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Mudslide-hit Philippine village turns to disaster risk planning

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Purple S. Romero describes how Guinsaugon in the St. Bernard municipality that was covered by landslide in 2006 and lost 1,500 lives, has discovered the importance of land use plans when developing new residential sites.

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Hazards Flood Landslide
Themes Capacity development Community-based DRR Risk identification and assessment Urban risk and planning Disaster risk management
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