The Philippine city of Makati is exposed to major disaster risks. In a 200-year flood, experts estimate that the homes of 90,000 people could be inundated. A major earthquake could result in up to 11,500 serious injuries and 3,600 deaths per square kilometer. In its planning, the municipality must take into account that the city has a population of only about 500,000, but up to five million people are there during the day.

In the Philippines, municipalities must invest five percent of their budgets in their disaster management, which includes providing emergency shelter.

The institutional arrangement of the City of Makati for the event of a disaster includes a camp coordination and camp management response cluster. It has prepared plans that can be used to quickly establish evacuation centres in the event of a disaster, where community kitchens, childcare and sanitation facilities, registration centres, and medical care are available in addition to sleeping spaces.

In the event of a disaster, the municipality uses questionnaires to determine the needs of evacuees; for example, it asks about people's need for assistance and to what extent their homes have been damaged. 

The municipality has established an intensive, modern and attractive communication with the population, which includes social media, gamification projects, public events and disaster preparedness drills.

Successful disaster management requires continuous engagement in the form of drills, communication, and review and improvement of plans.

Makati aims to ensure that the population is fundamentally capable of helping themselves and others. Where this is not the case, comprehensive planning - which is always based on the needs of those affected - ensures that evacuation centres, among other things, can be provided quickly and professionally.