Sustainable management phillipines Flashcards
1
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volcanoes
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- 18 active volcanoes
- Philippines plate subducted beneath eurasion plate
- explosive eruptions
2
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earthquakes
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- 2013 7.1 magnitude earthquake
- vulnerable densely populated areas
3
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tropical cyclones
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- 20 typhoons a year
- low lying land due to islands
- located at 5 - 25 degrees latitude with sea temp above 26
4
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human geography
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- GDP/capita of $3500
- 0.699 HDI
- 565 disasters since 1990 hard to recover
- 20% residents live below pov line
5
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pop. growth
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19 million in 1950 to 114 million in 2021
6
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economic growth
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rely on natural resources, industry expansion has had env impacts
7
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volc./EQ management
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- national disaster risk reduction and management plan.
However, not all managed as successfully - Philippine institute of volcanology and seismology.
However. Bohol EQ went unpredicted killing 222
8
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National lahar mapping
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maps distribution of lahar deposits from explosive eruption and hazard maps
9
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eval. prediction
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- Mt. Pinatubo was accurately predicted but 1 million lost their homes with long term impacts as farmland was useable
- rapidly growing population increases vulnerability.
- local tribes refuse to evacuate
10
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successes forecasting
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- Pinatubo 1991 - early warning system predicted volcano
- over 200k evacuated, only 847 dying
11
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typhoons management
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PAGASA established in 1972. Construction of disaster reduction facilities.
12
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Typhoon management success
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Typhoon Haiyan predicted days before landfall
