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CASE STUDIES VOLCANOES LDC/MEDC
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COMPARISON OF TWO CASE STUDIES IN AN LEDC AREA AND MEDC AREA
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CASE STUDIES VOLCANOES LDC/MEDC
MT PINATUBO- LEDC PHILIPPINES 1991
WHERE?
SOUTH EAST ASIA, PHILIPPINES, IN LUZON. NEAR THE CITY OF ANGELES
PLATE SETTING?
CONTINENTAL EURASIAN AND OCEANIC PHILIPPINES PLATE
CONTINENTAL EURASIAN AND OCEANIC PHILIPPINES PLATE
THE LATTER IS SUBDUCTED DUE TO BEING MORE DENSE
AS IT SUBDUCTS IT MELTS TO FORM MAGMA AND ERUPTS AS LAVA TO FORM VOLCANOES
WAS IT A HAZARD?
BEFORE THE ERUPTION OF 1991 IT HADNT ERUPTED SINCE 1380, SO WS NO LONGER CONSIDERED AS A HAZARD
PEOPLE FARMED ON THE LAND AS IT WAS FERTILE VOLCANIC SOIL
EFFECTS
ENVIRONMENTAL
VOLCANIC ASH SMOTHERED BUILDINGS AND FIELDS
ASH CAUSED GLOBAL COOLING OF 0.5 DEGREES
ECONOMIC
BUILDING AND INFRASTRUCTURE DAMAGE COST AROUND 3.8 BILLION PESOS
1991 GLOBAL HARVEST DESTROYED
650000 JOBS LOST
$700 MILLION IN DAMAGE TOTAL
SOCIAL
847 PEOPLE DIED
OVER 8000 HOMES DESTROYED
73000 DAMAGED
1.2 MILLION PEOPLE LOST THEIR HOMES
DISEASES SUCH AS MALARIA KILLED 600 PEOPLE
PLANTING MADE IMPOSSIBLE IN 1992 DUE TO ASH
MT ETNA, ISLAND OF SICILY, ITALY
LOCATION
MORE THAN 25% OF THE POP OF SILICY LIVE ON THE FLANKS OF ETNA
ITALY IS A MEDC AND HAD A GDP PER CAPITA OF OVER $20000 IN 1991
HAS TWO MAIN SETTLEMENTS: CATANIA AND ZAFFERANA
3,323M ON THE ISLAND OF SICILY, ITALY
VOLCANISM
NOT FULLY UNDERSTOOD BY SCIENTISTS
FROM THE SUBDUCTION OF THE AFRICAN BENEATH THE EURASIAN
OTHER THEORIES: RIFTING AND EVEN A MANTLE PLUME
BASALTIC LAVA
TRAVEL OVER LONG DISTANCES
SINCE 2001 ERUPTED EVERY YEAR SINCE
ETNA
THREE CRATERS, FISSURES OPEN UP, HAS A 5-10KM CALDERA ON THE EAST SIDE CALLED VALLE DEL BOVE
HAS SMALL PARASITIC CONES CALLLED HORNITOES ON THE OTHER SIDE
DECADE COLCANO BY THE UN . DESERVES PARTICULAR STUDY BECAUSE OF A HISTORY OF DESTRUCTIVE E ERUPTIONS NEAR POPULATED AREAS
COMPOSITE VOLCANO
SINCE 2001 ERUPTED EVERY YEAR SINCE
ORIGINATES FROM AN UNDERWATER VOLCANO
EFFECTS
STARTED SHOWING SIGNS IN DEC 1991
DEC 14TH 1991, LASTED FOR 473 DAYS
WITH TWO WEEKS ZAFFERNA WAS THREATENED
LAVA FLOWS REACHED TEMPERATURE OF 1000 DEGREES
VINEYARDS AND CHESTNUT ORCHARDS DESTROYED AND A FEW SMALLER BUILDINGS
DESTROYED SPRINGS, WHICH PROVIDED WATER SUPPLY TO ZAFFERNA, POP 8000
7 PEOPLE LOST HOMES AND FARMLAND
NO ONE WAS KILLED OR INJURED
ECONOMIC COST ROSE TO $8 MILLION
MANAGEMENT
BUILT A LARGE BARRIER AT THE END OF VALLE DEL BOVE, 70N HIGHAND MORE THAN 400M LONG
HELD BACK THE LAVA FOR 7 MONTHS
THREE ADDITIONAL SMALLER EARTHERN BARRIERS, LENGTH 90-160M HEIGHT 6-12M BUILT IN APRIL
JAN 1992 EARTH BARRIER 234M LONG 21M HIGH
HELDBACK LAVA FOR A MONTH, OVERFLOWED ON 9TH APRIL 1992
US AIRFORCE DROPPED CONCRETE BLOCKS AROUND THE MAIN SOURCE . THIS FAILED
ITALIAN NAVY BLASTED OPENINGS IN THE LAVA TUBES, TO ENCOURAGE NEW DIRECTION OF FLOW. MAY 1992
A DIVERSION CHANNEL WAS DUG AND EXPLOSIVES WERE USED TO DIVERT THE LAVA ONTO A ADJACENT FLANK
SUCCESSFUL! USING 7000 KG OF EXPLOSIVES, 2/3 OF THE LAVA MOVED INTO THE ARTIFICAL CHANNEL
STOPPED 850M FROM ZAFFERANA
FAVOURABLE FACTORS: LOW EFFUSION RATES, HIGH ELEVATION OF THE ERUPTIVE VENTS
RESPONSES
SECONDARY
HEALTH AND PSYCHO SERVICES HAD TO BE EXTENDED TO VICTIMS BOTH INSIDE AND OUTSIDE EVACUATION CENTERS
CAREFUL PHYSICAL LAND USE RE-PLANNING OF THE REGION
INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS SUCH AS WH, UNDP, UNICEF ALSO EXTENDED HUMANITARIAN RELIEF
HOST OF COUNTRIES EXTENDED HUMANITARIAN RELIEF ASSISTANCE TO THE PHILIPPINE GOVERNMENT AS IT SUPPORTS NGO'S
PRIMARY
NATURAL DISASTER COORDINATING COUNCIL MOBILISED CIVILAN AND MILITARY RESOURCES TO RESPOND TO THE EVACUATION, RESCUE AND RELIEF REQUIREMENTS
GOVERNMENT AGENCIES MOBILISED THEIR RESPECTIVE FACILITIES AND PERSONNEL TO PROVIDE THE NECESSARY BASIC SERVICES
IN EVACUATION AREAS
DEPARTMENT F SOCIAL WELFARE AND DEVELOPMENT WAS IN THE FOREFRONT OF PROVIDING EMERGENCY RELIEF ASSISTANCE
75000 WERE EVACUATED UP TO A RADIUS OF 30KM
WITH AIR FORCE HELICOPTERS DUE TO ACCURATE PREDICTION FROM THE USGS
CLARKE AIR BASE
SUBIC BAY NAVEL STATION
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