case study - MHE, The Philippines Flashcards

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background of the Philippines

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group of islands - 7000
destructive plate boundary
- denser Philippines oceanic plate subjecting beneath continental Eurasian plate

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volcanic hazard in the Philippines

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Mount Pinatubo
500+ deaths
200,000 left homeless
buildings, crops and agricultural land destroyed

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seismic hazards in the Philippines

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Luzon Island earthquake
magnitude 7.8
1500 deaths

earthquake caused tsunami on Moro Gulf, thousands killed

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tsunami in the Philippines

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Moro Gulf
8000 died
90,000 homeless

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tropical storms in the Philippines

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Typhoon Haiyan
6000 deaths
2 million homeless

$2.9b damage
flooding and forest damage

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physical vulnerability

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  • pacific ring of fire - destructive boundary
  • tropical storm belt
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human vulnerability

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densely populated
- eg haiyan and Luzon

60% people live in low lying coastal areas

75% population in poverty

poorly constructed houses

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responses to hazards

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adapting
resiliance
mitigation
management

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adaptation

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life safe buildings
- withstand earthquakes and tsunamis

flood defences
- protect from tsunamis and storm surges

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mitigation

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flood defences and safe buildings
evacuations
monitoring and warnings
- eg UN helped develop warning systems and evacuation plans

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resilience

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local people help reconstruct and adapt
- eg cash for work after Haiyan

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management

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increasing awareness by education
monitoring
preparing

(any of the other responses)

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