case study: Haiti 2010 - impacts and human responses

Question 1

what magnitude was Haiti?

Answer 1

7

Question 2

how many recorded aftershocks were there?

Answer 2

59

Question 3

what plate margin?

Answer 3

conservative between Caribbean and north American plate

Question 4

how many people died?

Answer 4

220,000 - 316,000 (social/demographic)

Question 5

how many injuries?

Answer 5

300,000+ (social/demographic)

Question 6

how much rubble and debris in port au prince?

Answer 6

19 million m sq (env)

Question 7

how many schools damaged/destroyed?

Answer 7

4,000 (social)

Question 8

what happened to gov buildings and schools?

Answer 8

60% gov buildings and 80% schools destroyed (social/political)

Question 9

what were some economic impacts?

Answer 9

• transport and communication links damaged
• airports control tower damaged + port out of use
• 1 in 5 jobs (clothing industry) lost due to damage to facilities and buildings

Question 10

short term: how much aid was given?

Answer 10

100 million aid from usa, 330 million by EU

Question 11

short term: how many people placed in aid camps?

Answer 11

810,000

Question 12

short term: what shelter was provided?

Answer 12

115,000 tents and more than 1 million tarpaulin shelters

Question 13

short term: how many people given food?

Answer 13

4.3 million

Question 14

short term: how much from charity?

Answer 14

$1.1 billion

Question 15

long term: after one year?

Answer 15

• 1 million people without houses
• cholera outbreak
• 50 semi-permanent schools
• sanitation provided for 1.7 million

Question 16

long term: world bank?

Answer 16

world bank waived the countries debt repayments for 5 years

Question 17

long term: people without jobs?

Answer 17

70% pop without jobs - support given through cash/food for work projects

Question 18

long term: 3 years?

Answer 18

• 360,000 people living in tents

- IDA finance children to go to school, people given money to move

Question 19

long term: 7 years?

Answer 19

50000 people remain displaced and parts of port au prince not recovered

Question 20

why was the Haiti earthquake so bad?

Answer 20

60% of buildings in port au prince were sub standard - were not sufficiently reinforced
no local planning system and no quality standards for buildings
2008, hurricane gustav, Hannah and ike within a month - 800,000 people required assistance, thousands of dwellings, assets such as crops, livestock and infrastructure damaged