TY - JOUR
T1 - Building institutional resilience in the context of climate change in Aurora, Philippines
AU - Grefalda, Liezl B.
AU - Pulhin, Juan M.
AU - Tapia, Maricel A.
AU - Anacio, Danesto B.
AU - De Luna, Catherine C.
AU - Sabino, Lorena L.
AU - Garcia, Josephine E.
AU - Peria, Aileen S.
AU - Peras, Rose Jane J.
AU - Gevaña, Dixon T.
AU - Inoue, Makoto
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors would like to express their sincerest gratitude to the Asia Pacific Network for Global Change Research and Local Government of Aurora Province, Philippines for providing financial support in the implementation of the research. We would like to acknowledge also the following research team members, Dr. Rex Victor O. Cruz, Dr. Willie Carandang, Dr. Vida Carandang, Dr. Florencia Pulhin, Dr. Cristino L. Tiburan, and For. Nico Almarines for the support during the research implementation. Special thanks also to Prof. Lara Ebal for sharing her statistical expertise.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 Elsevier Inc.
PY - 2020/7
Y1 - 2020/7
N2 - The role of local government units (LGUs) in disaster resilience is crucial for a hazard-prone country such as the Philippines. Although the country has its own institutional framework on disaster risk reduction, a number of issues limit LGUs’ potential to perform its role. This study focused on building institutional resilience of LGUs towards building climate risk resilience in Aurora, Philippines by engaging key actors in the formulation of Local Climate Change Action Plans (LCCAP). The study adopted the shared learning process from the Climate Resilience Framework (CRF) to strengthen partnership and implement capacity building activities, aimed at developing the Climate and Disaster Risk Assessment (CDRA) and LCCAP beyond compliance. An institutional capacity assessment was administered through a survey involving 87 members of the Technical Working Group (TWG) from eight municipalities and provincial government. Institutional capacity was measured using 70 indicators representing access rights and entitlements, information flows, decision-making processes, application of new knowledge, capacity to anticipate risk, capacity to respond, as well as capacity to recover and change. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics. Both Spearman Correlation and Cramer's V determined the interrelationship between socio-demographic variables and institutional characteristics. Results revealed that the LGUs performed better in risk response and management. A strong correlation between expertise and position vis-à-vis all resilient institution metrics was also observed, while gender is moderately correlated with all parameters except access rights and entitlements. Three key areas, not adequately articulated in current literature, need to be improved to enhance institutional resilience towards climate and disaster risks, namely: staffing and human resource; access to financial support from other sources; and development of knowledge management systems.
AB - The role of local government units (LGUs) in disaster resilience is crucial for a hazard-prone country such as the Philippines. Although the country has its own institutional framework on disaster risk reduction, a number of issues limit LGUs’ potential to perform its role. This study focused on building institutional resilience of LGUs towards building climate risk resilience in Aurora, Philippines by engaging key actors in the formulation of Local Climate Change Action Plans (LCCAP). The study adopted the shared learning process from the Climate Resilience Framework (CRF) to strengthen partnership and implement capacity building activities, aimed at developing the Climate and Disaster Risk Assessment (CDRA) and LCCAP beyond compliance. An institutional capacity assessment was administered through a survey involving 87 members of the Technical Working Group (TWG) from eight municipalities and provincial government. Institutional capacity was measured using 70 indicators representing access rights and entitlements, information flows, decision-making processes, application of new knowledge, capacity to anticipate risk, capacity to respond, as well as capacity to recover and change. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics. Both Spearman Correlation and Cramer's V determined the interrelationship between socio-demographic variables and institutional characteristics. Results revealed that the LGUs performed better in risk response and management. A strong correlation between expertise and position vis-à-vis all resilient institution metrics was also observed, while gender is moderately correlated with all parameters except access rights and entitlements. Three key areas, not adequately articulated in current literature, need to be improved to enhance institutional resilience towards climate and disaster risks, namely: staffing and human resource; access to financial support from other sources; and development of knowledge management systems.
KW - Climate change
KW - Institutional resilience
KW - Local climate change action plan
KW - Local government units
KW - Shared learning process
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U2 - 10.1016/j.envres.2020.109584
DO - 10.1016/j.envres.2020.109584
M3 - Article
C2 - 32371277
AN - SCOPUS:85084052040
SN - 0013-9351
VL - 186
JO - Environmental Research
JF - Environmental Research
M1 - 109584
ER -
