Dr. Vivencio (Ven) O. Ballano is Associate Professor V of the Sociology Department of the Polytechnic University of the Philippines (PUP) in Manila. In 2011, he obtained his doctoral degree in Sociology from the Ateneo de Manila University. He was chosen Post-Doctoral Research Fellow of the Southeast Asian Studies Research Exchange Program (SEASREP). He is the author of the book Sociological Perspectives on Media Piracy in the Philippines and Vietnam published by Springer Singapore in 2016. Dr. Ballano's specialized areas of teaching and research include sociology of law, religion, disaster management, corporate organization, and the Catholic Social Teaching. His current projects and interests include writing monographs and articles on rumors and gossip in corporate settings and the Catholic Social Teaching, as well as doing sociological research on film piracy and illegal camcording in the Philippines.

1.Introduction.- 1.1 Introduction.- 1.2 Significance and Objectives of the Book.- 1.3 Typhoon Ketsana and the Philippine PDR Legislation.- 1.4 The PDRRMA and Post-Disaster Recovery.- 1.5 PDRRMA's PDR Standards.- 1.6 Evaluating Typhoon Ketsana Victims' PDR.- 1.7 Theoretical Orientation of the book.- 1.7.1 Areas of "Success" and "Failure" in PDR Projects.- 1.7.2 Normative Pluralism and Philippine PDR System.- 1.7.2.1 Pluralism in State Laws.- 1.7.2.2 Pluralism in Informal Normative Orders.- 1.7.3 Cultural Normative Orders.- 1.7.4 Corrupt Cultural Normative Orders.- 1.8 The Case Study.- 1.9A The Research Site.- 1.9.1 A Brief History of Southville Rodriguez Relocation Site.- 1.9.2 Southville Rodriguez as a Resettlement.- 1.9.3 The Roadmap of the Book.- List of References.- 2.Normative Pluralism in Philippine Resettlement System. 2.1 Introduction.- 2.2 Legal Pluralism and the Polycentric Implementation of the DDRM.- 2.3 Plurality of Real Estate Rules and Bureaucratic Burdens.- 2.4Laws Governing Relocation and Housing.- 3.1 Post-Disaster Management in the Philippines: An Overview.- 3.2 The Disaster Risk Reduction Management Act and Legal Pluralism.- 3.3 Philippine Laws Affecting Post-Disaster Recovery.- 3.4 Major Social Rules Affecting Post-Disaster Recovery.- 3.5 Summary.- List of References.- 4.Suitability and Accessibility of the Relocation Site.- 4.1 Introduction.- 4.2 Determining the Suitability of the Relocation Site.- 4.3 Laws Governing Suitability of Relocation and Housing.- 4.4 The UDHA and the Role of the LGU in Site Selection.- 4.5 Hegemonic Powers of Private Developers in Site Selection.- 4.6 Laws on Accessibility.- 4.7 Evaluating the Site Suitability and Accessibility of Southville Rodriguez.- 4.8 Access in Southville Rodriguez.- 4.9 Summary.- List of References.- 5.Security of Tenure, Affordability, and Habitability.- 5.1 Introduction.- 5.2 Security of Tenure.- 5.3 Security of Tenure in Southville Rodriguez Relocation.- 5.4 Habitability.- 5.5 Affordability.- 5.6 Summary.- 6.Jobs and Livelihood Program in the Resettlement Area.- 6.1 Introduction.- 6.2 Case: The Story of Aling Bettyline and Family.- 6.3 Plurality of Laws on Employment and Livelihood in Relocation.- 6.4 Responsibility for Providing Employment and Livelihood.- 6.5 Kanya-Kanya Attitude on Jobs and Livelihood.- 6.5.1 Availability of Jobs and Livelihood in the Relocation.- 6.6 Summary.- List of References.- 7 Adequacy of Social Facilities and Services.- 7.1 Introduction.- 7.2 Laws on Social Services in Relocation Areas.- 7.3 The Social Services Situation in Southville Rodriguez.- 7.3.1 Electricity.- 7.3.2 Water Facility.- 7.3.3 Educational and Religious Facilities.- 7.4 Summary.- List of References.- 8.Summaries, Overall Conclusion, and Recommendations.- 8.1 Introduction.- 8.2 Chapter Summaries.- 8.3 Overall Conclusion.- 8.4 Recommendations.

This book looks at how the multiplicity of formal and informal normative systems that actualize the post-disaster recovery goals of the country's Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Act of 2010 has resulted in the inadequate housing and relocation of Typhoon Ketsana victims in the Philippines. Using the sociological and normative pluralist perspectives and the case study method, it evaluates the level of conformity of the components of the housing project according to international conventions and legal standards. It highlights the negative unintended consequences caused by the complex normative regimes of various competing stakeholders, rigid real estate regulation, and the unscrupulous involvement of powerful and 'corrupt' real estate developers and housing groups as largely contributing to the project's deviation from the law's proactive objectives. This book attempts to promote the socio-legal perspectives which have long been overlooked in disaster research. Finally, it invites policymakers to enact a comprehensive disaster law and create a one-stop disaster management agency to improve the long-term rehabilitation of disaster victims in developing countries such as the Philippines.