that these are effectively addressed.     

灾害移民作为少数族群的社会互动性研究——基于新疆旱卡子滩闽玛生态村的实地调查

该文通过对新疆旱卡子滩闽玛生态村的一个汉族灾害移民群体的调查,探讨作为少数族群的汉族与当地哈萨克族在交往中存在的问题,认为通过文化符号的作用,加强不同群体之间在语言文化、民俗文化方面的相互了解和学习;同时当地政府也要扮演起文化促进者的角色,积极引导灾害移民适应当地的文化,进而在"求同存异"的状况下加强族群间的互动性,并最终探索出一条有利于族群交往的道路。