case study - MHE, The Philippines

Question 1

background of the Philippines

Answer 1

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

Question 2

volcanic hazard in the Philippines

Answer 2

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

Question 3

seismic hazards in the Philippines

Answer 3

Luzon Island earthquake
magnitude 7.8
1500 deaths

earthquake caused tsunami on Moro Gulf, thousands killed

Question 4

tsunami in the Philippines

Answer 4

Moro Gulf
8000 died
90,000 homeless

Question 5

tropical storms in the Philippines

Answer 5

Typhoon Haiyan
6000 deaths
2 million homeless

$2.9b damage
flooding and forest damage

Question 6

physical vulnerability

Answer 6

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

Question 7

human vulnerability

Answer 7

densely populated
- eg haiyan and Luzon

60% people live in low lying coastal areas

75% population in poverty

poorly constructed houses

Question 8

responses to hazards

Answer 8

adapting
resiliance
mitigation
management

Question 9

adaptation

Answer 9

life safe buildings
- withstand earthquakes and tsunamis

flood defences
- protect from tsunamis and storm surges

Question 10

mitigation

Answer 10

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

Question 11

resilience

Answer 11

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

Question 12

management

Answer 12

increasing awareness by education
monitoring
preparing

(any of the other responses)