List of illustrations -- Preface : a vulnerable world -- Acknowledgments --- Introduction : the new normalcy -- Part I. crisis government in the great depression and world war II -- Vital systems -- Emergency government -- Part II. demobilization and remobilization -- Vulnerability --...

This case study was commissioned by the FAO Rural Institutions and Participation Service. Its in-depth look at the situation in a disaster-prone area of the Philippines contributes to the understanding of the impact of local institutions on the design and implementation of disaster risk...