Philippines

Question 1

Describe the Philippines location

Answer 1

it is a group of nearly 8,000 islands in south-east asia

Question 2

What is the population of the Philippines

Answer 2

100 million+

Question 3

What percentage of its population live in poverty

Answer 3

22%

Question 4

Why are they vulnerable to earthquakes and volcanic activity

Answer 4

position on the western rim of the pacific ring of fire

Question 5

Why are they vulnerable to typhoons

Answer 5

situated in an area where tropical storms cross from the pacific towards south east asia making the Philippines the most exposed country in the world

Question 6

Why are they vulnerable to flooding and landslides

Answer 6

due to high frequency of storms

Question 7

How much of their gdp is used on relief

Answer 7

0.5% of national gdp an indirect and secondary impacts further increase this cost

Question 8

What happened in 2018

Answer 8

Luzon earthquake
Mindanao earthquake
Mount Mayon eruption
9 typhoons and tropical storms including catagory 5 in mangkhut

Question 9

What key earthquakes happened

Answer 9

1990 Luzon
2013 Bohol

Question 10

Short summary of earthquake Luzon 1990

Answer 10

magnitude 7.8
killed over 1,600
caused widespread ground rupturing and soil liquefaction

Question 11

Short summary of earthquake Bohol 2013

Answer 11

Magnitude 7.2
killed over 200, injured 800

Question 12

How many active volcanoes are there

Answer 12

23

Question 13

What are the key volcanoes

Answer 13

Mayon
Pinatubo
Taal

Question 14

Short summary of Mayon

Answer 14

Most active
Erupted 50 times in the last 400 years
Noted for its lahars, with volcanic ash mixing with heavy rainfall from tropical storms producing rivers of mud

Question 15

Short summary of Pinatubo

Answer 15

Can be deadly as 500,000 people live within 40km of the volcano
Erupted violently in 1991 which affected global temperatures for two years due to the gas hurled into the upper atmosphere
This was also followed by typhoon Yunya which with very heavy rainfall combining with volcanic ash produced deadly lahars

Question 16

What hazard forms the most amount of deaths

Answer 16

tropical storms usually from storm surges

Question 17

What key tropical storms are there

Answer 17

Typhoon haiyan
Typhoon Mangkhut

Question 18

Short summary on Typhoon Manghut

Answer 18

Strongest typhoon to make landfall since typhoon Haiyan
Caused 130 deaths and cost $627 million
11 million suffered flooding affecting rice farms

Question 19

What secondary effects are people also vulnerable to

Answer 19

tsunami
landslide
mudslide
flooding
fire
lahars
looting

Question 20

How many hazards have they experienced in he past two decades

Answer 20

300

Question 21

Why are the poorest most vulnerable to hazards

Answer 21

they flock to risky low-lying land, havens for cheap, crowded housing

Question 22

How has urbanisation increased magnitude and frequency of hazards

Answer 22

flimsy constructed housing and deforestation
steep unprotected slopes leading to rapid run off

Question 23

How does the Philippines approach hazards

Answer 23

rely on response or reactive response when they should be taking a proactive response which means disasters are avoided and mitigated
top-down administrative system

Question 24

What has the philippines national red cross done

Answer 24

started programmes on a community level. Encouraging people to collaborate in protecting their lives and resources

Question 25

What do the PNRC plans address

Answer 25

co-operation with governmental bodies in order to gain financial support for mitigation measures and to ensure that the programmes have long term sustainability training local volunteers in disaster management identifying risk through the use of land-mapping and determining which measures are possible initiating mitigation measures which could be physical(sea walls, dykes), health related(clan water supplies) or planning tools(land-use plans and evacuation) dissemination of information to the whole community

Question 26

What does the UN say about the phillipines

Answer 26

have some of the best risk-reduction laws in the world, but most of these are still on paper

Question 27

What does government legislation say about disaster spending

Answer 27

70% goes to long-term plans with only 30% going to emergency aid

Question 28

What is the main problem of a multi hazardous environment according to a government official

Answer 28

resources are stretched, even before we recover from one disaster, here is the next

Question 29

Information about the Guinsaugon Landslide (2006)

Answer 29

Location: Southern Leyte, Eastern Visayas. Trigger: 10 days of heavy rain and a minor earthquake. Over 1,000 people killed, including a school buried under debris. Causes: Rain, seismic activity, and widespread deforestation.

Question 30

two hazard mapping groups

Answer 30

PHIVOLCS-->seismic PAGASA-->storms