The National Geohazard Assessment and Mapping Program

contributed to the following outcomes:

Increased awareness and capacities of communities in their disaster

preparedness and management activities;

Reduced loss of lives and properties through utilization by LGUs of

geohazard maps and reports in their community-based disaster
preparedness and management plans;

More rational development and disaster preparedness plans

complemented by effective zoning ordinances through utilization by
LGUs of geohazard maps as guide in the updating of their
Comprehensive Land Use Plans and development plans; and

Safer settlement sites for people affected by natural disasters

through identification by DENR-MGB of safe relocation sites
The lithosphere includes the Earth's crust and the uppermost part of the mantle. The
lithosphere's thickness varies depending on whether you measure the thin new crust on the ocean
floor or the old crust of an established land mass.

The Earth's lithosphere is broken into continental plates that move over time. Slight movements
in the lithosphere can cause earthquakes when the plates bump against each other. "Litho" is
from the Greek word lithos, meaning stone. "Sphere" is from the Greek word sphaira, meaning
globe or ball. The solid outer crust of any celestial body can also be called the lithosphere.
Scientists use robots to examine the lithosphere on Mars.