Why is the Philippines a ‘multi-hazardous’
location?
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Multi-hazardous Environments
LO: To know what ‘multi-hazardous’ means.
To identify ‘multi-hazardous’ areas.
To be able to explain how a specific location is multi-hazardous.
What is meant by ‘multi-hazardous
environment’?
Exposure to risk from two or more hazard groups.
Disaster hotspots – Venn diagram
Disaster hotspots
What makes a
‘disaster’ hotspot
not just a hazard
hotspot?
Look at the maps showing the distribution of the
different hazards we have studied.
• Identify at least 3 multi-hazardous areas and the hazards that
determine this status. Make notes onto your copy of the diagram.
After comparing risk data for 198
countries the Climate Change and
Environmental Risk Atlas has identified
32 countries that are at ‘extreme risk’
from hazards. ‘Hazard hotspots’: These
areas are at risk from multiple hazards.
What do you notice about
the countries identified?
What will happen as these
countries urbanise?
Hazards in the future in the Philippines
What is likely to happen to the frequency and magnitude of seismic
and volcanic hazards in the future?
What is likely to happen to the frequency and magnitude of storm
activity in the future? Who will be particularly vulnerable?
What will happen to the number of people exposed to the hazard risk
with:
Population Growth?
Urbanisation?
Why is the Philippines a multi-hazardous
location?
• At risk from a combination of typhoon, volcanic and earthquake
activity.
• Given it's tropical geographical location next to the Pacific Ocean, the
islands are exposed to tropical typhoons.
• Located on the western rim of the ‘Pacific Ring of Fire’. At the meeting
point of several major subducting plate margins (destructive
boundary).
• Secondary hazards are often triggered, including landslides, lahars,
tsunamis and flooding.
• Vulnerable population are at risk - poverty.
The Filipino people are vulnerable because they live in a multihazardous environment; there is little they can do to prevent hazardous
events from occurring.
However, the fact that the Philippines is a LIC increases their
vulnerability and means the dominant perception of the hazard is
fatalistic (acceptance).
Why is the Philippines a ‘multi-hazardous’ location?
Volcanoes
Typhoons
Earthquakes
Philippines:
‘multihazardous’
Socioeconomic /
other
factors
Secondary
Impacts
Vulnerability
Multi-hazard environment beyond the UK
case study – PROJECT due in next Tues.
• Describe and assess the nature of the hazards (Why do they occur
there?)
• Assess and explain the social, economic and environmental risks
presented by the hazards (Impacts including secondary hazards)
• Explain how local populations remain able to live in the environment
due to their:
• Human qualities (wealth, religion, etc)
• Responses – resilience, adaptation, mitigation and management.
Group Research Task:
• You are going to have the rest of today’s lesson, tomorrow and homework to
research in detail an aspect of the Philippines ‘multi-hazardscape’.
• Each group needs to produce a 5-10min presentation and double-page
handout on their focus (font size 11-14).
Presenting the Multi-hazardous case study
Got your hand outs ready?
PowerPoints ready to use? You can
email them over now if you don’t
have a data stick.
Brooke, Alistair, Laurie, Jenah.
Typhoons
Loren, Henry, Zoe.
Volcanoes
Philippines:
‘multihazardous’
Management and
local qualities
Earthquakes
If you are asked a
question you don’t know
the answer to, don’t
panic! We are all here to
learn.
Sam, Felicity, Amelia.
Jack, Tom, Grace, Charlotte.
Who is doing what 12C?
Rory and Lucy
Volcanoes
Tom and Theo.
Typhoons
Philippines:
‘multihazardous’
Management and
local qualities
Earthquakes
Matt and Jack
Callum, Jacob, Keanu.
• Causes of the hazard
(the nature)
• Impacts of the
hazards (incl.
secondary impacts
• Responses to the
hazard and
management – brief
1
points as other
group (red) will
cover this in detail.
• You can include brief
details on the
human qualities
here
2
Volcanoes
Typhoons
Philippines:
‘multihazardous’
Management
and local
qualities
Earthquakes
2
• Vulnerability and perceptions
• General Management: adaptation,
mitigation and institutional set-up –
local, national and international
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