Multi-hazardous environment - Philippines

Question 1

How many active volcanoes are there in the Philippines?

Answer 1

22

Question 2

How many islands are the Philippines made up of?

Answer 2

7000

Question 3

How much of their GDP is spent on hazards and what is the GDP?

Answer 3

0.5%, $2639pp

Question 4

How many natural disasters have been there in the last 2 decades?

Answer 4

300

Question 5

What 2 human issues have increased the problems of hazards?

Answer 5

Rapid urbanisation and deforestation

Question 6

What % of the population who are vulnerable to hazards,, live in poverty?

Answer 6

80%

Question 7

What 3 major tectonic plates are the Philippines located on?

Answer 7

Philippine, Eurasian and Pacific (destructive/subduction)

Question 8

What effects did the Luzon earthquake have in 1990?

Answer 8

1600 died, liquefaction

Question 9

When did Mr Pinatubo erupt?

Answer 9

1991

Question 10

What global impact did the Pinatubo eruption have?

Answer 10

Temperature fell by 0.5 degrees

Question 11

What typhoon followed and what secondary hazard did it create?

Answer 11

Yunya and lahars (850 died)

Question 12

What does PNRC stand for?

Answer 12

Philippines National Red Cross

Question 13

How much of the budget do the government intend to spend on LT and ST plans?

Answer 13

LT - 70%
ST - 30%

Question 14

What are they doing on a local scale to help in the ST?

Answer 14

Training local volunteers, risk mapping

Question 15

What mitigation measures are they using?

Answer 15

Sea walls and dykes