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- 3. ____ of adequate infrastructure and services, unsafe housing, inadequate and poor health services can turn natural hazard into a disaster.
- 5. The most catastrophic of these hazards include earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, tropical cyclones,floods and droughts.
- 7. / The impact ________ of a disaster can vary from the slow, low-threat buildup associated with some types of floods to the violent, dangerous, and destructive outcomes associated with tornadoes and explosions.
- 9. Disasters have _________ human, social, and physical capital, and they have derailed social and economic development, as funds are reallocated from ongoing programs to finance relief and reconstruction assistance.
- 11. / Deforestation, forest management ________, agriculture systems etc. can exacerbate the negative environmental impacts of a storm or typhoon, leading to landslides, flooding, silting and ground/surface water contamination.
- 12. / In addition, disasters may _________ the morbidity and mortality associated with chronic diseases and infectious diseases through the impact on the health care system.
- 13. overburdened drainage, frenzied and unregulated construction, buildings constructed without paying any heed to the natural topography and hydro-geomorphology all adds to the ______.
- 14. The social and economic ____ of natural disasters has increased in recent years due to population growth, change in land use patterns, migration and unplanned urbanization, environmental degradation and global climate change.
- 15. The Philippines is known as one of the ____ hazard prone countries in the world.
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- 1. / ________impact the physical environment in many ways: overpopulation, pollution, burning fossil fuels, and deforestation. Changes like these have triggered climate change, soil erosion, poor air quality, and undrinkable water.
- 2. Due to its geographic circumstances, the Philippines has an unusually _____ exposure to natural
- 4. /_____________ disasters cause destruction of property, loss of financial resources, and personal injury or illness
- 6. Being prepared can _______ fear, anxiety, and losses that accompany disasters.
- 8. / This makes _________ floods easily more of a man-made disaster.
- 10. / ________ directly impact the health of the population resulting in physical trauma, acute disease, and emotional trauma.