TOPOGRAPHY Located in a floodplain, land features is flat and low level mass. 90% of land mass has an elevation of 2.637 meters above the main level water. 10% of land mass has an elevation of 5.19 meters. Slope category of the city falls between 0 to 3 per- cent and is nearly level with the land. Traversed by two (2) Rivers (Jaro River, Batiano River), and one Estuary (Iloilo River) LAND USE. HAZARDS IN ILOILO CITY - TYPHOON « EARTHQUAKE + STORM SURGE + FLOOD - FIRE « WATER SCARCITYA 155 out of 180 barangays of the city are fire-prone. Triggering factors usually involve: burning candles, defec- tive electrical wiring, LPG leakage, unattended cooking, matches and cigarettes. Experiencing an average of 466 fire incidents every year. 1 of the 8 Special Response Unit (Jaro) of the BFP fa} 25 coastal barangays are vulnerable to storm surges and its effects in lloilo City (almost 14% of the total baran- gays and approximately 30% of the total population) & 41 barangays (almost 23% of the barangays in the city and 33% of the total population) without connection to ‘the water district. lloilo City accounts for about 69.27% Percent or 21,653 connections of the MIWD's total num- ber of 31,256 active connections.( the rest... outside of the city). North eastern part of Jaro District has no supply from MIWD. (P2- P5 per container + “Mineral Water) cae terete Flooding in the city is caused by; Continuous or heavier, rains that could accumulate in low lying areas with poor drainage capacity (Inundation), Overflowing waters from rivers and tributaries from local or upstream rains, Tidal changes in waters of lloilo Strait, Basura, lloilo City is an alluvial fan, itis formed through continuous flooding ages ago, Natural waterways, farmlands turned into roads and subdivisions Located within the Pacific Ring of Fire, affected by two major earthquake generators, namely; West Panay Fault ‘and Negros Trench. Experiencing roughly 20 earthquake per day, with a record of having the second strongest earthquake incident in the country, namely the 8.2M Lady Caycay Earthquake of 1948 “Et Our country is located in the Pacific Typhoon Belt, which explains the occurrences of typhoons in the country. In fact, an average of 20 typhoons visit the county every year and 5 of these are said to be DESTRUCTIVE! In 2008, a devastating typhoon hit Iloilo City, displacing 254,275 individuals, damaged 50,873 houses, and killing 28, The total damage to the city amounted to roughly $30.28 Million IMPORTANT CONSIDERATION Building resilience requires us to address the complex and dynamic nature of risk, and the unique patterns of development in our cities through science & technology based and evidence-informed trans-disciplinary approaches. Thus, our efforts to promote the resilience of local government units necessitate active participa- tion of different sectors and communities themselves, especially the youth sector. Changing our overall risk landscape of the communities served by local government units requires the eo- creation of transformative solutions rather than focusing on traditional, often response-oriented DRRM interventions. We must then be able to shift our focus and priorities to prevention, mitigation, and preparedness ef- forts to effectively reduce the risks we are facing. The underlying and pre-existing vulnerabilities and expo- sures of our communities should hence be addressed, and their capacities to resist, absorb, adapt to, trans- form and recover from the impacts of disasters must be developed/increased.