The Philippines - Hazards Case Study
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- Created on: 18-03-19 15:48
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- The Philippines - Multi-Hazard Environment Case Study
- South-East Asia
- Volcanoes
- Destructive plate boundary
- Philippine plate subjected under Eurasian plate
- Mt Pinatubo, 1991, 700 died, 200,000 homeless
- Buildings collapsed, crops destroyed & agricultural land ruined by ash
- Destructive plate boundary
- Seismic hazards
- Luzon Island, 1990, magnitude 7.8 earthquake, 1500 dead
- Moro Gulf, 1976, magnitude 7.9, thousands killed
- Tropical storms
- 10 every year
- Develop in Pacific Ocean & move westwards
- Manila, 2006, Typhoon Xangsane, 200 dead, destroyed homes, flooding, landslides, loss of power & water, US $130mil
- 340 people/km squared
- Human Qualities & Responses Allow People to Live in the Area
- Widen rivers = prevent flooding
- Stockpile food
- In past funding only after disaster - response = reaction rather than prepare & prevent
- 2009 onwards policy changed to adaptation, mitigation & management
- Prevent building in high risk areas
- Adapt new & existing buildings to cope w/ earthquakes
- Build embankments to reduce flood risk
- Public awareness
- Monitoringhazards & early warning systems
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