@inbook{39292e148734476ea8bc800b9fda15c6,
title = "Cost Implications of Natural Disasters on Road and Bridges Infrastructure in the Philippines",
abstract = "In 2021, the Philippines{\textquoteright} total cost of damages caused by natural disasters exceeded 60 billion pesos or 1.1 billion USD. However, it is important to determine the financial costs incurred in each region as a result of road infrastructure damage caused by natural disasters to understand how the cost of damages differs between regions. This study used disaster-related data from the Philippines for the year 2021 to calculate the estimated cost of damages to road infrastructure resulting from different natural disasters. The results for the different regions of the Philippines were compared using the Kruskal Wallis test, and the Mann-Whitney U test was used as a post-hoc test to determine which regions had a similar median distribution of estimated costs of damages. In the analysis, it was concluded that not only the frequency of disasters experienced by the region but also the number of extreme damage events are key factors in estimating the damage suffered by the region. Understanding the cost of damages and how they differ between regions may help road infrastructure management agencies develop a strategy for mitigating the impacts of natural disasters.",
keywords = "damage cost, mitigation plan, Natural disaster, risk, road infrastructures, vulnerability",
author = "Adarne, {Minie Joy} and Michael Henry",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2024.",
year = "2024",
doi = "10.1007/978-3-031-53389-1_86",
language = "English",
series = "RILEM Bookseries",
publisher = "Springer Science and Business Media B.V.",
pages = "961--970",
booktitle = "RILEM Bookseries",
}