Status : Verified
| Personal Name | Cruz, Christina D. |
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| Resource Title | Community resilience in the built environment during the COVID-19 pandemic: a case study of the informal settlement of Sitio San Roque, Quezon City |
| Date Issued | January 2023 |
| Abstract | This research investigated if an informal settlement can demonstrate community resilience during the COVID-19 pandemic despite their existing vulnerabilities and the new classes of adversities brought by the pandemic and how these relate to how they utilize their physical environment. The researchers mainly used a qualitative research design (spatial analysis, literature review, photo documentation, key informant interviews) supplemented with a quantitative technique (survey) using an unbiased sampling method called Stratified Random Sampling (SRS). The number of respondents is divided into four as Sitio San Roque is internally segregated into subgroups: UMA, KADAMAY SR, SAMANA, and others or residents with no membership with any organization. The research concluded that the most utilized adaptive capacities of Sitio San Roque are (1) adequate communication and information sharing; (2) good governance and high participation in activities; (3) management of community networks; (4) awareness of pandemic knowledge; and (5) positive outlook and overall well-being. Since these adaptive capacities are social aspects, the role of open spaces is highlighted since these are the venue for its realization. Open areas such as basketball courts, roads, alleyways, and vacated lots were used by the community members as gathering spaces for different activities organized by the leaders, such as community gardens and kitchens, general meetings, distribution of relief packs and even celebrations. The research recommends that for Community Resilience to be genuinely effective and support disaster management, the capacities must be developed by the community members and the government to adapt existing infrastructures following the new adversities brought by the disaster. One example is using open spaces as active pandemic response spaces (as an information center, WASH facility, or refuge space). |
| Degree Course | Master of Architecture |
| Language | English |
| Keyword | Built environment -- Sitio San Roque (Quezon City); Squatter settlements -- Sitio San Roque (Quezon City) |
| Material Type | Thesis/Dissertation |
Category : F - Regular work, i.e., it has no patentable invention or creation, the author does not wish for personal publication, there is no confidential information.
Access Permission : Open Access