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Conceptual Paradigm
The research paradigm shows how the variable operate in this study.

Independent variable Dependent variable
Natural Calamities Caused by Climate Change. Effect on the Barbeque Vendors in La Paz Area.


The diagram shows the flow of relationship of the study. The indendent variable pertains to the natural calamities caused byclimate change while the effect on the barbeque vensors in La Paz area was the dependent variable.
Defination of Terms:
Flood-
1. A great flow of water; a body of moving water; the flowing stream, as of a river; especially, a body of water, rising, swelling, and overflowing land not usually thus covered; a deluge; a freshet; an inundation.
Typhoon-a tropical cyclone occurring in the western Pacific or Indian oceans.

Business-Any particular occupation or employment engaged in for livelihood or gain, as agriculture, trade, art, or a profession. ''The business of instruction.'' --Prescott.
Profit-Acquisition beyond expenditure; excess of value received for producing, keeping, or selling, over cost; hence, pecuniary gain in any transaction or occupation; emolument; as, a profit on the sale of goods.

Significance of the Study-

Business Owner- this will enlighten the business owners of the effects of the drastic changes in our environment to their business.
Costumers- this study will provide knoledge and awareness to the costumers on the effects of natural calamities to their lives since this study focuses on the micro-economy.
Government-this will be helpful to our government to know the changes on the operation of our micro-economy brought by the natural calamities caused by global warming. Especially these days that our country is suffering on the chaos brought by this changes.

Citizen-
This study will inform the citizens that our economy is affected by climate change. This will also provide as campaign to protect, preserve and conserve our natural resources


Scope and limitations of the Study

This study was limited on the effects of the natural calamities caused by climate change to the sidewalk vendors of barbeque.

The study was limited to the following effect of natural calamities on their business as to their the operation of business, profit and supply & demand on the barbeque.
20 vendors in the streets of La Paz were among the respondents of the study.

Methodology

The design of the study is a descriptive research. The study was conducted to explore the causes of particular phenomena happening in our environment which is caused by the climate change.
The researcher used a questionnaire checklist as an intrument for gathering needed data. The istrument was a set of questions and each question has three choices, greatly affected; partially affected and not affected at all, respectively.
Part 1 was about the effect of natural calamities caused by climate change to the operation of the business. Part 2 was about the effect of the later to the profit and demand & supply of the business.
The statistical tools used in the data analysis was percentage method.
For statistical purposes, numerical weight were assigned to their respective responses and interpreted using arbitrary scale.

Mean Rating
3.34-5.0---------------------------------------------------------------------------GREATLY AFFECTED
1.67-3.33--------------------------------------------------------------------------PARTIALLY AFFECTED
0-1.66------------------------------------------------------------------------------NOT AFFECTED AT ALL

Conclusion
Based on the analysis of the result of the study, the findings can be summarized as follows:
1. As to effect of natural calamities caused by climate change to the operation of business, for item 1(energy cost) the obtained mean was 1.8, item 2(delivery or selling of goods) the obtained means was 3.95, item 3(productions) obtained mean was 4.5, item 4 ( Labor) obtained mean was 3.2, item 5( number of daily costumer) obtained mean was 4.7.
2. As to effect of natural calamities caused by climate change to the profit of the producer and demand & supply of the product, item 1(profit) obtained mean was 4.8, item 2(price of inputs) obtained mean was .75, item 3(supply of product) obtained mean was 2.25, item 4(demand for product) obtained mean was 2.55, item 5(price of the product) obtained mean was 1.2.
Recommendation:
Since the natural calamities caused by global warming affects the major part of our micro economy, it is recommended to our citizens to preserve, conserve and protect our environment. Environmental change does not only heat up our planet but also affect our economy in general and micro economy in particular.
Second, it is recommended to our public officials to focus on a change in our economy caused by climate change before it’s too late for us to solve these problems.
Third, it is recommended that more researches to be conducted to validate that result of this study other variables and respondents.
Fourth, it is recommended that our economic teachers should relate the result of this study through there lecture and discussion, so that, students will be aware of effects of natural calamities caused by global warming.