Disaster Risk Reduction Management Awareness Flashcards
The philippines can be found along the typhoon belt in the pacific. It is visited by an average of (20 Typhoons every year), 5 are considered destructive.
Philippine risk profile
It makes vulnerable to frequent earthquakes and volcanic eruptions being located in this place. It’s geographical location and physical environment also contributes to its high susceptibility to tsunami c level rise storm surges landslides furt, 80% of the world’s largest earthquakes occur in this.
Pacific ring of fire
What is the geographical profile of bulacan?
- Bulacan is part of the metro luzon urban belt way super region.
- It is located immediately north of metro manila.
- It has 569 barangays from 21 municipalities.
- it has four cities.
- Population count is 3,292,071
- It is highest in region 3
- Second most populous in the philippines
- It covers 2796.10 km squared
What are the component cities of bulacan?
Malolos (capital)
Meycauayan
San jose del monte
Baliwag
It is a several rivers irrigate the province of bulacan the largest one being angat. Dengue river passes through the municipalities of angat san rafael baliwag plaridel and calumpit. It flows sense into the pampanga river goes out again was itself in the mangroves. The bangs of these rivers are very fertile and are covered with trees.
Risk profile of bulacan
It is a serious disruption of the functioning of a community or a society involving widespread human material economic or environmental losses and impacts which exceeds the ability of the effective community or society to cope using its own resources.
Disaster
What are the two types of disasters?
Man made and natural disaster
These are hazards caused by human action or in action
Man made hazards
It is a major adverse event resulting from natural processes of the earth a natural disaster can cause loss of life or property damage and typically leaves some economics damage in its week, the severity of which depends on the effective population residence or ability to recover and also on the infrastructure available.
Natural disaster
What are the five classification of philippine typhoons?
Tropical depression
tropical storm
severe tropical storm
typhoon
super typhoon
It is a tropical cyclone with 62 km per hour maximum sustained winds.
Tropical depression
It has maximum sustained winds of 62 to 88 km per hour
Tropical storm
It has a maximum sustain ed wind of 87 to 70 km per hour.
Tropical storm
Tita’s maximum sustained winds of 87 to 170 km per hour
Severe tropical storm
If the maximum wind speed reaches 118 to 184 km per hour what is it
Typhoon
