Mines bureau expands hazard mapping
CEBU, Philippines - The Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB) of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) 7 has heightened its geo-hazard assessment and mapping by covering 221 barangays in four cities and five municipalities in Cebu.
About 30 barangays in Lapu-Lapu City will be mapped including 42 in Danao City and 27 barangays in Mandaue City.
The list also includes Compostela with 17 barangays; Liloan, 14; Consolacion, 21; Cordova, 13; Barili, 42; and Carcar City, 15.
MGB-7 regional director Loreto Alburo said the activity is anchored on the Philippine Development Plan (PDP) of the Aquino administration to mitigate the negative impacts of climate change as it gives a detailed mapping and study particularly those areas which have been highly susceptible to landslides and flooding.
Alburo said the detailed geo-hazard mapping uses a 1:50,000-scale which gets information or data at the sitio or “purok†level in a barangay.
The DENR-7 has already distributed 3,003 copies of geo-hazard maps to 3,003 barangays in Central Visayas with a scale of 1:50,000 to help LGUs mitigate the effects of flashfloods and landslides.
The geo-hazard maps prepared by the MGB would pinpoint which sitios are critically prone to landslides and flooding. (FREEMAN)
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