Due to climate change and the accelerated growth in urbanization, Metro Manila is exposed to constant and extensive floods that are addressed through structural and nonstructural mitigation measures. However, the proportion of these measures vaiy depending on the specific context of each place. Therefore, this study aimed to find out the complementarity between structural and nonstructural flood mitigation measures to reduce exposure and increase adaptive capacity at the household level in Barangay of Ibayo Tipas in Taguig City, Metro Manila, Philippines.
Researchers point out that structural measures have a direct impact at reducing exposure, while nonstructural measures tend to increase the adaptive capacity. This study examined if such notion applies to an area not frequently included in flood mitigation studies. Barangay Ibayo Tipas in Taguig City is an example ofan area considered as highly susceptible and affected by flood events and yet accorded minimal interest and attention in
terms of flood mitigation and management studies.
The research results revealed that structural measures had a better implementation performance than nonstructural ones, mainly due to the regular progress in the implementation of the former compared to the irregular implementation of the latter