Haiti Case Study

Question 1

HAITI 2010 POPULATION

Answer 1

9.6 MILLION

Question 2

PORT AU PRINCE POPULATION

Answer 2

3 MILLION

Question 3

HAITI GDP PER CAPITA

Answer 3

$660- POOREST COUNTRY IN THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE

Question 4

HAITI HDI RANKING

Answer 4

147TH IN THE WORLD

Question 5

HAITI ADULT LITERACY RATE

Answer 5

53%- POOR EDUCATION

Question 6

WHAT MAKES HAITI A MULTI-HAZARD LOCATION?

Answer 6

HURRICANES AND TROPICAL STORMS OCCUR ALONGSIDE EARTHQUAKES

Question 7

WHAT % OF POPULATION IN PORT AU PRINCE LIVED IN POORLY CONSTRUCTED HIGH DENSITY CONCRETE BUILDINGS?

Answer 7

80%

Question 8

WHAT IS DANGEROUS ABOUT THE LOCATION OF PORT AU PRINCE?

Answer 8

PORT AU PRINCE SITS ON EXACTLY ON THE HOTSPOT OF EARTHQUAKE ACTIVITY IN HAITI

Question 9

WHAT PLATES IS HAITI SITTING ON?

Answer 9

GONAVE MICRO PLATE, CARIBBEAN PLATE, NORTH AMERICAN PLATE

Question 10

HOW WAS HAITI ABLE TO CONSTRUCT SETTLEMENTS IN SUCH TECTONICALLY ACTIVE AREAS?

Answer 10

LACK OF EARTHQUAKE ACTIVITY IN 18TH AND 19TH CENTURY- PEOPLE WEREN’T AWARE

Question 11

HAITI 2010 EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE

Answer 11

7.0Mw

Question 12

HAITI 2010 EARTHQUAKE MERCALLI INTENSITY

Answer 12

9.0

Question 13

HAITI 2010 EARTHQUAKE PLATE MARGIN

Answer 13

CONSERVATIVE PLATE MARGIN - STRIKE SLIP FAULT, REALEASED 250 YEARS WORTH OF ENERGY

Question 14

HOW LONG DID THE HAITI 2010 EARTHQUAKE LAST?

Answer 14

30 SECONDS

Question 15

WHAT HAPPENED 20 MINUTES AFTER HAITI 2010 EARTHQUAKE?

Answer 15

TWO AFTERSHOCKS OF 6.7Mw AND 7.0Mw INTENSITY

Question 16

WHERE WAS THE EPICENTRE IN HAITI 2010 EARTHQUAKE?

Answer 16

25KM FROM PORT AU PRINCE

Question 17

SEVERITY OF THE SOCIAL IMPACT OF THE HAITI 2010 EARTHQUAKE

Answer 17

MOST DESTRUCTIVE EARTHQUAKE TO HAPPEN TO ANY COUNTRY IN MODERN TIMES IN TERMS OF PERCENTAGE OF POPULATION KILLED

Question 18

WHY WAS THE HAITI 2010 EARTHQUAKE AS DESTRUCTIVE AS IT WAS?

Answer 18

IT HAPPENED VERY CLOSE TO THE DENSELY POPULATED CAPITAL CITY, PORT AU PRINCE

Question 19

HAITI 2010 EARTHQUAKE NUMBER OF DEATHS

Answer 19

230,000 (15X THE AMOUNT KILLED IN JAPAN 2011 TSUNAMI)

Question 20

HAITI 2010 EARTHQUAKE NUMBER OF INJURIES

Answer 20

300,000

Question 21

HOW MANY PEOPLE WERE LEFT HOMELESS BY HAITI 2010 EARTHQUAKE?

Answer 21

1.3 MILLION

Question 22

WHAT WAS THE EARTHQUAKE’S IMPACT ON SCHOOLS AND HOSPITALS IN HAITI?

Answer 22

80% OF SCHOOLS DESTROYED, 50% OF HOSPITALS DESTROYED

Question 23

TOTAL ECONOMIC COST OF HAITI 2010 EARTHQUAKE

Answer 23

$7-8 BILLION (100-200% OF HAITI’S GDP)

Question 24

HOW MANY HOMES COLLAPSED/ WERE CRITICALLY DAMAGED AS A RESULT OF HAITI 2010 EARTHQUAKE?

Answer 24

300,000 HOMES

Question 25

WHAT % OF HAITI'S ADMINISTRATIVE AND ECONOMIC INFRASTRUCTURE WAS LOST?

Answer 25

60%

Question 26

WHAT % OF HAITI WAS LEFT UNEMPLOYED?

