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CHAPTER IV
Introduction
research findings. The findings related to the problems that guided the study.
The data gathered were presented clearly with the aid of tables, percentages,
and graphs.
Determine the particular areas in the municipality that show risks in the
a. Demography
b. Facilities
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c. Geographical Characteristics
d. Infrastructure
e. Types of Houses
a. Age
b. Educational Attainment
c. Income
d. Occupation
a. Fire Hazard
b. Flood Hazard
g. Tsunami Hazard
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Table 2. Demography
seventy one (8971) occupants of the 15 barangays are male and female that has
are classified as 18 years old below. The following are the total number of
population ageing 18 years old and below, Brgy. Burak with almost 365, Brgy.
Canmogsay has about 295, Brgy, Cantariwis is most likely to have 236, Brgy.
Capangihan has 387 in totality, Brgy. Doña Brigida with almost 1069, Brgy.
Imelda with nearly 279 residents ageing 18 below, Brgy. Malbog with almost
884, Brgy. Olot having a total of 412, Brgy. Opong has almost 848, Brgy.
Poblacion with 399 in totality, Brgy. Quilao has 596 residents whose age are
below 18, Brgy. San Roque with the most number of occupants aged 18 below
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with a total of 1359, Brgy. San Vicente has 566, Brgy. Tanghas with almost 480,
and Brgy. Telegrafo with almost 1254 citizens ageing from 18 and below. Aside
from that, Tolosa also has occupants that are aged 19 and above. The following
barangays have their corresponding total number of residents whose age are
more likely 19 and above. Brgy. Burak has 530, Brgy. Canmogsay with 463
occupants aged 19 and above, Brgy. Cantariwis with almost 439, Brgy.
Capangihan having 452, Brgy. Doña Brigida with 1191, Brgy. Imelda has 308,
Brgy. Malbog having 788, Brgy. Olot with almost 754 residents that are age 19
and above, Brgy. Opong has 1270, Brgy. Poblacion with 778 residents aged 19
and above, Brgy. Quilao having 927, Brgy. San Roque with the highest total of
2257, Brgy. San Vicente reaching to almost 734, Brgy. Tanghas has 834, and
lastly, Brgy. Telegrafo with 1426 residents that has the age of 19 and above.
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Total No. of Population (below 18 years old) Total No. of Population (above 18 years old)
*The figure above shows that Brgy. San Roque takes 16.3% of
the total population in Tolosa. On the other hand, the majority of the
population of Tolosa lies between the Male and Female above 18 years
and older.
A. b. Facilities
Center, and Barangay Hall and Barangay Outpost, have 13.76% (15),
Church/ Chapel and Primary School both gained 114.78% (16), MRF’s, 7.92%
(8), SK Session Hall 6.42% (7), Secondary and Tertiary School have both .
917% (1), and Free Wifi and Mini Librry and Drug Rehabilitation Facilities 0%.
FACILITIES
Health Center
Day Center
Barangay Hall
SK Session hall
0%8% 14% Barangay Outpost
15% Church/Chapel
14% Elem School
Highschool
15% College
14% Free Wifi and Mini Library
14% 6% Drug Rehabilitation Facilities
Materials Recovery Facilities
*The figure above shows that there are facilities that share the
center, and the barangay outpost. For the whole of Tolosa, it was
found out that there are highschool buildings and a university that
above has their own functions and uses for disasters and other
calamities and other events that may happen. These facilities should
in emergency situations.
A. c. Geographical Characteristics
structural map, general land use map, topographic map, slope map, soil map,
faults, folds, synclines and anticlines and lineaments including the boundaries
The general land use map establishes the overall character, extent and
zones, agricultural zone, forest zones, water zones, etc. In this map, the
researchers are able to identify the residents and the different land uses that
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are at risk and the infrastructures that are affected depending on their
names, mountains, and much more. It also shows the barangay and
municipal boundaries of Tolosa and its road network. Through these road
networks and the topographic map, the municipality will be able to determine
other disasters.
