Understanding Communication Needs: A Marikina Barangay Experience Linking Flooding to Climate Change Communication

• Main Authors: Gotangco, Charlotte Kendra Z, Ponce de Leon, Inez Z
• Format: text
• Published: Archīum Ateneo 2018
• Subjects: Climate change communication; Flood risk communication; Philippines; Environmental Sciences; Other Environmental Sciences
• Online Access: https://archium.ateneo.edu/es-faculty-pubs/47; https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-319-70479-1_5
• Institution: Ateneo De Manila University

Potential impacts on extreme weather events have been used to underscore the relevance and urgency of climate change. Our research on a local Marikina community’s understanding of extreme flooding events shows that such events are salient to the local community, and can therefore be used as a means...