Case Study- The Philippines (multihazardous Environment

Question 1

Where is the Philippines?

Answer 1

Off the mainland of south east Asia

Question 2

How many islands of the Philippines have?

Answer 2

7000

Question 3

How many natural disasters have there been in 20 years?

Answer 3

300

Question 4

Where I have the Filipinos move to?

Answer 4

Low lying areas which has led to cheap cramped and unstable housing

Question 5

What does hazards hinder?

Answer 5

There attempts to reduce poverty

Question 6

What is rapidly increased?

Answer 6

Urbanisation and deforestation

Question 7

How many people live there?

Answer 7

Hundred million

Question 8

Where is the Philippines positioned?

Answer 8

The western rim of the Pacific ring of Fire

Question 9

What are some secondary impacts?

Answer 9

Landslides and Tsumanis

Question 10

How many active volcanoes are there?

Answer 10

23

Question 11

How many times has mayon erupted in the last 400 years?

Answer 11

50

Question 12

Which volcano had the most destructive eruption?

Answer 12

Mayon

Question 13

When was mayons most destructive eruption

Answer 13

2014

Question 14

What were the secondary effects of mayons eruptions?

Answer 14

Lahars (volcanic ash mixed with heavy rainfall)

Question 15

Which volcano had the second largest eruption in the world?

Answer 15

Pinatubo

Question 16

When did Pinatubo erupt

Answer 16

1991

Question 17

How many people live within 40 km of Pinatubo?

Answer 17

500,000

Question 18

What did Pinatubo secondary effects cause?

Answer 18

Gas ash and steam Louette average global temperature is cool by 0.5°C

Question 19

What followed Pinatubo eruptions?

Answer 19

Typhoon and lahars

Question 20

How many earthquakes was there between 2000 to 2013?

Answer 20

17 earthquakes

Question 21

What was the minimum magnitude of each earthquake?

Answer 21

F5.6

Question 22

What was the most devastating earthquake called?

Answer 22

Mindanao

Question 23

When did Mindanao happen?

Answer 23

1976

Question 24

Facts about Mindanao

Answer 24

7.6 magnitude, 8000 died died followed by Tsunamis

Question 25

What earthquake happened in 1990

Answer 25

Luzon

Question 26

Luzon facts

Answer 26

7.8 magnitude, 1600 people died, soil liquefaction

Question 27

What earthquake occurred in 2013?

Answer 27

Bohol

Question 28

Bohol facts

Answer 28

7.2 magnitude, 200 people died, thousands of damage to buildings