CHINA- THE PEARL RIVER DELTA

CHINA- THE PEARL RIVER DELTA

China- The Pearl River Delta; these includes the cities in the province of Guangdong, namely; Dongguan, Macau, Guangzhou, Shenzhen and Hong Kong. With more than 42million inhabitants which spread across the flood plain, living under the threatened of natural catastrophe, such as storm surge, cyclonic wind and river floods. The number of natural disaster in Guangdong has been relatively high. 

The geographical location of Hong Kong in the province (pacific region) makes it prone to cyclones, wildfires and floods.Shenzhen is also, prone to floods which occur during monsoon season.The pacific regions in Asia are highly vulnerable to catastrophic natural phenomena.

PHILIPPINES- MANILA

PHILIPPINES- MANILA

Philippines- Manila(Capital); Manila is a city which has experiences disaster of earthquakes and 

typhoons. Manila is a risk city to live in, due to the high wind speeds that used to threaten.

In 1863, earthquake destroyed the Manila Cathedral and in 1880, earthquake caused damage to inhabitants, were building collapsed and people were hospitalize.

In 2013 and 2014, Manila experiences powerful typhoons. Typhoon Haiyan; killed about 6,000 people and displace about 3.8million people. Also, Typhoon Hagupit; came with high wind speeds and intense rain, 4.2million people in the Eastern Visayas face the powerful typhoon.

JAPAN-TOKYO AND YOKOHAMA

JAPAN- TOKYO AND YOKOHAMA

Japan-Tokyo (Capital) and Yokohama; Are cities in Japan. Both with a population of 37millions inhabitants. Japan is a country that is exposed to tsunami and earthquakes. Tokyo and Yokohama region is the riskiest region in the world, which are exposed to disasters such as earthquakes, floods, tsunami and monsoons. Also these are the most popular place in Japan, which is rated the expensive cities to live in.

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Tokyo and Yokohama inhabitants were devastated in the “Great earthquake” of 1923. The earthquake claims more than 140,000 lives. During then homes were built close to each other, these homes were made of Bamboo and Wood. Open fires were used for heating,cooking etc, but this made it easy for fires to start burning during the earthquakes. The heat of the fires caused tornado, and a large group of people living in the shallow lake area of Asakusa     died as a result of the fires which sucked all the Oxygen in the air.

Tokyo and Yokohama have growth to become Great metropolitan area.                                         Tokyo is the most populous metropolitan area in the world.

 

WHY ENVIRONMENT CAUSING DISASTER TO MAN

WHY ENVIRONMENT CAUSING DISASTER TO MAN

Since the early periods of human settlement on planet earth, man have being living with disaster (natural disaster). But man was ignorance of it. So natural disaster started to hit’s man, before man could know and say this is disaster. It has destroyed the environment.

In the 18^th century, when man where enable to identify the natural disasters such as hurricane, earthquake, monsoon, typhoon, flood and tsunami. Man tried his best to reduce disaster from the environment. Up to date why environment still causing disaster to man, because some of the natural disasters happens when man was not expecting it. Even when man modifies the environment, the future of the environment was not put into concentration, but man just carry on with life. In the aspect of extraction of natural resource, after extraction man ignore the environment and carry on with enjoyment and put the future environment at risk. “Ogoni’s environments in Nigeria as a case study”.

In the advance of science and technology in the 20^th century, alert was given to people living in disastrous locations to evacuate. That hasn’t stopped the environment not to caused disaster to us. Some of these disasters caused by the environment, it as a result of advance in science and technology. Example, man turns Ocean to land which can last for some years. But the environment will experience flood or tsunami one day, “Japan as a case study”. Man going to space, which caused crack to the ozone layer, makes climate change to occur. Making great explosive for wars, this destroyed our environment and makes our soil disastrous to health. Example, “World War II” which destroyed “Germany soil” and makes Germany to import drinking water up to date.