hazards -multi hazardous case study (Philippines) respond and management

Question 1

what have the Philippines management systems tended to rely on?

Answer 1

.a response and reactive approach with an emphasis on post disaster relief and short term preparedness

Question 2

how many natural disasters have the Philippines experienced?

Answer 2

.over 300, and there are claimed that typhoon hazards are to become more severe due to climate change, rapid urbanisation and deforestation

Question 3

what is the current system like?

Answer 3

.essentially a top-down administrative system, as opposed to one that is community based and gives rise to local initiatives

Question 4

have some bottom up approach systems been created?

Answer 4

.philippines National Red Cross (PNRC), together with foreign Red Cross organisations, has started programmes at a community level -that aim to reduce the impacts of natural disasters by encouraging people to collaborate in protecting their lives

Question 5

what are the aims of the community level programmes?

Answer 5

.training volunteers in disaster management
.identifying risk through land-use mapping
.initiating mitigation measures eg -building sea walls and planning
eg -evacuation plans

Question 6

what are the attitudes of the locals to the hazards?

Answer 6

.some have responded by helping each other to rebuild their lives .others are fatalistic -they accept that natural hazards are apart of living in such an area and losses are inevitable

Question 7

how is progress being made to improve disaster management?

Answer 7

.recent government legislation specifies that 70% of disaster spending should be used on long-term plans and only 30% going on emergency aid

Question 8

what challenge remains in making management strategies for effective?

Answer 8

.resources are stretched and in a multi-hazard environment there is relatively little time between one disaster and the next