PhilippinesMt Pinatubo

2004 Typhoon

Mt Mayon

Leyte mudslide

Luzon Earthquake

• A hazard hotspot is a place where two or more hazard risks are found

• A Disaster occurs when vulnerable people encounter a hazard and suffer losses

Comparing Development:

USA Philippines

Population density 249 people per sq km 293 people per sq km

Gross National Income per capita

$44, 730 $1,390

Internet users 72 people per 100 6 people per 100

Urban population 81% 64%

Adult literacy 99% 93%

Doctors 230 per 100,000 115 per 100,000

World Tectonic Plates

Tectonics in the Philippines

In the Philippines there is a complexity of plate tectonics where the plate boundaries are changing very quickly. Many micro-plates are being crushed together in between two plates that are moving together.

A chain of volcanoes runs through the length of the Philippines. The volcanoes of the Philippines are the most deadly and costly in the world. Fatalities have been caused by 13% of the historic eruptions, most notably at Taal and Mayon, and 22% of the eruptions caused damage. Mudflows are more common in the Philippines, compared to other regions, because of heavy rains. Tsunami are more commonly associated with eruptions at the Philippines than in any other volcanic region. Volcano

Subduction zone (destructive plate boundary)

Conservative plate boundary

World pressure bands and wind patterns:

Formation of island arcs

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California

2007 wildfires

Sacramento river valley floods

World Series earthquake

Northridge earthquake

• A hazard hotspot is a place where two or more hazard risks are found

• A Disaster occurs when vulnerable people encounter a hazard and suffer losses

Comparing Development:

USA Philippines

Population density 249 people per sq km 293 people per sq km

Gross National Income per capita

$44, 730 $1,390

Internet users 72 people per 100 6 people per 100

Urban population 81% 64%

Adult literacy 99% 93%

Doctors 230 per 100,000 115 per 100,000

World Tectonic Plates

Tectonics of California

The San Andreas Fault is a conservative plate boundary that runs a length of roughly 810 miles (1,300 km) through California in the United States. It forms the tectonic boundary between the Pacific Plate and the North American Plate.

World pressure bands and wind patterns:

Economic risk from hazardsTop 20 recipients of World Bank emergency

loans outlined in green

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