Haiti 2010

Question 1

Haiti plate margin?

Answer 1

Destructive margin

Question 2

Haiti magnitude + focus depth?

Answer 2

7.0
13km

Question 3

Haiti vulnerability?

Answer 3

Unstable soils -> Liquefaction
Slum housing + population density (306 p/sqkm)
GDP pc $1300
80% below poverty line

Question 4

Haiti capacity to cope?

Answer 4

Building quality very poor
Few reserves (food water etc) to draw on
30-40% of govt budget from foreign aid

Question 5

Haiti institutional capacity?

Answer 5

Transport links cut off
Port damaged
50% buildings collpased

Question 6

Haiti immediate response?

Answer 6

Reliant on foreign aid
Many countries responded but uncertainty as to who was in charge
Supplies became sparse as rescue services trailed off

Question 7

Haiti long term response?

Answer 7

EU $330m
World Bank waived debt repayments for 5yr
23 charities collected $1.1b

Question 8

Haiti impacts?

Answer 8

316,000 dead
>1 million homeless
1 in 5 jobs lost
Cholera outbreak due to sanitation