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Mark Angelo Flores

Lahar Deluge in the Coastal Towns of Taal Lake

On 24 October 2024, extreme rainfall by Severe Tropical Storm Kristine caused widespread flooding and numerous landslides in Batangas, displacing 97,847 families in 813 barangays (DSWD, 2024). The mun...

SDG_1 No Poverty SDG_11 Sustainable Cities and Communities

Sep 10, 2025 Ongoing Research Projects

Mark Angelo Flores

A Study on Assessing the Vulnerability of Climate-induced Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) and Developing a Project Model for Strengthening Resilience in the Philippines

This research aims to assess the vulnerabilities of the Filipino IDP community, particularly with a focus on climate impacts on livelihood, health, and social capital. Based on the key findings, a pro...

SDG_1 No Poverty SDG_11 Sustainable Cities and Communities SDG_13 Climate Action

Sep 8, 2025 Ongoing Research Projects

Preservation of the 1973 Ragay Gulf earthquake rupture in Phil-Lidar data

Preservation of the 1973 Ragay Gulf earthquake rupture in Phil-Lidar data

The geometry of seismogenic faults and their rupture kinematics have implications for the potential size of earthquakes and the seismic hazard they pose (Scholz, 1972; Wells and Coppersmith, 1994; Wes...

SDG_11 Sustainable Cities and Communities SDG_15 Life on Land SDG_9 Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure

Aug 14, 2025 Ongoing Research Projects

Leveraging InSAR for Observation and modeling of earthquake Generators (LInOG)

Leveraging InSAR for Observation and modeling of earthquake Generators (LInOG)

The project generally aims to generate models of fault deformation based InSAR observations that will help determine where and how fast faults are accumulating seismic moment (equivalent to seismic en...

SDG_11 Sustainable Cities and Communities SDG_15 Life on Land SDG_9 Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure

Aug 14, 2025 Ongoing Research Projects

Reassessment of the Emplacement Mechanism of Banahaw Debris Avalanches using Hummock Morphology and Internal Structures

Reassessment of the Emplacement Mechanism of Banahaw Debris Avalanches using Hummock Morphology and Internal Structures

The main objective of study is to evaluate the previous understanding of the transport and depositional mechanisms of the Banahaw debris avalanches by taking advantage of new techniques (GIS) and new ...

SDG_11 Sustainable Cities and Communities SDG_15 Life on Land SDG_9 Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure

Aug 14, 2025 Ongoing Research Projects

Rare magnitude 5.1 Palawan earthquake of 11 June 2024 in the NW Sulu Sea Basin

Rare magnitude 5.1 Palawan earthquake of 11 June 2024 in the NW Sulu Sea Basin

At 2:38 in the afternoon (Philippine Standard Time) of 11 June 2024, a magnitude Mw 5.1 earthquake struck off the eastern coast of Palawan. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIV...

SDG_11 Sustainable Cities and Communities SDG_15 Life on Land SDG_9 Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure

Aug 14, 2025 Ongoing Research Projects

Seismic Scanning of Active Philippine Faults Splays for Marine Geohazards

Seismic Scanning of Active Philippine Faults Splays for Marine Geohazards

To investigate the seismic structure of the central Philippine Fault System and its geohazards implications. Specifically, obtain seismic images of the Verde Passage Fault, Sibuyan Sea Fault, and unma...

SDG_11 Sustainable Cities and Communities SDG_14 Life Below Water SDG_9 Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure

Aug 13, 2025 Ongoing Research Projects

Feature Selection in ML Models for Landslide Prediction

Feature Selection in ML Models for Landslide Prediction

Machine Learning is an emerging technique for building landslide prediction models in the Philippines. Maintenance data from DPWH-BFDEO reveal that landslides have become a perennial problem to the Be...

SDG_11 Sustainable Cities and Communities SDG_13 Climate Action

Aug 12, 2025 Ongoing Research Projects