Soil map shows the soil type in the different barangays. It is a geographical
area of interest. This may also help in determining landslide prone areas due
(steepness) of slope for a terrain (or other continuous surface). The Land
Cover map shows the different natural resources in each barangay such as
Doña Brigida which are calssified as urban while, Olot, Quilao, Malbog, Burak,
and San Vicente are rural barangays. Its total land area, based on the original
hectares.
biggest area comprising 400.7020 hectares. Barangay San Roque follows with a
land area of 225.3275 hectares. Brgy. Imelda is the smallest barangay, with an
The town proper comprises of three (3) barangays namely Doña Brigida,
They cluster to form the barangays. Large communities form a strip settlement
pattern along the Pan Philippine highway, on short distances of open space.
There are eight (8) coastal barangays of Olot, Poblacion, Imelda, Doña Brigida,
Tanghas, Telegrafo, Opong and San Roque. Excluding the poblacion proper
Tolosa’s total land area is 2,171.5058 has and 83.98% of it are utilized for
agricultural purposes. Only 9% of the total land area are being utilized for urban
use, to wit: 5.78% are allocated to residential areas, 1.19% by institutional and
the other smaller portions are distributed to industrial, commercial, parks and
is also a share of other land utilization for tourism with 51.0 has, and special
uses for landfill with 0.84 ha and cemetery/memorial parks with 1.17 has.
Total area of the marine waters of the municipality is 6,400 has. With
87.89 has. of inland waters which are mainly rivers and creeks that are either
the municipality.
which or 48.2424 hectares is used as agricultural land while the remaining area
recreational.
On the other hand, the total water area which comprises of the river and
where the municipal dumpsite is located, the area allotted for agriculture is
48.8908 or 34.95% of the total land area. 80.8504 hectares or 57.79% is used
as land for rice production, 5.95% or 8.3207 hectares for residential use, 0.6288
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hectares or .45% as institutional land, 0.0505 hectares or .04% for parks and
water bodies which are comprised of rivers and creeks is 1.5282 hectares.
Barangay Cantariwis has a total urban use area of 52.4966 has. broken
down as residential with 3.5140 hectares or 6.69% of the total area, .3598
hectares or .69% for institutional use, 0.09% or 0.0487 hectares for parks and
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Industrial/Industrial.
The total water bodies which comprises the rivers and creeks combined is
7369 hectares or .19% as institutional, 0.0390 hectares or 0.01% for parks and
recreation purposes and 0.9245 hectares for socialized housing or 0.23% of the
5.4292 hectares as timberland, the only declared forest in the municipality, while
1.2839 hectares of water bodies are the rivers and creeks within the barangay.
The total land area of Barangay Dona Brigida is 28.0797 hectares, 57.81%
hand, the total water area which comprises the river and creeks and the
foreshore land has an area of 1.1246 hectares and 0.5734 hectares, respectively.
43.92% to the total land area, 0.3055 hectares are for commercial use which is
while 0.5661 hectares or 9.99% is for parks and recreational purposes. The
agricultural land of the area is 0.2194 hectares or 3.87% and 0.5161 hectares as
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for tourism use and 0.0817 hectares or around 1.44% of the total land area of
the barangay is the cemetery/ memorial parks purposes. The total water area of
agricultural land and 9.5456 hectares or 5.98% of Riceland. For urban use
hectares for parks and recreational use or 0.02% and 1.2496 or 0.78% as the
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categorized as water bodies which are rivers and creeks traversing the barangay.
7.38% to the total land area, 0.0121 hectares as commercial or 0.02%, 0.3774
23.73% is the existing agricultural use while, 43.0027 hectares are for tourism
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purposes including part of the Olot Mansion, the Presidential Rest House of
0.13% is used as special use zone for cemetery. The total water area is 3.5889
hectares or 44.95% of the water bodies allocated the foreshore land and the
remaining 55.05% of the water area or 4.3955 hectares are the rivers and creeks
On the other hand, an area of 145.7279 hectares are agricultural use zone
or 83.30% and 2.7096 for tourism use. Of the total area of water bodies, 3.2536
hectares or 62.75% is the foreshore land and 1.9314 hectares or 37.25 of the
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total water area of the barangay are the rivers and creeks dissecting the entire
barangay.
hectares as an area for parks and recreational purposes. On the other hand,
the foreshore land and 0.3612 categorized as the rivers and creeks of the
barangay.
