Flood disaster risk reduction and risk management of Digos City for the year 2019

Abstract

Natural disasters such as floods and landslides have immense damage to the natural environment, construction, and casualties every year around the world. The increasing trend in the occurrence of natural disasters is mainly the result of the ongoing climate changes. The study aimed to describe the landslide and flood susceptibility of the different barangays of Digos City. It also sought to develop an action plan to help the developers the developers as well as the community to be more equipped with the knowledge provided by the study. With the use of descriptive research design, 26 local barangays of Digos City were the source of data to carry out this study. Results revealed that landslides and floods susceptibility were moderately experienced and observed in some affected places.