Natural Disaster Risk Management in the Philippines : Reducing Vulnerability
The Philippines is one of the most natural hazard-prone countries in the world. The social and economic cost of natural disasters in the country is increasing due to population growth, change in land-use patterns, migration, unplanned urbanization, environmental degradation and global climate change...
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| Format: | Other Rural Study |
| Language: | English en_US |
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Washington, DC
2012
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/06/7231459/natural-disaster-risk-management-philippines-reducing-vulnerability http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8754 |