Assessing the role of social capital in reducing vulnerability to climate-related hazards in Alabat, Quezon, Philippines
2016
Lomboy, J.G.
Threats from changing climate increases the vulnerability of society and environment. Social capital is a factor in disaster resilience because the communities have to adapt, learn, and recognize after a disaster. Understanding social capital and investing on it can strengthen the society's resiliency to any perturbations. Thus, this study was conducted to assess the social capital and its role in reducing the vulnerability to climate hazards of the island municipality of Alabat, Quezon, Philippines. Social capital was assessed using seven indicators, namely, Group and Network (GN), Trust and Solidarity (TS), Collective Action and Cooperation (CAC), Information and Communication (IC), Social Cohesion and Inclusion (SCIn), Peace and Order (PO), and Empowerment and Political Action (EPA) with a total of 37 variables using index approach to assess quantitatively and qualitatively the social capital. Vulnerability from climate-related hazard follows the IPCC framework with its Sensitivity (health, water, and housing), Exposure (typhoon, rainfall, temperature, sea level rise, and elevation) and Adaptive Capacity (social capital) with a total of 37 variables. Principal Component analysis was ran to determine weight loading for each of the variable. The adaptive capacity (social capital) was statistically assessed using correlation to determine association with vulnerability. Results showed that majority of barangays [villages] (78.95%) in the area have very high levels of social capital. Correlation showed that Group and Network (r=0.686, p0.01), Trust and Solidarity (r
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