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A recently-conducted aerial survey is part of a program aimed at producing three-dimensional flood and hazard maps for the majority of the Philippines' river systems. The information produced by the program aims to aid planners and local government units to prepare for the probable La Niña occurrence this year.
The 1:50,000-scale maps indicate areas of each town facing various hazards such as earthquake, storm surge, landslide due to earthquake, landslide due to heavy rains, tsunami, flooding and liquefaction during earthquakes. The municipal DRRM offices were also given “soft” or digitized copies...
Participants of the training workshop from the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction Council and the municipalities of Caramoran and San Miguel were first taught the basic concepts of disaster risk reduction (DRR) and resiliency and the link between sustainable design and construction to DRR and Climate Change Adaptation reports the Catanduanes Tribune...
A mapping initiative enables residents and investors of 4 Filipino cities to know whether their project sites are sitting on fault lines or exposed to possible geologic hazards...
A disaster risk reduction project is now underway in the provinces of Catanduanes and Camarines Sur. The project, run by a Spanish development financing institution is a school based education and awareness programme on disaster preparedness.
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