multi-hazardous environment philippines

Question 1

key facts

Answer 1

philippines is an archipelago of islands in south east Asia
susceptible to volcanoes, earthquakes and tropical storms

Question 2

earthquakes

Answer 2

occur along plate boundaries and along fault lines where plate has cracked under pressure
Luzon Island earthquake in 1990
magnitude 7.8
1500 deaths
earthquakes cause tsunamis:
in 1976 earthquake of 7.8 caused tsunami that hit coastline, killed 1000s

Question 3

volcanoes

Answer 3

near to destructive plate boundary
philippine plate subducted under eurasian plate
Mount Pinatubo erupted in 1991
over 700 deaths
200,000 homeless
agricultural land ruined
buildings collapsed

Question 4

tropical storms

Answer 4

10 tropical storms every year
develop in pacific ocean
typhoon xangsane 2006
high winds and torrential rain destroyed homes and caused flooding

Question 5

human responses

Answer 5

communities prepare for hazards (resilience):
- widening rivers
- stockpiling food

Question 6

2009 policy

Answer 6

country works to improve resilience through adaptation, mitigation and management
- people prevented from building in high risk areas
- adapting new and existing buildings to endure earthquakes
- embankments to reduce flood risk