case studies

Question 1

what caused l’aquila earthquake

Answer 1

The Eurasian and African plates collided

Question 2

what happened on the 6th april 2009

Answer 2

L’aquila

Question 3

how many people died and injured from l’aquila

Answer 3

308 died
1500 injured

Question 4

how many people made homeless from l’aquila

Answer 4

67,000 about

Question 5

short term responses for l’aquila

Answer 5

-hotels sheltered 10,000 people
-Italian red cross provided and searched for people
-train carriages used for shelters

Question 6

long term responses for l’aquila

Answer 6

-residents didn’t pay taxes 2010
-sky tv bills suspended
-students got free public transport

Question 7

secondary effects of l’aquila

Answer 7

-around $11,000 million in damage
-after shocks triggered landslides

Question 8

example of a HIC earthquake

Answer 8

l’aquila

Question 9

what happened on the 25th april 2015

Answer 9

Gorkha

Question 10

how many people injured and died from gorkha

Answer 10

around 8000 dead
around 16000 injured

Question 11

primary effects of gorkha

Answer 11

• 1 million made homeless
• 26 hospitals damaged
• 352 aftershocks

Question 12

short term responses from gorkha

Answer 12

red cross provided 225,000 tents
facebook launched a safety feature

Question 13

long term responses for gorkha

Answer 13

mount everest reopened for tourists
23 areas needed rebuilding

Question 14

when did the beast from the east happen

Answer 14

24th feb 2018

Question 15

primary effects of beast from the east

Answer 15

-snow dropped on the east coast of UK
- up to 50cm of snow
-70mph winds

Question 16

secondary effects of beast from the east

Answer 16

• flights cancelled
  -schools closed
  -

Question 17

responses of beast from the east

Answer 17

• stranded rivers given foil blankets
  -red warnings issued
  -army called to help when storm emma hit

Question 18

when did boscastle floods happen

Answer 18

16th august 2004 in cornwall

Question 19

causes of the boscastle floods

Answer 19

-over 1000 million litre of rain in 2 hours
-three tributaries feed into boscastle river

Question 20

primary effects of boscastle

Answer 20

-58 buildings flooded
-100 cars washed away

Question 21

secondary effects of boscastle

Answer 21

-tourist numbers decreased
-vast numbers of insurance claims

Question 22

short term responses of boscastle

Answer 22

-warnings issued on TV
- 7 helicopters rescued people

Question 23

long term responses of boscastle

Answer 23

-£4.5 million scheme to prevent future floods
-make river wider and deeper

Question 24

primary effects of bangladesh river floods

Answer 24

-factories closed
-food supplies lost

Question 25

causes of bangladesh flooding

Answer 25

70 percent of bangladesh is less than 1 cm above sea level

Question 26

secondary effects of Bangladesh

Answer 26

contamination of water increase disease

Question 27

short term response of bangladesh floods

Answer 27

-water purification tablets -free seed given to farmers

Question 28

long term responses of bangladesh floods

Answer 28

-building raised flood shelters -dams planned -reduce deforestation

Question 29

when did typhoon haiyan happen

Answer 29

8th November 2013 in the Philippines

Question 30

how many deaths and people made homeless from typhoon haiyan

Answer 30

7000 deaths 4 million homeless

Question 31

primary effect of typhoon haiyan

Answer 31

airport damaged from 5m storm surge 75% of farmers and fishers lot their income

Question 32

secondary effects of typhoon haiyan

Answer 32

looting was rife- 8 deaths from a wall in a rice factory collapsing from a stampede rice prices increased by 12%

Question 33

short term response to typhoon Haiyan

Answer 33

800,000 people evacuated aid took 3 days to arrive

Question 34

long term responses

Answer 34

new storm surge warnings replanted mangroves

Question 35

when and where did storm Desmond happen

Answer 35

December 2015 in cockermouth

Question 36

effects of storm desmond

Answer 36

43000 suffered from power cuts 40 schools closed one person died

Question 37

responses of storm desmond

Answer 37

river dredging increased self closing flood barrier intruduced

Question 38

where is isle of arran

Answer 38

glaciated environment on south west scotland

Question 39

attractions of isle of arran

Answer 39

goatfell-pyramidal peak A'chir ridge- arete glacial troughs

Question 40

impacts of tourism in isle of arran

Answer 40

+jobs +multiplier effect -footpath erosion + tackles ageing population -injuries from hiking

Question 41

management strategies of isle arran

Answer 41

-mountain team restoring footpaths -rescue team made of volunteers to prevent injuries and educate tourists