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Landslide Preparedness Strategies

The document discusses the importance of landslide preparedness in Zamboanga City, Philippines. It notes that 55 households are at risk from landslides. It provides information on how students, community members, and local officials can help with preparedness through actions like staying informed, participating in drills, reporting signs of landslides, and following land-use policies. The expected outcomes of collective action on preparedness are increased community awareness, reduced risks, and more efficient emergency response.

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Landslide Preparedness Strategies

The document discusses the importance of landslide preparedness in Zamboanga City, Philippines. It notes that 55 households are at risk from landslides. It provides information on how students, community members, and local officials can help with preparedness through actions like staying informed, participating in drills, reporting signs of landslides, and following land-use policies. The expected outcomes of collective action on preparedness are increased community awareness, reduced risks, and more efficient emergency response.

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The Importance of

Landslìde s
P r e p a r e d n e s
📍in Zamboang u it a , M a l a y b a l a y
Type of Hazard: Landslide
C ity

Landslides are natural hazards where a mass of earth or rock moves downhill. They can
be triggered by heavy rainfall, earthquakes, or human activities.
why does it matter?
Our world faces severe Understanding these challenges is the first step toward
addressing them.
environmental
Landslide preparedness matters because it saves lives, protects
challenges, including property, and enhances the resilience of communities. By being
climate change, loss of informed, participating in drills, and implementing preventative
biodiversity, and measures, individuals and communities can minimize the devastating
resource depletion. impact of landslides, ensuring safety and faster recovery.

Number of Households at Risk: 🏠 55


Knowing the number of households at risk emphasizes the importance of preparedness for a considerable part of
the community.

These challenges impact our daily lives...


From extreme weather
It's time to recognize the
events and health concerns
relevance of sustainability in
to the loss of natural
our own experiences.
beauty.

What Can I Do? (As a student-member):


📚 Stay Informed: Being 🔄 Participate: 🚫 Smart Building:
aware of the local Involvement in Explanation: Avoiding
geography, weather community drills builds construction in high-
patterns, and early readiness and ensures risk areas prevents
warning systems can everyone knows the additional vulnerability
empower individuals to proper procedures and potential harm.
respond effectively. during a landslide
threat.

Communities and official initiatives are vital


to progress.
What Others Can Do:
Here are programs and projects aimed at addressing
landslide preparedness:

🏛️ Local Officials: 👥 Community Members:


📋 Implement Policies: 🔍 Regular
Enforcing land-use
Inspections: Regularly
☑️ Report Signs: 🤝 Collaborate:
policies ensures that Encouraging individuals Working together on
checking vulnerable to report signs of
construction and community-based
areas allows for early potential landslides
development follow preparedness fosters a
identification of creates a proactive
guidelines that sense of shared
potential landslide community.
mitigate landslide responsibility and
risks.
risks. resilience.

Expected Outcome: the Power of Collective Action

🌐 Community Awareness: 🛡️ Reduced Risks: 🚀 Efficient Response:


Increased awareness ensures that By following preparedness Well-practiced response plans and
the community is well-informed measures, the community aims to community cooperation lead to
and understands the risks minimize casualties and property effective actions during
associated with landslides. damage. landslides.

it's time to take


action!
Embrace landslide preparedness - safeguard lives, protect homes, and
fortify our communities against the unexpected forces of nature

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