BACKGROUND INFORMATION
-Group of Islands in SE Asia
-Sits across a mojor plate boundart= Volcanoes, earthquakes
-Its nothern and eastern coasts face thePacific making it vulnerable to Tsunamis
-It lies within the South East Aisa Typhoon Belt meaning it is affected by 15 typhoons a year
-Landslides are common in the moutain districts
-Over populated= 91 million in 2007
-Middle income country according to the World Bank
-Mostly mountainous, with coastal lowlands and many people live and work on steeply sloping land
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