The Philippines Flashcards
(10 cards)
What is the population density of Manila?
2000 people per km^2
What is the population density?
240 people per km^2
Why are people vulnerable to locally generated hydro met hazards?
Many people are very poor and live on the coast.
What is the population?
91 million in 2007
What is the GDP per capita?
$5000 US dollars
What is the land scape like?
Mountainous, coastal lowlands, many people live and work on steeply sloping land.
Eruption of mt. Pinatubo, 1991
Biggest the world had seen for 50 years.
10km exclusion zone set up around pinatubo.
350 died.
4300 people injured.
80000 hectares of farmland buried in ash.
Economic loss was about $710 million, mainly agricultural.
The Guinsaugon landslide
In 2006 a mudslide engulfed the village.
Killed 1150 people.
In 2003 200 people were killed from mudslides.
Was caused by La Niña, previous minor earthquake, and torrential rain.
What hazards does it suffer from?
Typhoons, tsunamis, landslides and mudflows.
What plate boundary is the Philippines on?
Philippine/ Eurasian plate boundary.
A destructive plate boundary.
