Pineda, G. L. (2015). Enhancing the elements of resiliency in the municipal disaster risk reduction and management system (Unpublished master's thesis). Public Management Development Program, Development Academy of the Philippines.

Public Management Development Program Middle Managers Class Batch 6 Thesis (MMC)--Development Academy of the Philippines.

This Re-Entry Project titled: Enhancing the Elements of Resiliency in the Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction and Management System was conceptualized to address the problem on why communities give low priorities to preparedness for natural hazards. Time and again, a weak pre-event prevention, mitigation and preparedness stance has been proven to be very costly in terms of time, resources and foregone opportunities for economic growth. Using the causal loop approach, the problem was stretched and dissected into various factors reflected in a series of cause-effect relations. The factors and the interrelationships were transformed into the objective of enhancing the resiliency of communities to natural hazards by applying hazard, vulnerability and capacity assessment and disaster risk reduction action planning at the barangay level. The attainment of the ReP objective was planned and scheduled through the Logical Framework Approach containing relevant inputs, activities, budget and outputs. A Gantt Chart and a template for budget estimates along with a risk management plan and communication plan were used as references and aids in the implementation, monitoring and management of the ReP implementation process. The ReP was implemented in collaboration with Barangays San Agustin, Carranglan, Nueva Ecija; Sto. Crsito, Angat, Bulacan; Mabuanbuan, Sasmuan, Pampanga; and, San Jose, Maamot, Tarlac. The four pilot areas were identified using the following selection criteria: a) level of vulnerability to flooding/landslide hazards from the Mines and Geo-Sciences Bureau (MGB); and, b) poverty situation using the Internal Revenue Allotment (IRA) dependency ration as indicator. The ReP was anchored on the basic principle of interdependence among the difference phases of a hazard, to wit: a) Prevention and Mitigation; b) Preparedness; c) Response; and, d) Recovery and Rehabilitation in Disaster Risk Reduction and Management (DRRM). Under this principle, the inter-connectivity of the different phases of hazards was described as circular characterized as continuing and unending, different from a linear type of relation which has a definite start and an end. Through the ReP, the scholar was able to deliver the following expected outputs within the prescribed three-month implementation period: a) Community Level Hazard, Vulnerability and Capacity Assessment for the four pilot barangays; b) Community-based Disaster Risk Reduction Action plans for the four barangays; c) Manual on How to Do Community-Based Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Planning; and, d) Process Standards that Contain Options, Suggested Templates among other for DRRM Planning. The four Community-Based Disaster Risk Reduction Action Plans were adopted by the concerned Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Councils (MDRRMCs) to form of their respective Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Plans. The Manual Process Standards, Options and Templates was endorsed to the Regional Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (RDRRMC) as regional initiative whereby barangays in Central Luzon shall be capacitated to trigger a community-based planning process that will enhance their resiliency, and for the RDRRMC to have an effective monitoring mechanism for the DRRM processes at the local level.