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33 Cards in this Set
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HDI
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0.75
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Main Hazard
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Typhoons (20 per year)
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Earthquakes
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100% country at risk
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Population
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91 million
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Island number
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7000
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GDP per capita
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$5000
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Situated in
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Typhoon belt and Pacific Ring of Fire
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On
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Philippine-Eurasian plate boundary
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Philippine plate
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Subducted under Eurasian plate
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Plate boundary is
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destructive
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Climate
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Tropical monsoon
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Occasional drought associated with
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El Nino years
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Landslides common in
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mountainous areas
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In space of 18 years
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121 disasters, 36,413,170 affected
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Population density
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240 per square km
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Population density in Manila
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Up to 2000 people per square km
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Drought
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April 1998- 2.5 million severely affected
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Volcanic eruptions
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Mount Pinatubo, 1991, 200 killed
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Mudslide
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Southern Leyte Island Mudslide, 2006, 1126 killed
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Earthquake
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Manila 1990, 6000 killed
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Tsunami
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Amar Island- evacuation and powercuts. 1 dead
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Typhoon
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Typhoon Thelma, 1991, 6000 killed
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Flood
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Luzon Island,1972, 2.7 million affected. Crops devastated
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Extreme poverty
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14.8% = 12.5 million
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Active volcanoes
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Approximately 20
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Doctors
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1 per 1700 people
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Vulnerability
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Poor infrastructure and land use planning, uncontrolled deforestation, increased surface runoff and soil erosion
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Management
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Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology - helps predict and reduce effects
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Risk reduction
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Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Act- address disaster risk and reduce it
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Natural Disaster Index
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ranked 11th out of 204
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Affected by natural disasters
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2nd most affected country
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Settlement near hazardous area
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Angeles built near Mount Pinatubo- not considered threat as hadnt erupted since 1380
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Hazards
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Drought, earthquake, flood, landslide/mudslide, volcano, tsunami, typhoon
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