Understanding the effect of landform and land use changes on the storm surge damage by Typhoon Yolanda in Tacloban, the Philippines

Tasuku Ohsugi; Yuji Hara; Kazuaki Tsuchiya; Akinobu Murakami; Armando Palijon

doi:10.14866/ajg.2015s.0_100146

Annual Meeting of the Association of Japanese Geographers, Spring 2015

Session ID : 309

DOI https://doi.org/10.14866/ajg.2015s.0_100146

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Understanding the effect of landform and land use changes on the storm surge damage by Typhoon Yolanda in Tacloban, the Philippines

*Tasuku Ohsugi, Yuji Hara, Kazuaki Tsuchiya, Akinobu Murakami, Armando Palijon

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Keywords: Storm surge, Slum, Disaster mitigation, Tacloban

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On November 8, 2013 Typhoon Yolanda brought serious damages in and around Tacloban City in the Leyte Island,Philippines. Tacloban is located in the eastern coastal plain of the Leyte with a population of 200,000. In this study, we examine the relationship between the process of unplanned urban land development using fill and the storm surge damage intensities through geographic data analysis supported by field measurements.

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