User:Dimahal/Choose an Article

Article Selection
Please list articles that you're considering for your Wikipedia assignment below. Begin to critique these articles and find relevant sources.

Subject:

 * Article title
 * Environmental issues in the Philippines
 * Article Evaluation
 * User:Dimahal/Evaluate an Article

Edit Option 1: Rewriting the Lead Paragraph
As it stands, the lead paragraph is not compliant with Wiki expectations. There are claims that are not followed up in the body paragraphs of the article, there are no citations, and there is a request for expansion on the information provided. I believe that the existing foundation is simple enough that sentences can be lengthened and given more citations/context without removing the overall work of the previous editor. Finding sources for this section could also give me sources and current information to write a paragraph on the impacts geographic location has on the amount of volcano eruptions, earthquakes, and typhoons the archipelago experiences, which is needed if any of that information is going to stay in the lead paragraph.

Edit Option 2: Writing a Paragraph on Geographic Location
As stated in option one, the link between location and the frequency of natural disasters in the Philippines is a necessary inclusion but needs to be expanded upon in the body paragraphs to be compliant with Wiki expectations. There is a multitude of information on the Pacific Ring of Fire, Philippine Sea Plate, and past events like the eruption of Mount Pinatubo or Typhoon Yolanda that could be used to complete this section. Including these major topics not only brings much needed clarification to this article but will also provide an opportunity to link it to other wiki pages such as Mount Pinatubo, Typhoon Haiyan, Ring of Fire, Philippine Sea Plate which provides additional sources and information to readers and makes this page more accessible on the Wikipedia site. The subject of this article makes it so the perspectives and impacts on communities, specifically marginalized communities and underrepresented provinces, can be included in this section, viewpoints that have yet to be represented anywhere on the existing article page.

Edit Option 3: Updating Dates and Information in the Water Pollution, Deforestation, and Air Pollution Sections
All three of these sections on the page are flagged for inaccurate information and out of date sources. Both the air and water pollution sections focus on specific issues in Manila which don't represent the multitude of crises impacting people throughout the archipelago, especially in non-major cities. Due to the specificity of these examples, I think that updated information as well as additional examples can be added to these sections without removing the existing work of other editors.

Possible Sources:
(Not exhaustive or finalized)

Arkhipova, E. V., Bryantseva, G. V., & Zhigalin, A. D. (2021). The relationship between strong earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, and typhoons in the Philippine plate region as a result of interaction of geospheres. Moscow University Geology Bulletin, 76(5), 482–491. https://doi.org/10.3103/s0145875221050033

Bankoff, G. (2003). Cultures of Disaster: Society and Natural Hazard in the Philippines. United Kingdom: Taylor & Francis.

Boquet Y. (2017) Environmental Challenges in the Philippines. In: The Philippine Archipelago. Springer Geography. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-51926-5_22

Hiwasaki, L., Luna, E., Syamsidik, & Shaw, R. (2014). Process for integrating local and indigenous knowledge with science for hydro-meteorological disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation in coastal and small island communities. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 10, 15–27. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2014.07.007

Smoczyk, G. M., Hayes, G. P., Hamburger, M. W., Benz, H. M., Villaseñor, A. H., & Furlong, K. P. (2013). Seismicity of the earth 1900-2012 Philippine Sea Plate and vicinity. Open-File Report. https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr20101083m