The Philippine disaster management system : official position of the National Disaster Coordinating Council.
Material type: TextPublication details: Quezon City, Philippines : The Office, 1994Description: [27] pSubject(s): DDC classification:- 363.34809599 21
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Presented to the RP-JAPAN High Level Policy Dialogue on the Economic nad Technical Cooperation, February 20-25 1994
A report setting out the disaster managment system in the Philippines. Examines the natural hazards - cyclones, monsoon, drought, earthquake, volcanic eruptions - which cause damage, as well as technological hazards and civil disorder. Lists changes - including rapid deforestation, rapid urbanization - which exacerbate these problems. Gives a historical account of the development of disaster management in the Philippines, and examines the current system of disaster management
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