Historical Disasters - Mount Pinatubo Eruption
The following guide provides information about an historical disaster, a list of library resources and links to websites. To view the full list of library guides on significant disasters, go to the historical disasters index.
About Mount Pinatubo eruption
On 15 June 1991, the world’s largest eruption in more than half a century took place at Mount Pinatubo, Philippines. Monitoring of the volcano prior to eruption and communication of warnings enabled the evacuation of people living near the volcano. 189 people were killed and 216,000 families affected, with damage estimated at US$400 million. For more information visit the Geoscience Australia website.
Websites
- Global Volcanism Program (Smithsonian Institute)
- Major historic volcanic eruptions (Geoscience Australia)
- Mount Pinatubo, Philippines (National Geophysical Data Center)
- Mount Pinatubo (US Geological Survey Fact Sheet)
Library resources
The following books and journal articles are available to library members on request. To find more resources in the library collection, download the Mount Pinatubo bibliography or search the Library Catalogue.
Books
- Casebook in disaster management : the Mt. Pinatubo experience, Quezon City, Philippines : Dept. of Social Welfare and Development, Bureau of Emergency Assistance in cooperation with the Mt. Pinatubo Commission, 1994.
- Fire and mud : eruptions and lahars of Mount Pinatubo, Philippines, Quezon City : Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology, 1996.
- Fiocco, G (ed) 1996, The Mount Pinatubo eruption : effects on the atmosphere and climate, Berlin, Springer.
- Pinatubo : the eruption of the century, Quezon City, Philippines : Phoenix Publishing House, 1991.
Journal Articles
- Feit, B. 1991, Mount Pinatubo volcanic eruption : an unending nightmare, UNDRO News, May/June 1991, pp.5-6, 25.
- Gaillard, J. 2006, Traditional societies in the face of natural hazards : the 1991 Mt. Pinatubo Eruption and the Aetas of the Philippines, International Journal of Mass Emergencies and Disasters, Vol.24 No.1, pp.5-43.
- Gaillard, J. 2008, Differentiated adjustment to the 1991 Mt Pinatubo resettlement program among lowland ethnic groups of the Philipines, Australian Journal of Emergency Management, Vol.23 (2) May 2008, pp.31 - 39.
- Guss, C. 2004, Cultural influences on disaster management : a case study of the Mt. Pinatubo eruption, International Journal of Mass Emergencies and Disasters, Vol. 22(2), August 2004, pp. 31-58.
- Seitz, S. 1998, Coping strategies in an ethnic minority group : the Aeta of Mount Pinatubo, Disasters, The Journal of Disaster Studies, Policy and Management, Vol.22(1), March 1998, pp.76-90
- Tomblin, J. 1991, Mount Pinatubo erupts, STOP Disasters No.2 July/August 1991 p.8.
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