The Philippines ( Multi-Hazard) Flashcards
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Case study of a multi-hazardous environment beyond the UK to illustrate and analyze the nature
of the hazards and the social, economic, and environmental risks presented, and how human
qualities and responses such as resilience, adaptation, mitigation, and management contribute to
its continuing human occupation.
Background Information
> The Philippines is an Island arc in SE Asia that consists of over 7000
Islands.
> The Islands have been formed on a destructive plate boundary as the oceanic Philippine plate is being subducted underneath the continental Eurasian plate.
> The Philippines is located on the infamous Pacific Ring of Fire.
> The Philippines is one of the most densely populated countries in the world with a population of over 340 people per Km2.
