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You have been placed in charge of planning for tropical storms in the Philippines you have to choose between the options in the table below. You have 1000 million to spend.
A number of these choices come from wealthy countries such as the USA. You need to consider what you have learnt about the Philippines in order to decide which would be suitable for this country and why.
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Be ready to discuss your choices with your class – consider:

• Which option you have chosen and why
• How much money have you got left over; how would you like to spend this?
• Which option would you have liked to buy but couldn’t afford to and why?
• Which options did you not feel were money well spent and why?
• Which of the options in the table do you consider to be examples of how a country can protect itself and which are options which are showing how a country plans for tropical storms in your opinion?
• Are there any other ways that you think a country could prepare for tropical storms?

TASK 1:

Read the case study of The Philippines on pages 222-224 in the Hodder textbook (https://slaveevo.com/goto/?ai=2745). Focus on the last section which considers how hazards are managed in The Philippines. Answer the questions below:

• The text says that systems ‘have tended to rely on a response or reactive approach, when they should be, in contrast, taking a more effective proactive approach in which disasters can be mitigate, even avoided, appropriate land-use planning, construction and other preventative measures which avoid the creation of disaster-prone conditions.’ Why do you think this is?
• What is the difference between a ‘centralised top-down administrative system’ and one which is bottom up and community based?
• In what ways are the programmes supported by the Philippines National Red Cross (PNRC) bottom up and community based?
• What attitudes have the people of the Philippines taken towards living in such a multi-hazardous environment?
• The UN claims that The Philippines has some of the best risk-reduction laws in the world. What are the limitations of these laws?

TASK 2:

Produce a case study of The Philippines as a multi-hazardous environment. You must:

• Describe and assess the nature of the hazards
• Assess and explain the social, economic and environmental risks presented by the hazards
• Explain how local populations remain able to live in the environment due to their:
  - Human qualities
  - Responses – resilience, adaptation, mitigation and management.