Flood Disaster Mitigation and River Rehabilitation by Marikina City, Philippines

Publication language
English
Pages
8pp
Date published
01 Aug 2008
Type
Research, reports and studies
Keywords
Capacity development, Disaster risk reduction, Disasters, Urban, Community-led, Floods & landslides, Disaster preparedness, resilience and risk reduction
Countries
Philippines
Organisations
Asian Disaster Preparedness Center (ADPC)

Urban riverine flooding can be worsened by local urban processes and activities that cause river flow obstruction and pollution. This case study presents the flood mitigation efforts by Marikina City’s local authority and people, with a special focus on how the physical restoration of the riverbanks and solid waste clean-up contributed to flood disaster mitigation.