case studies Flashcards
what is haitis hdi rank
149th
what is japans hdi rank?
20
what was the magnitude of haitis earthquake in 2010?
7
what was the magnitude of japans 2011 earthquake
9
death toll haiti 2010
220,000
death toll japan 2011
16,000
injured haiti 2010
300,000
injured japan 2011
6000 (hospital admissions)
homeless haiti 2010
1.5 million
homeless japan 2011
229,000
- put into evacuation shelters, hotels etc.
economic cost haiti 2010
$7.6 billion
economic cost japan 2011
$23.5 billion
why was haiti so vulnerable?
- poverty
- young population
- densely populated area affected
- population ignored area having high seismic hazards
haiti- recovery
- haiti government committed to pay tuition for 900,000 children
- $9.5 billion pledged in relief and recovery aid to haiti
why was japan not so vulnerable?
- high income nations
- prior to the disaster, japans national territory was covered by early warning systems
- 670,000 participated in a national earthquake drill in September 2010
japan- recovery?
- government organised a massive emergency response team
- within a day, the ministry of defence gathered the japan self defence forces with its 110,000 active and reserve troops
haiti epicentre
- 16 miles west of port au prince
when was e15
14th april 2010
what plates were involved in e15
north american plate
and
eurasian plate
what type of volcano was e15?
shield volcano
what was the vei rating of e15?
4
when did e15 last erupt before 2010?
1821
what is the capital of the phillipines?
manila
how many islands is the phillipines made up of?
7000 islands
why is the phillipines vulnerable to natural hazards?
- densely populated
- coastal populations
- landslide risk
- widespread economic poverty
what plate boundary is the phillipines on
destructive
when did the initial change occur in soufriere hills
18th july 1995
what is the capital of montserrat?
plymouth
how many people died souffriere hills
19
when did the main eruption happen on souffriere hills
june 25th 1997
how many pyroclastic flows soufriere hills?
3
