Typhoon Haiyan Case Study
- Created by: portialeoniee
- Created on: 11-02-20 13:50
View mindmap
- Typhoon Haiyan
- Social Impacts
- 2 million people homeless
- 20,000 fleeing to Manila
- Economic Impacts
- Widespread damage to buildings and infrastructure
- Total damage = $2.9 Billion
- Airport was damaged
- 70,000 hectares of farmland lost
- Environmental Impacts
- Heavy rainfall; 300mm in under 12 hours recorded
- Huge storm surges up to 6 metres
- Flooding and landslides
- Sewage leaks
- Political Impacts
- Widespread looting
- Local officials killed
- Declared a cry for international help
- The Philippines, November 2013
- Originated from an area of low pressure in the Western Pacific Ocean
- Category 5
- Risk Management
- Poorly constructed housing on the flat land nearest the sea
- Steep hillsides put them at risk of landslides
- Population density is distributed unevenly
- Greatest in cities
- Poorly constructed housing on the flat land nearest the sea
- Adaptation
- Efforts to improve satellite and computer monitoring
- Soft engineering techniques
- Mangrove plantations
- Work to improve warning systems and emergency plans
- Social Impacts
- Mitigation
- The WHO ensured that outbreaks of disease and dysentery were isolated
- Typhoon Haiyan
- Social Impacts
- 2 million people homeless
- 20,000 fleeing to Manila
- Economic Impacts
- Widespread damage to buildings and infrastructure
- Total damage = $2.9 Billion
- Airport was damaged
- 70,000 hectares of farmland lost
- Environmental Impacts
- Heavy rainfall; 300mm in under 12 hours recorded
- Huge storm surges up to 6 metres
- Flooding and landslides
- Sewage leaks
- Political Impacts
- Widespread looting
- Local officials killed
- Declared a cry for international help
- The Philippines, November 2013
- Originated from an area of low pressure in the Western Pacific Ocean
- Category 5
- Risk Management
- Poorly constructed housing on the flat land nearest the sea
- Steep hillsides put them at risk of landslides
- Population density is distributed unevenly
- Greatest in cities
- Poorly constructed housing on the flat land nearest the sea
- Adaptation
- Efforts to improve satellite and computer monitoring
- Soft engineering techniques
- Mangrove plantations
- Work to improve warning systems and emergency plans
- Social Impacts
Comments
No comments have yet been made