CITY DISASTER

RESILIENT
CENTER
MARIKINA CITY
BACKGROUND OF THE
PROJECT
The Philippines is the most-exposed large country in the world to tropical
cyclones; the cyclones have even affected settlement patterns in the
northern islands: for example, the eastern coast of Luzon is very sparsely
populated.
Philippineauthorities moved people to sturdy evacuation centers --
churches, schools and public buildings. But the brick-and-mortar structures
were simply no match for the jet-force winds and massive walls of waves
that swept ashore Friday, devastating cities, towns and villages and killing
thousands, including many of those who had huddled in government
shelters.
 Heavy rainfall brought by the southwest monsoon, locally called Habagat,
floods to Metro Manila. State weather bureau PAGASA again warned Metro
Manila to prepare for monsoon enhanced the southwest monsoon that would
affect parts of Luzon. It had already caused flooding in Makati City on,
causing heavy gridlock. Marikina City officials raised the first alarm due to
the water level of the Marikina River
Typhoon caused even higher water levels in the Marikina River. The fourth
alarm of the citys local early warning system was raised and residents were
forced to evacuate their homes as the water level reached a critical 19.9
meters, according to the citys Public Information Office. This is equivalent to
a rise in river water compared to its summer level equivalent to 8.74 meters
or the combined height of about 3 basketball rings. A total of 36,027 people
were evacuated to 39 evacuation centers (Inside Marikina). The water level
eventually subsided the next day, 20 September 2014, to 15.5 meters,
which still meant that residents should stay alert regarding the water level.
 NDRRMC (National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council) is a
working group of various government, non-government, civil sector and
private sector organizations of the Government of the Republic of the
Philippines established by Republic Act 10121 of 2009. It is administered by
the Office of Civil Defense under the Department of National Defense. The
Council is responsible for ensuring the protection and welfare of the people
during disasters or emergencies.
The ability to model community disaster resilience comprehensively
requires that experts from a number of disciplines work in concert to
systematically model how physical, economic and social infrastructure
systems within a real community interact and affect recovery efforts. There
are currently no models that consider all aspects of how a natural disaster
affects a community or measure its resilience quantitatively.
 Evacuations may be carried out before, during or after disasters such as:
Natural disasters eruptions of volcanoes, tropical cyclones floods,
earthquakes, tsunamis or wildfires/bushfires
Other reasons include:industrial accidents, chemical spill nuclear accident
traffic accidents, including train or aviation accidents, fire, military attacks,
bombings, terrorist attacks military battles, structural failur viral outbreak
Marikina was among the hardest hit cities during Ondoy, with 70 casualties,
most of whom drowned, and more than P27 million worth of damage.
Flooding has led to the evacuation of more than 25,500 people to 23
evacuation centers all over the city. Things are tougher for rescue
volunteers, who say they have yet to forcibly evacuate 600 people living in
severely-flooded areas.
Four volunteers in blue raincoats tug two orange rescue boats through waist-
high floods to check up on residents who refuse to evacuate despite the
onslaught of Tropical Storm Mario.
 In its common usage, the word "resilience" is typically understood to
describe a materials ability to recoil or spring back into shape after
bending, stretching, or being compressed. The term "resilience" were
using in ecology has been described as the capacity of an ecosystem to
tolerate disturbance without collapsing into a qualitatively different state.
Thus, a resilient ecosystem is considered to be one that can more
effectively withstand external shocks and rebuild itself after experiencing
those shocks.
With growing population and infrastructures, the worlds exposure to
hazards is increasing. When disaster strikes, communities may need to be
rebuilt physically economically and socially. At the same time, it is vital that
any reconstruction activity pro-actively considers how to protect people
and their environment, and reduce a communitys vulnerability.
 UrbanResilience is the capacity of individuals, communities, institutions, businesses,
and systems within a city to survive, adapt, and grow no matter what kinds of chronic
stresses and acute shocks they experience.
Resilience
Center grew out of a demand to develop and test high quality programs to
build and strengthen resilience. A strong resilience core is associated with less
depression, anxiety, and chronic stress and positively correlated with health promoting
behaviors, effective stress management and satisfaction with life.
References:

www.rappler.com/nation/69594-marikina-tropical-storm-mario

http://marikinacityfloodcontrol.blogspot.com/

http://www.hud.ac.uk/research/researchcentres/gdrc/

http://www.resilientcity.org/index.cfm?id=11449

http://www.eccp.com/articles-page.php?category=2&article_id=1589