The Observatory in partnership with Chevron Geothermal Philippines Holdings Inc. and the provincial government of Albay created a sustainable development guidebook for the local governments of Tiwi and Malinao. GED contributed to the spatial analysis of the area, including its land use and ...
With the support of Sentinel Asia, the International Charter Space and Major Disasters and the Canadian Space Agency, GED generated several Flood Footprint maps for the heavy rainfall events of the southwest monsoon season in 2012 in the greater Metro Manila area. The ...
In August 2012, Metro Manila and its environs were affected by a period of heavy and continuous rainfall caused by an enhanced monsoon season (Habagat). The disaster affected millions because of flooding and rainfall-induced landslides. Christian Aid, a UK-based international development and relief ...
The Philippines is the third most at risk to disasters in the world, along with being vulnerable to the effects of climate change. Disaster Risk Reduction as well as Climate Change Adaptation (DRR-CCA) need to be approached together in order to face the...
Located in the tropics within the Pacific Rim of Fire and being archipelagic, the Philippines is hazard-prone and most vulnerable to impacts of climate change. Local government units are required to prepare Comprehensive Land Use Plans or CLUPs to plan the development and...
By Lucille Borlaza Dr. James B. Simpas and Lucille Joanna S. Borlaza attended the the 10th Workshop on Greenhouse Gas Inventories in Asia (WGIA) in Hanoi, Vietnam last July 10-12, 2012. The workshop was convened by the Ministry of the Environment of Japan...
by: Geonelle Louise Corneby In recent years, typhoons such as Ondoy and Sendong, as well as other natural hazards, have incurred economic losses, massive loss of lives and property and damage to infrastructure. These have, in turn, increased the need for and urgency...
The following is an edited transcript of a talk presented by Dr. Inez Ponce de Leon, science and risk communication specialist at the Manila Observatory, on January 27, 2012. Her talk is part of a series of brown bag presentations by researchers at...