Community-Based Disaster Risk Management in the Philippines: Achievements and Challenges of the Purok System
The purok system in the Philippines is promoted as a voluntary self-organization at the sub-village level which strengthens community resilience to natural hazards. In 2011, the system received the UN Sasakawa Award and gained prominence among the practitioner community. Based on a qualitative study...
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| Language: | deu |
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SEAS - Society for South-East Asian Studies
2017-06-01
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| Series: | ASEAS - Austrian Journal of South-East Asian Studies |
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| Online Access: | https://aseas.univie.ac.at/index.php/aseas/article/view/1328/1639 |