They then compiled the data to create a GIS format database, and generated natural hazard maps by analyzing information such as past earthquake events, average rainfall levels, land use maps and ...
With a series of typhoons causing widespread devastation across the country, a disaster scientist from the University of the Philippines has urged local government units and the general public to ...
It was echoed by University of the Philippines geologist Mahar Lagmay: there are detailed hazard maps for tropical cyclones, floods, landslides and storm surges that local government units or LGUs ...
A Napier man who got his insurance premiums reduced after he challenged a council flooding hazard map is calling for greater transparency into where insurers get their information. Philip Dol said ...