Multihazard Envrionment - Phillipines

Question 1

Philippines population

Answer 1

Over 100 million

Question 2

What disasters occur here

Answer 2

Volcanoes, earthquakes and typhoones

Question 3

Vulnerability of Philippines

Answer 3

Poverty
Low GDP/ weak economy

Question 4

Example of an earthquake which occurred in the Philippines

Answer 4

Luzon 1990
Magnitude 7.8
Killed 1,600
Soil liquefaction and rupturing

Question 5

Example of a volcano in the Philippines

Answer 5

Pinatubo 1991
Second largest eruption in century
Evacuation saved 5000 people

Question 6

Example of a typhoon that hit the Philippines

Answer 6

Typhoon haiyan passed through

Question 7

How many disasters have accounted in two decades

Answer 7

Over 300

Question 8

Issue with the Philippines response

Answer 8

Reactive rather than proactive/mitigation based approach

Question 9

2 organisations which help response in the Philippines

Answer 9

Philippines national Red Cross
Foreign red cross

Question 10

Geographical position of the Philippines

Answer 10

On the pacific ring of fire
Crossed through by tropical disturbances from the pacific

Question 11

Aims of the Phillipenes Red Cross

Answer 11

Partnership with govt bodies to gain financial support for mitigation measures and long term sustainablitiy
Training for disaster management
Identification of risks through land use mapping
Dissemination of information to the whole country

Question 12

Aims of the Philippines Red Cross

Answer 12

Work with govt to finance mitigation
Training on disaster response
Diseementation of info to the whole country
Land use mapping to identify risks