Implementing the DRMMP in Metro Manila - Pacific Disaster Center
Implementing the DRMMP in Metro Manila - Pacific Disaster Center
Implementing the DRMMP in Metro Manila - Pacific Disaster Center
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Enhanc<strong>in</strong>g Local Partnership and Stakeholders’ OwnershipMEGA-Plan Validation Workshop416 October 2006, 1300H to 1800HPHIVOLCS Auditorium, Quezon City, Philipp<strong>in</strong>esBackgroundLand use plann<strong>in</strong>g has consistently been identified as an effective means to mitigateand prevent disasters. Not only can it be used as an approach <strong>in</strong> reduc<strong>in</strong>g <strong>the</strong>Limpacts of natural disasters, it can also provide a systematic basis for chart<strong>in</strong>gLdecisions towards a susta<strong>in</strong>able, disaster-resilient city. This notion has been recognizedby local land use planners <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> Philipp<strong>in</strong>es. However, <strong>the</strong> realization of <strong>in</strong>tegrat<strong>in</strong>grisk parameters <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> local plann<strong>in</strong>g process and practices is prevented by <strong>in</strong>sufficientunderstand<strong>in</strong>g of disaster risk assessment as a basis of land use decisions.As an attempt to fill this gap, EMI, <strong>in</strong> cooperation with <strong>in</strong>ternational organizations suchas <strong>the</strong> <strong>Pacific</strong> <strong>Disaster</strong> <strong>Center</strong> (PDC), Kobe University, and UNDP and its local partner<strong>in</strong>stitutions, PHIVOLCS and MMDA, through <strong>the</strong> sponsorship of <strong>the</strong> ProVentionConsortium, has recently developed an eLearn<strong>in</strong>g course on Risk-Sensitive Land UsePlann<strong>in</strong>g that <strong>in</strong>tegrates land use plann<strong>in</strong>g and disaster risk reduction, known as <strong>the</strong>MEGA-Plan. This is <strong>in</strong> support of <strong>the</strong> overall goal of <strong>the</strong> 3cd Program <strong>in</strong> <strong>Metro</strong><strong>Manila</strong>, that is, to support local <strong>in</strong>stitutions to shift from a reactive, disaster responsefocus to a proactive and disaster risk management orientation.Specifically, <strong>the</strong> development of this specialized tra<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g course is a concrete steptowards achiev<strong>in</strong>g one of <strong>the</strong> objectives of <strong>Metro</strong> <strong>Manila</strong>’s <strong>DRMMP</strong>: to build capacities<strong>in</strong> disaster risk management as well as promote <strong>the</strong> ma<strong>in</strong>stream<strong>in</strong>g of disaster riskreduction <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> system, process, and practice of land use plann<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> <strong>Metro</strong> <strong>Manila</strong>.This walk-through and validation workshop aimed to ga<strong>the</strong>r feedback from <strong>the</strong>potential users of <strong>the</strong> course to assure relevance of <strong>the</strong> course content and collectcomments and suggestions on fur<strong>the</strong>r improv<strong>in</strong>g <strong>the</strong> tra<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g modules.Writtenby Nadia Pulmano and Marqueza Reyes.17
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