Resilience, and the underlying assumptions regarding DRRM (disaster risk reduction management), vulnerability, and capacity.  What is resilience? Why is it that after years of projects, we still see flooding and other kinds of disasters year in and year out? Why do people still go back to danger zones? If resilience is the answer, what is the question?
The UrbanisMO Podcast Series 1: Episodes 1-3
What do you get when you let loose a bunch of urban planners and development professionals with mics and alcohol at the Nipa Brew Taproom?
You get the UrbanisMO podcast.
In this series of chats, community organizer Abbey Pangilinan, conflict and governance specialist Ica Fernandez, mapmaker David Garcia, public-private partnership expert James Cruz, transport economist Robert Anthony Siy, medical doctor and disaster operations guy Miguel Dorotan, and heritage advocate Clara Buenconsejo talk about:
The URBANISMO Podcast S1 E1 - Origins
Participation and representation, and the role of local governance in doing urban policy reforms particularly for urban poor, transport, and health service delivery. What is urban in the Philippines? Ano ang urbanisMO?
The URBANISMO Podcast S1 E2 - Resilience
Resilience, and the underlying assumptions regarding DRRM (disaster risk reduction management), vulnerability, and capacity.  What is resilience? Why is it that after years of projects, we still see flooding and other kinds of disasters year in and year out? Why do people still go back to danger zones? If resilience is the answer, what is the question?
The URBANISMO Podcast S1 E1 - TNVS
Regulating Transport Network Vehicle Services (TNVS) such as Grab and the recently-departed Uber.
Many thanks to Stephen Co and Mai Valera-Co of Nipa Brew for letting us play in your space!
[Recorded on 15 April 2018]