Extra Case Studies

Question 1

What to earthquakes = similar but different impact

Answer 1

Haiti and Christchurch

Question 2

Vulnerability of Haiti (5)

Answer 2

Very young pop
80% unemployment
High infant mortality rate
Literacy 60% of pop
Unstable gov

Question 3

Factors of earthquake of Christchurch and Haiti (4) are winds that blow east to west along the equator and these

Answer 3

7 Richter scale
Shallow focus
Conservative
Epicentre close to city

Question 4

Impacts of both Haiti and Christchurch (4)

Answer 4

Deaths = 200,000 in H and 200 in C
Homeless = 1.4m in H and 700 in C
Deaths = 1000x more
Homeless = 200x more

Question 5

Secondary impacts of HAITI (3)

Answer 5

738,979 cases of cholera reported
Led to 421,410 hospitalisations + 8927 deaths
Today = 5m malnourished + country has not yet returned to ‘normality’