Haiti 2010 EQ Flashcards
How many people died in the Haiti EQ?
200,000-300,000
How many people were injured in the Haiti EQ?
300,000+
How many people died of cholera, following the EQ?
7000
What attitude to people in Haiti have towards hazardous events
fatalism
What percentage of Haiti’s GDP was made up by debt?
20%
What % of Haitians were living in poverty PRIOR TO the 2010 EQ?
65%
How many schools were damaged or destroyed in the Haiti 2010 EQ?
4000
What percentage of civil servants in Port-au-Prince died?
25%
How many people were placed in aid camps following the 2010 EQ in Haiti?
810,000
How many people were supplied with water/sanitation following the 2010 EQ in Haiti?
1.7 million
What percentage of buildings in Haiti were sub-standard?
60%
What was a negative impact of international aid as a response to the 2010 EQ in Haiti?
aid worker brought over cholera, caused 7000+ deaths
(opinion based) what is the most successful response to the EQ in Haiti (2010)?
4.3 mil supplied with food rations, provided food for population, who could not self-help, meant people didn’t die and were able to help with response efforts
what is the most significant secondary impact of the 2010 EQ in Haiti?
1.5M homeless, as left them vulnerable to other hazards and required significant amounts of money to rebuild and provide temporary housing
What percentage of buildings were damaged/ destroyed?
90%
How many people roughly were left homeless?
1.5 million.
What happened to the airport and the port due to the earthquake?
The airport control tower was damaged and the port was unusable.
How many people were provided with food rations in the weeks following the earthquake?
4.3 million
What was one of the main criticisms of the response to the Haiti earthquake?
98% of the rubble was un-cleared, some vital roads were blocked.
How far was the epicentre from Port-au-Prince?
24km
What was the focus of the EQ?
13km
How were the UN involved with Haiti
MINUSTAH from 2004 to 2013, efforts refocused as EQ hit
680 police officers deployed after EQ
UN world food programme provided basic food aid
What Hurricane complicated the response to the 2010 EQ and when did it hit?
Hurricane Tomas, 5 November 2010
How many people were still in temporary shelters in 2011?
1 million
How much aid was collected?
$1.1 billion
What is a long-term impact of the Haiti EQ?
long term political impacts
current violence and political instability stemmed from the 2010 EQ
Why is the response to Haiti so complicated?
even with lots of funding, there is no management or governance. No single group or government has control over the reconstruction process
What percentage of Port au Prince is controlled by gangs currently?
90%