Haiti 2010 Multihazard environment Flashcards
How many people died in the 2010 earthquake in Haiti?
Over 200,000
How many people were left displaced from the 2010 earthquake in Haiti?
More than 1.5 million.
Who was Laurent Lamothe and what did he have to say about the 2010 earthquake in Haiti?
He was Haiti’s prime minister between 2012 and 2014, claiming the earthquake ‘literally set us back 50 years’
What is Haiti’s population?
9.8 million.
What is Haiti’s GNI?
$660 per capita per annum.
What percentage of Haiti’s GDP was composed of remittances in 2008?
32%.
What percentage of Haiti’s land is forested? And what are the impacts of this?
2%. This means that the land is susceptible to landslides, floods and mudslides.
What percentage of Port-Au-Prince’s population live in slum conditions?
86%.
What percentage of Haiti’s population lives on less than $2 a day? What links does this have to global poverty benchmarks?
Around 70%. The World Bank considered an income of $1.90 or less per day to be absolute poverty (in 2010)
How many people died as a result of the cholera outbreak after the 2010 Haiti earthquake?
6,900.
How much was the estimated cost of damage after the 2010 Haiti earthqake?
$8 billion.
