Participatory Planning in Developing Earthquake Disaster Reduction Plan in Marikina City, Philippines

Synopsis As a collaborative effort, earthquake disaster experts from Japan joined with a local stakeholder team made up mainly of Marikina City administrators to develop a comprehensive and integrated Marikina Comprehensive Earthquake Disaster Reduction Program (CEDRP). The CEDRP features a systematic structure in which a single goal is elaborated into ten objectives, along with policies/strategies and programs/projects while also taking into account the four phases of the disaster management cycle. The ten objectives can be categorized into three general policies summarizing physical, informational and strategic countermeasures.