Haiti 2010 Flashcards
1
Q
4 Characteristics of quake
A
Epicentre 15km from PaP
Focus 13km deep
36% under 15
72% on under $2 a day
2
Q
6 Impacts
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50% of buildings collapsed 230,000 dead UN hq destroyed $7.8bn damage (110%) 80% of schools destroyed (62% literacy rate) 800,000 homeless
3
Q
6 successes of responses
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75,000 buried in mass graves Built 4 airports US sent 5,500 troops Received total $11bn in aid Development of stricter building codes 7,000 graduates from seminars teaching safe construction
4
Q
6 failures of response
A
450 improved shelters (60% without shelter material and only 3 have clean water) for 800,000
Relief caused inflation in SR causing looting and violence but in LR caused deflation
USAID gave 2.4% of projects to Haitians and 90% to US
40% of rubble cleared after 2 years
2012 0.5 million homeless
US 150 milt planes caused backlog of aid leading to rioting
