Application:

Activity:
GEOGRAPHIC HAZARDS AND DISASTER RISK PROFILES OF THE PHILIPPINES
Identify and make a list of hazard in your barangay.

Landslide is common hazard that can happen in our barangay

Assessment:
A. Answer the following:
1. By virtue of its geographical circumstances, the Philippines is highly prone to
natural disaster.
2. Over the past two decades the Philippines endured a total of 274 natural calamities,
making it the fourth most disaster- prone country in the world.
3. It is a natural processes or phenomena occurring in the biosphere that may
constitute a damaging event. Natural Hazards
4. Processes of organic or those conveyed by biological vectors, including exposure to
pathogenic micro- organism, toxins and bioactive substances. Biological Hazard
5. Classified as industrial pollution, nuclear activities, radioactivity and even
explosions, fire and spills. Technological Hazards (Anthropogenic Hazards)

B. Essay:
Give your own understanding about the geographical hazards and disaster risk
profiles of the Philippines.

For my understanding about the geographical hazard and disaster risk

profiles of the Philippines is Philippines is one of the dangerous country
because of its geographical location. Philippines is one of the most natural
prone hazard country in the world because is increasing due to population
growth, change in land- use patterns, migration, unplanned urbanization,
environmental degradation, and global climate change.