Multiple Hazard Locations - Philippines Flashcards
where is the philippines located
southeast asia, in the western location of the pacific ocean
Who is the Philippine shares borders with?
China, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, palau, Taiwan in Vietnam
how many islands does the Philippines approximately consist of and what area does it stretch over in kilometres
7641. Islands and stretches over an area of 1850 km
what infamous place is the Philippines located on?
The pacific ring of fire
give three key features of the socio economic background of the Philippines
-Since 1990, there has been $23 billion worth of damage due to natural hazards with 50.3% of the total and been at economic risk.
-majority of the Philippines economy comes from resource extractive industry, such as extracted oils, but this can create a lot of implications in vulnerability with natural hazards
-The poorer you are more likely you will suffer from a natural hazard more is a government cut spending on food, medicine and education, returning back to school after a natural hazard is almost impossible for children in low income, households
Give 3 pints of a tectonic background of the Philippines
-The oceanic Philippine plate is subducted as it’s dinner and lighter than the Eurasian plate.
-The Philippines suffers from many natural hazards, such as cyclone, tsunamis, earthquakes, and volcanoes
-The Philippines, more risk from hazards is the island situated along a plate boundary is the mid typhoon both called the Pacific typhoon belt
what fraction describes how many of the worlds active volcanoes are situated along the Pacific Ring of Fire?
3/4
What’s one of the largest earthquakes that took place in the Philippines the century? What was the impact it had?
One of the largest earthquakes impacted in northern Luzon with a magnitude of seven. Seven on the Richter scale, almost 2000 people died over 20,000 buildings, collapsed.
what to social impact did typhoons Angela and Dan result from during the single week in 1989 in the Philippines?
159 people died and almost 500,000 people were made homeless
what places in the Philippines are more seriously impacted and have the worst impacts
The northern island of Luzon, and cities of Baguio, Cabanatuan and Dagupan within the island and capital city of Malina
what are for social risks of natural hazards in the Philippines?
-natural hazards caused many deaths and injuries. For example during a single week in 1989, the Philippines hit by typhoons hundred and Dan resulting in 159 deaths.
-He has also create major homelessness in the areas. The impact is infrastructure in buildings are adapted to withstand hazards.
-The Philippines is a series of islands of the area is more connected. This makes it more difficult for people to become in touch with their families and friends in the event of a husband.
-The Philippines is very prone to hydrological hazards for dinner, tsunamis, and it easily which influences the spread of cholera and other disease is
What is three economic risks of natural hazards in the Philippines
-many people have already lost their jobs in place of income, due to natural hazards, destroying infrastructure in me to travel to work
-is the secondary hazards of mudslides you to an earthquake eruption, just 80 km north of the capital Manila, the Philippines main island, compared with a typhoon cost 600,000 people to lose their jobs
-Natural hazards, alone, cause the Filipino government 15 billion per year, which is equivalent to over 0.5 of the countries GDP
what is three a environmental risks of natural hazards in the Philippines
-Increased commercial, logging in deforestation has caused a reduction in forest cover which leads to an increase in surface run-off and less interception by trees leading to my flash floods in mass movement
-The Philippines, heavily into mine in an extract and its resources is Chris issues with a heavy rainfall in monsoon rain hits
-Human release of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases used to industrial agricultural activities has contributed to the increase in global surface temperature mean in the intensity of weather-related hazards will increase in a long time
what are three responses to hazards and how did he is impact peoples lives as they continue to live in the Philippines
-resilient people in these areas are used to these events, and sometimes they don’t have no choice them to stay because of a lack of money or income
-fatalism over 86% of the Filipino population of a catholic and over 90% of Christian. This means that they might believe that natural hazards are in gods wheel, so I’ll do nothing to protect themselves or the people around them in the event.
-Adaptation rather than waiting for emergency services to arrive local areas and families take the first response will follow on a disaster. This could be distributed from faith groups and trying to look for survivors.
What is four, where is the Philippines have tried to mitigate against his natural hazards
-identification or construction of Seth shelters, such as in religious buildings and monuments in communities often conserve this purpose
-Tree plantation around the village to reduce the impact of wind
-Mangrove planting in waterfront in rivers
-Community education for storm resistant housing