Multi-hazardous zone- Phillipines Flashcards
(13 cards)
Location of the phillipines
Southeast Asia, Pacific ocean
Type of hazards occuring at the phillipines
Tectonic (earthquakes, volcanoes, tsunamis)
and climatic (typhoons, floods, landscapes)
Population of phillipines
113 million (high vulneravility duw to poverty and urbanisations
Why is the phillipines hazarous
lies of the ring of fire- frequent earthquakes and volcanic eruptions
Located in the typhoon belt- hit by 20 typhoons per year
Densely population coastal cities increase vulnerability to hazards
What type of plate boundary is the phillipines located in and example of an earthquake
destructive
phillipine plate subducting under the eurasion plate
Example- 1990 luzon earthquake
-7.7 magnitude
-1,600 deaths
-liquifaction
$369 million in damages
Major active volcanoes in phillipines
Taalm Mayon, pinatubo
Example of 1991- mount pinatubo
second-largest eruption of the 20th century
847 deaths
$700 million lost
Example of tsumani in phillipines
and what was the magnitude that caused it and how many people killed?
1976 moro gulf
8 magnitude
8,000 killed
The phillipines experience 20 typhoons per year, 5 of which are major disasters.
Name an example and facts about it
Typhoon Haiyan
cat 5
295mph wind speed
6,000 deaths
4.1m homeless
$14 billion in damages
Storm surge up to 6m flooded coastal areas
Social impacts from being a multi-hazardous zone
-high death tolls and injuries
-mass displacements
-increased disease outbreak
Economic impacts
-destruction of homes, businessess and infrasturctue
-disruptions to agriculture
-high reconstruction costs
Environmental impacts of phillipines
-loss of biodiversity
-air pollution from volcanic eruptions
-soil erosion and landslides worsen deforestation
Responses to disastors occuring at phillipines
-improved building codes- earthquakes
-Evacuation and global aid- volcanoes
-new warning systems
- UN aid “build back better” policy
- reforestation, better flood defenses