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The existing land use of Barangay Quilao are as follows: 10.595 has.,
parks & recreation, respectively as areas for urban use. On the other hand, an
0.0088 hectares is used for tourism use and 0.9079 hectares used as a special
around 3.7746 hectares which comprises the rivers and creeks that are within
the barangay.
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Barangay San Roque, the most populated barangay of Tolosa, has an area
8.38% to the total land area of the barangay, 0.1362 hectares as commercial,
hectares as area used for infrastructure and utilities. The area used as
agricultural land is estimated 217.3724 hectares or 89.22% of the total land area
hectares is the foreshore land while 0.8992 hectares is the water area comprises
and parks & recreation, respectively as areas for urban use. While, for
117.2674 hectares, cocoland with an area of 5.3026 hectares and riceland with
an area of 73.4203 hectares. The total water area of the barangay is around
0.5648 hectares which are the rivers and creeks within the barangay.
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industrial, 8.8602 hectares as institutional land use, 0.0525 hectares as area for
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parks and recreational purpose and 5.2445 hectares or as area for socialized
housing.
the existing agricultural use zone while 43.0027 hectares are for tourism use
zone. The total water area of 3.2031 hectares or 24.33% of the water bodies
as foreshore land and the remaining 75.67% or 9.9646 hectares comprises the
72.56% of the total land area and 20.4279 hectares or 13.48% is used as land
hectares as institutional, 0.0648 hectares are for parks and recreational purposes
and 0.0875 hectares are used as agro-industrial/industrial zone. The total water
rivers and creeks of the barangay while the remaining 20.07% or 1.7847
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2,171.5058 hectares. Generally, the entire lands are classified as alienable and
disposable as per DENR record. According to law, lands that can be classified
under alienable and disposable are agricultural lands only. Since Tolosa has no
Class M is described as the broad area of level to nearly level land, comprising
sloping and inclined to one general direction. It has the smallest area and is
San Roque.
directions. They cover the second largest area, found in Barangays San Vicente,
Capangihan, Opong, and San Roque. Class Q slope includes Catmon Hill in
Barangays San Vicente ans San Roque. They are the slopes 18 0 above, and
suitable for cultivation. But there are waterlogged areas in the flat lands, which
Four soil types are to be found in the municipality. They are hydrosol,
San Miguel silt loam, Tacloban clay and Obando fine sand. Their water holding
The hydrosols are found in Brgys. Olot, Imelda and Poblacion. They cover
an area of 42.9696 hectares. Brgys. San Vicente and Cantariwis exhibit a San
Miguel silt loam type of soil, covering an area of approximately 6.06 percent of
the whole locality. Obando fine sand, which is the most dominant of the soil
Tanghas, Opong, Telegrafo, Olot and San Vicente with a total area of more or
Elevation
The municipality is triangular in shape with its coastline along the Leyte
Gulf as the base. Its terrain is extensively flat. The lowland portions lie along the
northern and northeastern side. The whole landscape slopes towards south
Dulag along Barangay San Roque, southwest to Barangay San Vicente and to
Catmon Hill. The upland’s highest point is located at Brgy. Capangihan. Another
high point rises at the northern end. This is the legendary Mt. Inapusong at Brgy.
Olot.
Low flat lands comprise the whole coastal strip at the base of Tolosa’s
triangular territory. At some hundred meters from the shoreline, this strip is
kilometers. The low lying plains taper to 1,611.1837 hectares on the western
Malbog, San Vicente, Burak and Telegrafo, where it rejoins the Pan Philippine
Highway. The urban section of the municipality is in lowlands beside the coast.
Eight barangays string along the coastal strip and the national thoroughfare on a
A. d. Infrastructures
Table 4. Infrastructures
Excellent, Good, Fair, and Poor. As for the data above, for
10.10% (65). For parks and recreation, E 21.24% (94), G 40.70% (184), F 30.
