Mapping Philippine Vulnerability to Environmental Disasters

Executive Summary

Calculating Risk

Climate & Weather

Important Findings

Acknowledgements

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Appendix B: Maps Composing the Atlas

Philippine Provincial Map

Philippine Provincial Map

Climate- and Weather-Related Factors

Combined Risk to Climate Disasters	Historical Rainfall Increase	Historical Temperature Increase	Typhoon Incidence
Decrease in Rainfall due to El Niño	Corn Vulnerability to El Niño	Rice Vulnerability to El Niño	Projected Rainfall Change (Dry Season)
Projected Rainfall Change (Rainy Season)	Projected Temperature Increase	Risk to Projected Rainfall Change	Risk to Projected Temperature Increase
Risk to Typhoons	Risk to El Niño

Geophysical Factors

Combined Risk to Geophysical Disasters	Distribution of Volcanoes	Earthquake-Prone Areas	Earthquake-Induced Shallow Landslides
Tsunami-Prone Areas	Risk to Volcanic Eruptions	Risk to Earthquakes	Risk to Earthquake-Induced Shallow Landslides
Risk to Tsunamis

Ecological Factors

Forest Cover Types (1987)	Projected Forest Area (1999)	Ecoregions	Slope
Slope and Forest Cover	Ecoregions and Slope	Land Use Classification	Land Use Classification
Land Use Classification (Unappropriated)	Land Cover	Ecoregions and Forest Area	Major River Basins, Water Resource Regions and Critical Watersheds
Groundwater Resources	Groundwater availability	Integrated Marine and Terrestrial Priorities	Types of Natural Habitat

Human/Developmental Factors

Human Development Index (1997)	Human Development Index (2000)	Incidence of Poor Families in the Philippines by Province (1997 and 2000)	Incidence of Poor Families in the Philippines by Province (1997 and 2000)
Poverty Gap by Provinces in the Philippines (1997 and 2000)	Severity of Poverty by Provinces in the Philippines (1997 and 2000)	Population Density by City and Municipality (2000)	Population Density (1995)
Population Density (2000)	Settlement Areas	Populated Places	Heirarchy of Urban Centers (1980)
Heirarchy of Urban Centers (2000)	Socio-Economic Pressures	Gross Value Added in Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry by Region (1999)	Gross Value Added in Industry by Region (1999)
Gross Value Added in Industry by Region (1999)	Transport Facilities	Agri-industrial Centers and Growth Network Corridors	Priority Tourism Development and Investment Areas
Mines and Protected Areas

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