| This policy brief explains how Philippine cities in metropolitan areas are constrained to respond integratively and collaboratively to shared urban risks and challenges. It will also present opportunities for “joined up” metropolitan structures (Pollitt 2003 quoted in Hutchcroft and Gera 2024) to address and effectively steer local institutions in governing the inter-LGU responses to these risks and challenges. Discussion for this policy brief is informed by a review of recent literature and interviews with planning officials and civil society organizations from Metro Cebu in 2024. It ends with policy recommendations to integrate urban risk governance in Metro Cebu. |