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Integration

CDRA is not a separate exercise — it is part of the CLUP

A Comprehensive Land Use Plan is prepared in twelve steps. The risk assessment belongs in the situational analysis, but its findings reach almost every other step.

The common mistake

A CDRA prepared as a stand-alone report, filed and then set aside, changes nothing. The assessment earns its keep only when its outputs appear in the spatial strategy, the land use map, and the zoning ordinance — and when the interventions it recommends are carried into the investment programme with a budget behind them.

The twelve CLUP steps, with the CDRA overlay

Step 4 is where the assessment is carried out. The right-hand column shows what risk evidence contributes at each step.

  1. Step 01

    Organise and mobilise the planning team

    Assign who will run the CDRA and what data they need.

  2. Step 02

    Identify stakeholders and set participation arrangements

    Bring barangays and sectors into hazard validation and scoping.

  3. Step 03

    Set the vision

    A vision that ignores risk cannot be delivered; resilience belongs in the vision statement.

  4. Step 04CDRA is done here

    Analyse the current situation

    This is where the CDRA sits. Steps 1–5 of the CDRA produce the risk picture.

  5. Step 05

    Set the goals and objectives

    Risk findings become explicit objectives and targets.

  6. Step 06

    Establish development thrusts and spatial strategies

    Very High risk areas steer growth direction away from unsafe land.

  7. Step 07

    Prepare the land use plan

    Risk maps define protection, buffer, and relocation receiving areas.

  8. Step 08

    Draft the zoning ordinance

    Risk classes translate into overlay zones and building conditions.

  9. Step 09

    Conduct public hearings and consultations

    Risk findings are the evidence presented to affected communities.

  10. Step 10

    Review, adopt, and approve the plan

    Reviewing bodies check that the CDRA was done and used.

  11. Step 11

    Implement the plan

    CDRA interventions enter the investment programme and annual budget.

  12. Step 12

    Monitor, review, and evaluate

    Risk indicators are tracked and the CDRA is updated each plan cycle.

What the CDRA hands to the land use plan

  • •Risk maps per hazard and per sector
  • •Areas where development should be avoided outright
  • •Areas needing conditions or protective works before development
  • •Candidate relocation receiving areas on safe land
  • •Prioritised interventions with timeframes and leads

What the zoning ordinance does with it

  • •Hazard overlay zones on top of base land use districts
  • •No-build buffers where risk is Very High
  • •Building conditions such as elevated floors or wind fastening
  • •Density limits in moderately exposed areas
  • •Protection zones for watersheds and coastal ecosystems
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CDRA Philippines is an independent educational module of SmartCity.ph. It is not an official application of DHSUD, USAID, PAGASA, or any other government agency, and it is not endorsed by them. Official documents referenced here identify their issuing agency and link back to the original source. All municipal figures, maps, and risk scores shown in the demo are fictional.