Disasters, the Philippine Experience |
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Economic and Social Vulnerability | 21 |
Disasters From Natural Hazards | 35 |
Manmade Disasters | 85 |
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active affected agricultural areas armed atmosphere average become buildings caused cent Center City coastal condition continued coral reefs country's cover crops Cuny damage Dead deaths destroyed destruction devastating Development disaster disaster response displacement documentation drought earth's earthquake economic erosion eruption estimated evacuation families fault Filipinos fishing floods forces forest ground groups hazards heavy hectares Hibok-Hibok houses human incidents increase individuals intensity internal refugees Island kilometers land landslides least less lives loss Luzon major mangroves Metro Manila military million Mindanao mountain move natural northern occur operations Pacific Philippines placed PLATE pollution population pressure production provinces Quezon City rain rainfall reason regions reported result rise River soil SOURCE storm structures surface surges TABLE tion tornado trees Trench tropical cyclones tsunamis Typhoon usually Visayas volcano vulnerability wave western winds zone