08% (136), and P 7.86% (36). For sidewalks/ pedestrian safety, E 21.75% (82),
G 38.73% (146), F 21.75% (82), and P 17.77% (67). And lastly for drainage/
sewerage E 10.07% (26), G 34.10% (88), F 25% (92) and P 14.13% (52).
inf r as tructur es
Excellent Good Fair Poor
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Safety
*Based on the results from the data above, many residents rated
collection from disaster events, and (b) the physical and economic
A. e. Types of Houses
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In Table 5, there are almost four thousand three hundred and twenty
total of almost 1602 are occupied by Brgy. San Roque since it hast the largest
number of population, and the lowest result falls to Brgy. Cantariwis with an
Types of Houses
3%
Cocnrete
29% 35% Mixed
Light Materials
Makeshift
33%
wood/ light materials. 29% of the whole are made up from light
calamities and other disastrous events and those that are able to
respondents
gender.
B. a. Age
Table 5. Age
The respondents’ ages shown in Table 5 includes male and female denizen from
the different barangays in Tolosa from 18-65 years and above. There are almost
4528 or 31.40% residents that ranges from the age of 18-24, 3034 or 21.04%
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totality are ages 25-34, 2013 or 13.96% is taken up by 35-44 years old, almost
1978 or 13.72% belongs to 45-54 years of age, 1362 or 9.45% are residents
that ages from 55-64, and a total of 1502 or 10.42% residents ages 65 and
above.
Age
10% 18-24
25-34
9% 31%
35-44
45-54
14% 55-64
65 or Older
14% 21%
supporting all ages are also prioritized to help the municipality build its
with others and learn skills needed to remain in their homes and
examples: early warnings are not reaching people who have hearing
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B. b. Educational Attainment
The educational attainment shown in the table has the total percentage
Educational Attainment
8%
21% Elementary Level
10% Elementary Graduate
Highschool Level
Highschool Graduate
College Level
20% College Graduate
18%
22%
*The figure above shows that the Highshool Graduate has the
highest percentage with 22.25%, and the Elementary Level has the
profiling because of the great chance that it will help the researchers in
B. c. Income
Table 7. Income
Table 7 shows the income of the respondents ranging from P 1,000-P20,000 and
above. 44.34% of this comes from the respondents having P1,000- P9,999
income 34.43% comes from P10,000- P19,999. 13.76% of this came from
respondents having an income of P20,000 and above. The remaining 7.45% for
others.
Income
P1,000 - P9,999
7% P10,000-P19,999
14% P20,000 above
44% Others
34%
the residents were also affected including those that were depending
statement above, the economy and the income of the people tend to
B. d. Occupation
Table 8. Occupation
from the private sector, 4.19% are farmers and fishermen, and others having
10.11%.
Occupation
10% Self-Employed
4% Government Employee
Private Employees
14% 45% Farmer
Others
27%
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The graph above shows that most of the residents are self-
resilient depending upon the type of work and skills that they have.
Community and social workers. Those that were mentioned are most
C. Hazard Maps
Flooding occur two to three times a year which could last from two to
seven (7) barangays are observed to be very high in flood exposure due to its
VII impact of ground shaking, from the coast to the mountain side; except
for the part where mountains are situated which will feel the lesser scale of
The municipality’s physical layout have the features of the ocean, flat
terrain, mountains and hills. There are several households that are situated
near the mountain side that are highly exposed to rain-induced landslide.
Since heavy rainfall occurs every now and then, these areas are highly
the fifteen (15) barangays of the municipality were highly exposed. Among
“low”. Barangays San Vicente and Capangihan are both exposed to rain-
also cause debris flow. While, adjacent barangays of San Roque and Opong
have three (3) categories of exposure, also with debris flow possible
likely occur as an after effect of strong typhoons. From the baseline data
coastal barangays are very highly exposed to storm surge with inundation
Typhoon Yolanda with a wind speed of 315kph was the strongest typhoon in
recent time with signal no. 5, while most popular typhoons that occur in the
past brought maximum wind speed from 100kph to 180kph with lesser
intensity categorized as signal no. 3. Since the town is located in the eastern
From the baseline data collected from JICA, NAMRIA and RAPID,
event, would likely affect all the eight (8) coastal barangays of the
barangays approximately 700 meters and 1,500 mtrs from the shoreline
respectively.
appears that Brgy. San Roque considers all six types of hazards and
importance.
cope with and adapt to the shocks and stresses associated with
natural hazards.
to poverty.
with the hazard itself, and the exposure of populations and physical
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impacts of disasters.