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S u s t a i n a b l e D e v e l o p m e n t A s p e c t s
Natural and Man-made Hazard Prevention and Management
017 Social and economic losses due to disasters
Description
This indicator measures the population affected, deaths
and economic losses due to each type of disaster
(including the severity of the cause of disaster). It is
a measure that integrates: (a) the level and location
of hazards vis-à-vis populations; and (b) the level of
preparedness and response mechanisms that result in the
frequency and severity of actual disasters.
Rationale
Disasters set back development and especially impacts those
least developed. The number of deaths, people and property
affected are what hazard prevention and management
ultimately aims to reduce.
Data Requirements
• Frequency of disaster incidents by type
• Number of people severely affected by natural/manmade
disaster incidents
• Number of people that have died due to natural/manmade
disaster incidents
• Total amount of economic losses due to natural/manmade
disaster incidents
Results
Despite loss estimates originating from municipalities to
provinces to national records and international databases,
trends of losses at the provincial level are not being collected
and collated. Consequently, trends of social and economic
losses due to disasters were not determined in this initial
SOC. In 2006, it was reported that at least 15,150 families in
Batangas were affected by super typhoons including Sepat/
Egay, Xangsane/Milenyo and Durian/Reming (PACD, pers.
comm.). A total of PhP115M were reported as costs incurred
resulting from these typhoons, as well as damages from 25
separate fire incidences.
Man-made hazards include spillage related to the
manufacturing and shipping industries. After reaching
a high of 6 in 2000–2001, the number of incidences of
oil and chemical spills has been declining. However,
the largest single spillage since 1986 occurred in 2006
(more than one million liters) and 3 spills have occurred
in 2008 (Figure 10, Marine Environmental Protection
Group, 2008). While the number of fire incidents from
2000 to 2003 is increasing, the total value of damage
has decreased (NSCB, 2002; 2005).
64 State of the Coasts of Batangas Province