This document is a heavily detailed case study of the Philippines: a multihazardous environment which appears in the Hazards topic of A-level geography. It contains extra contextual information which will help students reach an A*. It also includes example questions and answers.
5.7 The Philippines – A multi-hazardous environment
What is a ‘Multi-hazardous Environment’?
Multi-hazardous environment - a place that is at risk of 2 or
more natural hazards
A hazard hotspot is essentially the same thing. It can best be
presented in a diagram.
Location and Description of the Philippines:
➔ The Philippines is an archipelago in Southeast Asia
➔ 7000 Islands along W Pacific Ocean
➔ The capital is Manila
➔ Near the destructive plate boundary of the Philippine and Eurasian plates
Population: 119 million
➔ 11 million in the capital
GDP: $430 billion
Tectonic hazards in the Philippines:
➔ Earthquakes, Volcanic Eruptions, Tsunamis and Landslides
Hydro-meteorological hazards in the Philippines:
➔ Typhoons, Floods, Droughts and Landslides
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