Sustainability of Philippine Disaster Governance: The Case of Angeles City Urban Poor During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Conference: The Asian Undergraduate Research Symposium (AURS10)
Title: Sustainability of Philippine Disaster Governance: The Case of Angeles City Urban Poor During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Stream: Political Science: Administration, Governance and Finance
Presentation Type: Virtual Poster Presentation
Authors:
Eduardo Jr Fajermo, University of Santo Tomas, Philippines
Lettice Gwyneth Landingin, University of Santo Tomas, Philippines

Abstract:

During the COVID-19 pandemic, natural hazards highlighted the faults of Philippine disaster governance. Despite the episteme and capability of predicting some of these hazards, the extensive gravity of disaster persists and exacerbates through time. The most vulnerable sector in urban areas, the poor, are disenfranchised because of exclusive disaster governance. This research traced back this marginalization of the poor sector to the institutional bottleneck in disaster governance. Through the Multi-level governance theory, this research outlined the persistence of hazards escalating into disasters despite the implementation of disaster governance, specifically it: (1) Illustrated the institutional bottleneck in the dynamics of disaster governance among the political subdivisions of the Philippine government both at the national and local levels; (2) Characterized the exclusion of the urban poor to disaster governance; (3) Described how the local government factored the new threat of the COVID-19 pandemic into its disaster governance. In mapping out the anatomy of Philippine disaster governance, this qualitative study was situated in Angeles City, Pampanga, as its primary case, as it showed vulnerability to environmental threats and manifested urban poverty. After the analysis of the Angeles City Disaster Risk Reduction Management (ACDRRM) Plan, and interviews with the ACDRRM Chief, and the urban poor in Angeles City, the study revealed that there is a bottleneck within the local governance of Angeles city, resulting in the exclusion of the urban poor to the preparation and mitigation aspect of disaster governance—exposing them to further vulnerabilities. It also lacked clear-cut COVID-19 protocols during environmental threats.



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