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The Philippines
- What types of
hazards are they
exposed to?
- Earthquakes
- Around 20 earthquakes
are registered daily
- Volcanoes
- Has 20 active
volcanoes
- Flooding
- Annual torrential rains
and thunderstorms
from July-October
- Anomalies caused by La Nina
- A cyclic ocean and wind current
affecting South East Asia
- Tropical monsoon climate
- Northern and Eastern
coasts face the Pacific
- Pacific = World’s most tsunami-prone ocean
- Droughts
- Tropical storms
- Typhoons
- Approx.19 typhoons
occur each year
- Cyclones
- Tropical monsoon climate
- Tsunamis
- Landslides
- From illegal logging, deforestation
and land degradation
- In 50 years, logging has reduced
several million hectares of forest
to about 600,000 hectares
- Reduces soil protection
and weakens bindings
- Mainly mountainous
regions = steep slopes
- Background Info
- Population: 98,630,000 (2013)
- 12th most populated
country in the world
- Capital city: Manila
- Sovereign
island country
- In Southeast Asia
- West across
the South
China Sea
sits Vietnam
- North across the Luzon
Strait lies Taiwan
- In Western Pacific Ocean
- Celebes Sea
separates it from other
islands of Indonesia
- 73rd-largest country
in the world
- Consists of an
archipelago of 7,107
islands
- Categorized under three
main geographical divisions
- Luzon
- Visayas
- Mindanao
- Divided into 17 regions,
80 provinces and 138 cities
- 300,000 km2
- GDP/capita: $4,660
- Has one of Asia's fastest
growing economies (MIC+NIC)
- Why are they so
vulnerable to
hazards?
- Physical
- Located on the Pacific Ring
of Fire and the South-East
Asia typhoon belt
- Benham Plateau to the east in the
Philippine Sea is an undersea
region active in tectonic subduction
- Oceanic Philippines plate is
being subducted beneath the
continental Eurasian plate
- Has created the deep
Manila Ocean Trench
- Environmental
- Extensive logging
- President imposed a
Moratotorium in 2011
- No new timber contracts will be
granted for cutting natural forests
- Resulted in major
flooding and landslides
- Those on illegally denuded
hillsides killed thousands
- Social
- Population explosion
- Forecasters say the population
could double within three decades
- Retention of skilled
practitioners is a
problem
- 70% of nursing graduates
go overseas to work
- Political
- July 4, 1946 attained
independence
- Dictatorship of
Ferdinand Marcos
- His election in 1986 led to...
- National debt
- Government corruption
- Communist
insurgency
- Political tensions
and open hostilities
- Military conflict with
Islamic separatists
- Christian vs. Muslims
- Country suffered from economic
stagnation and recession
- Economic
- 1997 Asian Financial Crisis
- Now heavily reliant on remittances which
surpass foreign direct investment (FDI)
- FDI = reinvesting profits earned
from overseas operations
- Dictatorship of
Ferdinand Marcos
- Hazard Hotspot
- At risk from more than
two hazard groups
- Geophysical
hazards (tectonic)
- Hydro-meteorological
hazards