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Philippines' Vulnerability to Natural Disasters: Challenges and Impacts

Philippines ranks high in disaster risk globally with a surge in number and intensity of natural disasters affecting millions. Explore the country's struggle with rebuilding, debt repayment, & health needs post calamities, impacting agriculture, urban planning, and education.

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Philippines' Vulnerability to Natural Disasters: Challenges and Impacts

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  1. Natural disastersinPhilippines Example: Typhoon Haiyan /Yolanda Tamara Bosanac

  2. One ofcountries with the highest disaster risk in the world!

  3. 3rd place = 181 disastersin period of 10 years

  4. WorldRiskReport 2015 WeltRisikoIndex (UNU-ESH) • 1. Vanuatu • 2. Tonga • 3. Philippines • lackofcoping capacities • lack of adaptive capacities

  5. Typhoon Haiyan /Yolanda

  6. Friday, November 8, 2013 • one of the strongest cyclones ever measured = 190 milesperhour • resulted in high numbers of victims • > 6,000 people were killed, and hundreds of thousands had to abandon their homes (4.28 million people and at least 270 town) • destruction on a massive scale in the islands of Samar, Leyte, Cebu and Panay

  7. The frequency of natural disasters has doubled over 40 years to an average of 15 each year!

  8. The number of persons affected by natural disasters has more than doubled to some 50 million!

  9. Damage from natural disasters has averaged around US$ 300 million a year.

  10. Howthiscountry is affected? • Rebuildinghomesandbuildings • Debtrepeyment • Health andaidneeded • Economy

  11. Influence on developmentof: • Agriculture (food security) • Urban planning (inhabited areas) • Education

  12. Thank you for your attention!!!

  13. Literature andsources • URL1, http://www.investphilippines.info/arangkada/climate/environment-and-natural-disasters/ • URL 2, http://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/wilderness-resources/stories/the-riskiest-places-in-the-world-for-natural-disasters • URL, 3 http://naturalhazardscience.oxfordre.com/

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