Case Study - Chile/Nepal Flashcards
Primary effects of Chilean earthquake
- 5000 deaths and 12,000 injuries
- 200,000+ homes, over 4000 schools, 53 ports and 56 hospitals destroyed
- Santiago airport badly damaged
- power, water and communication lost throughout Chile
- $30bn damage
Chilean earthquake - deaths
P-effects
5000
Chilean earthquake - injuries
P-effects
12,000
Chilean earthquake - how many buildings destroyed?
P-effects
200,000+ homes
4000+ schools
53 ports
56 hospitals
Chilean earthquake - estimated cost of damage
P-effects
$30 billion
Secondary effects of Chilean earthquake
- 1500km of roads damaged by landslides
- many remote communities cut off
- coastal towns damaged by tsunami waves
- fire at a chemical plant in Santiago
Chilean earthquake - how much road damaged by landslides?
S-effects
1500km
Chilean earthquake - how were coastal towns affected?
S-effects
Tsunami waves
Primary effects of Nepalese earthquake
- 9000 deaths and 20,000 injuries
- 8mn affected (1/3 Nepal’s population)
- 3 million homeless
- electricity, water supplies, sanitation and communications affected
- food water and shelter needed by almost 1.5mn people for several weeks
- 50% of shops destroyed (affected food supplies)
- $5 billion in damage
Nepalese earthquake - deaths
P-effects
9000
Nepalese earthquake - injuries
P-effects
20,000
Nepalese earthquake - how many people affected?
P-effects
8 million (1/3 Nepal population)
Nepalese earthquake - how many homeless?
P-effects
3 million
Nepalese earthquake - which basic supplies affected?
P-effects
- water supplies
- electricity
- communications
- sanitation
Nepalese earthquake - how many needed food, water and shelter for weeks after the earthquake?
P-effects
1.4 million people
Nepalese earthquake - %age of shops destroyed
P-effects
50%
Nepalese earthquake - cost of damage
P-effects
$5 billion
Secondary effects of Nepalese earthquake
- landslides and avalanches blocked roads
- 19 killed by avalanches on Mt. Everest
- Gandaki River blocked by landslide, causing flooding
Nepalese earthquake - ___ blocked roads
S-effects
Landslides / avalanches
Nepalese earthquake - how many killed by avalanches on Mt. Everest?
S-effects
19
Nepalese earthquake - Gandaki River
S-effects
Blocked by a landslide, causing flooding
Nepalese earthquake - why was no tsunami triggered
S-effects
The earthquake was on land, not at sea
Chile - GDP rank
38th
Nepal - GDP rank
109th
Chile - HDI rank
41st
Nepal - HDI rank
145th
Immediate responses to Chilean earthquake
- quick action by emergency services
- international help to supply field hospitals, satellite phones and floating bridges
- temporary repairs to route 5 highway
- power and water restored to 90% of homes in 10 days
- $60mn raised in national appeal to build 30,000 emergency shelters
Chilean earthquake - what was supplied internationally?
Imm
Satellite phones, floating bridges and field hospitals
Chilean earthquake - after __ days __% of homes had water and power restored
Imm
10 days - 90%
Chilean earthquake - money raised in national appeal
Imm
$60 million
Chilean earthquake - how many emergency shelters built
Imm
30,000
Long-term responses to Chilean earthquake
- housing reconstruction plan helped 200,000 affected households
- strong economy rebuilt without much foreign aid
Chilean earthquake - how many households helped by reconstruction plan
L-term
200,000
Chilean earthquake - why was little foreign aid needed
L-term
Strong economy
Immediate responses to Nepalese earthquake
- international search & rescue teams, water and medical support
- helicopters rescued hikers on Mt. Everest and delivered supplies to cut-off communities
- 500,000 tents for the homeless
- financial aid from many countries
- field hospitals to support overcrowded hospitals
- 300,000 migrated to capital for shelter with loved ones
- satellites mapped damaged areas
Nepalese earthquake - examples of international support
Imm
- water
- healthcare
- search & rescue
- financial aid
Nepalese earthquake - how many tents for the homeless?
Imm
500,000
Nepalese earthquake - how were overcrowded hospitals supported?
Imm
Field hospitals
Nepalese earthquake - how many migrated to capital?
Imm
300,000
Long-term responses to Nepalese earthquake
- roads repaired/landslides cleared
- lakes formed by landslides drained to avoid flooding
- thousands of homeless people rehomed
- 7000 schools rebuilt/repaired
- stricter building codes
- Jun 2015: intl. conference to seek technical and financial support
- tourist sites reopened to bring in income
- repairs to Everest base camp and trekking routes
Nepalese earthquake - how many schools rebuilt/repaired?
L-term
7000
Nepalese earthquake - Jun 2015
L-term
International conference held to seek tehnical and financial support
