Natural Disaster Risk Management in the Philippines : Reducing Vulnerability

Natural Disaster Risk Management in the Philippines : Reducing Vulnerability

The Philippines is one of the most natural hazard-prone countries in the world. The social and economic cost of natural disasters in the country is increasing due to population growth, change in land-use patterns, migration, unplanned urbanization, environmental degradation and global climate change...

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Main Author: World Bank
Format: Other Rural Study
Language:English
en_US
Published: Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:
APPLICATIONS
ASPECTS OF DISASTER MANAGEMENT
CATASTROPHES
CATASTROPHIC EVENTS
CIVIL DEFENSE
COMMUNITY
COVERAGE
DEVELOPMENT GOALS
DISASTER MANAGEMENT
DISASTER REDUCTION
DISASTER RISK
DISSEMINATION
EARLY WARNING SYSTEMS
EARTHQUAKE
EARTHQUAKES
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION
EROSION
FIRE
FLOOD
FLOOD CONTROL
FLOODS
GAS
GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE
GOVERNMENT AGENCIES
INFORMATION SYSTEM
INFORMATION SYSTEMS
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES
INSURANCE
INSURANCE INDUSTRY
INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION
MIGRATION
MITIGATION
NATIONAL LEVELS
NATURAL DISASTER
NATURAL DISASTERS
NATURAL HAZARDS
POPULATION DENSITY
POPULATION GROWTH
POPULATION INCREASE
POVERTY ALLEVIATION
PROVINCIAL HOSPITAL
PUBLIC INFORMATION
RISK ASSESSMENT
RISK MANAGEMENT
RISK REDUCTION
RISK TRANSFER
SEA LEVEL
SECONDARY EDUCATION
SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION
STORM
TSUNAMI
TYPHOON
TYPHOONS
URBANIZATION
VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS
VOLCANO
VULNERABILITY
WATER MANAGEMENT
WATER RESOURCES
WORLD
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/06/7231459/natural-disaster-risk-management-philippines-reducing-vulnerability
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8754

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/06/7231459/natural-disaster-risk-management-philippines-reducing-vulnerability
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8754

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