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Enhancing Community Flood Resilience

Community resilience is a crucial indicator for assessing how human communities respond to hazards like flooding. Studies have shown that communities with higher resilience to flooding have lower vulnerability, and that experience with floods equips people to better handle future flood problems. For communities that frequently experience large-scale flooding, embracing flood protection, prevention, and preparedness can guide development of a more resilient community through infrastructure improvements and other measures. Measuring and strengthening community flood resilience can help integrate disaster risk management, sustainable development, and climate change adaptation.

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Enhancing Community Flood Resilience

Community resilience is a crucial indicator for assessing how human communities respond to hazards like flooding. Studies have shown that communities with higher resilience to flooding have lower vulnerability, and that experience with floods equips people to better handle future flood problems. For communities that frequently experience large-scale flooding, embracing flood protection, prevention, and preparedness can guide development of a more resilient community through infrastructure improvements and other measures. Measuring and strengthening community flood resilience can help integrate disaster risk management, sustainable development, and climate change adaptation.

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2 Community Resilience

While floods are a natural phenomenon that cannot always be avoided, there are ways

to mitigate and prevent greater damage. Evaluating community resilience serves as a crucial

indicator for assessing the responsiveness of human habitat systems to hazards, and

enhancing this resilience stands as a vital measure for mitigating the risk of flooding (Lin, et

al., 2020).

According to the study conducted by Ahmad and Afzal in 2019, the vulnerability of a

community to floods can be reduced if its resilience to flooding increases. Local and

provincial disaster authorities play a crucial role in achieving this. Implementing projects and

actions to mitigate flood risk can significantly enhance community resilience. Another study

by Lwin et al. in the year 2020 suggests that flood-prone communities exhibit higher

resilience compared to non-flood-prone communities. The experience of facing such

calamities equips people with knowledge and skills to better handle flood-related problems.

This study also emphasizes the importance of community participation, trust in neighbors,

social support, and the sharing and exchange of information to enhance community resilience

to flood risks.

In the context of Zone 4 and Zone 5, Barangay Bugo which has experienced a series

of large-scale flood disasters, an article by Jan Albert Araña suggests that embracing flood

protection, prevention, and preparedness is an effective way to guide the development of a

more resilient community. This includes seeking government infrastructure projects and

implementing measures such as improvement of flood barriers, and drainage systems to

withstand and reduce vulnerabilities during natural hazards like flooding. These actions can

significantly contribute to minimizing the risk of overflowing during heavy rain.


Furthermore, it is important to practice socio-ecological resilience as a broader characteristic

involving the interaction between human and natural systems (Zevenbergen, 2020). By

harnessing their understanding of the natural environment and addressing challenges like

climate change, local communities can promote strategies for coping with floods and work

towards a more sustainable and resilient future.

Measuring community flood resilience and strengthening it can help integrate disaster

risk management, sustainable development, and climate change adaptation (Dewa, 2022).

Building infrastructure and establishing early warning systems for flood preparedness are

essential for communities to withstand the possible outcomes of flooding during heavy rains.

These suggestions highlight the importance of stakeholder involvement and unity among the

residents to lower the risk and maintain community sustainability.

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