Answer 26

70%

Question 27

WHICH INDUSTRY WAS PARTICULARLY BADLY AFFECTED BY HAITI 2010 EARTHQUAKE?

Answer 27

CLOTHING INDUSTRY- HAITI'S LARGEST EMPLOYER

Question 28

WHAT MADE IT PARTICULARLY DIFFICULT FOR THE GOVERNEMENT TO COPE WITH THE EARTHQUAKE?

Answer 28

MORE THAN 180 GOVERNEMENT BUILDINGS AND 13 OUT OF 15 KEY GOVERNMENT OFFICES COLLAPSED

Question 29

HOW WAS HAITI'S SOVEREIGNTY CHALLENGED BY THE HAITI 2010 EARTHQUAKE?

Answer 29

EXTENT OF FOREIGN INTERVENTION FROM UN AND OTHER INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS

Question 30

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF HAITI 2010 EARTHQUAKE

Answer 30

LAND MOVED 1.8M SEA LEVELS IN LOCAL AREAS CHANGED

Question 31

HAITI'S MITIGATION OF VULNERABILITY: HOW DID BUILDING DESIGN AFFECT THE HAZARD POSED BY THE HAITI 2010 EARTHQUAKE?

Answer 31

HAITI DIDN'T HAVE ANY EARTHQUAKE RESISTANT BUILDINGS BEFORE THE 2010 EARTHQUAKE

Question 32

HAITI'S MITIGATION OF VULNERABILITY: WHAT IS BENEFICIAL ABOUT HAITI'S CURRENT INVESTMENT IN EARTHQUAKE PROOF BUILDINGS?

Answer 32

FOR EVERY DOLLAR HAITI INVESTS IN EARTHQUAKE PROOF BUIILDINGS, $4-7 ARE SAVED IN POTENTIAL FUTURES LOSSES FROM EARTHQUAKES

Question 33

HAITI'S MITIGATION OF VULNERABILITY: DISASTER PLAN

Answer 33

A DISASTER PLAN HAS BEEN CREATED, WHICH INCLUDES STOCKPILES OF FOOD AND BOTTLED WATER

Question 34

HAITI'S MITIGATION OF LOSSES: TEMPORARY CAMPS

Answer 34

1500 TEMPORARY CAMPS WERE SET UP OUTSIDE PORT AU PRINCE

Question 35

HAITI'S MITIGATION OF LOSSES: WORLD BANK FUNDING

Answer 35

WORLD BANK PROVIDED FUNDING FOR 140,000 SCHOOL CHILDREN IN THE CAMPS

Question 36

HAITI'S MITIGATION OF LOSSES: WATER AND SANITATION

Answer 36

WATER AND SANITATION PROVIDED FOR 1.7 MILLION PEOPLE

Question 37

HAITI'S MITIGATION OF LOSSES: HOW MUCH WAS SENT BY THE US AS INTERNATIONAL AID?

Answer 37

$100 MILLION

Question 38

HAITI'S MITIGATION OF LOSSES: HOW MUCH WAS SENT BY THE EU AS INTERNATIONAL AID?

Answer 38

$33O MILLION

Question 39

HAITI'S MITIGATION OF LOSSES: FOOD RATIONS

Answer 39

4.3 MILLION PEOPLE SUPPLIED WITH FOOD RATIONS IN THE WEEKS FOLLOWING THE EARTHQUAKE

Question 40

HAITI'S MITIGATION OF LOSSES: WORLD BANK DEBT

Answer 40

WORLD BANK CANCELLED HALF OF HAITI'S DEBT AND GAVE THE COUNTRY 5 YEARS BEFORE IT HAD TO REPAY THE OTHER HALF

Question 41

HAITI'S MITIGATION OF LOSSES (SHORTCOMINGS): DOMINICAN REPUBLIC AID

Answer 41

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC WAS THE FIRST COUNTRY TO PROVIDE AID, BUT DAMAGE TO THE AIRPORT MADE IT VERY DIFFICULT TO SEND SUPPLIES

Question 42

HAITI'S MITIGATION OF LOSSES (SHORTCOMINGS): UN DIFFICULTIES

Answer 42

UN HUMANITARIAN AID COORDINATOR KILLED IN EARTHQUAKE, UN BUILDING DESTROYED- COORDINATION OF SUPPLIES BECAME DIFFICULT

Question 43

HAITI'S MITIGATION OF LOSSES (SHORTCOMINGS): RUBBLE

Answer 43

BY JULY 2010 RUBBLED REMAINED UNCLEARED, HINDERED DISTRIBUTION OF AID

Question 44

HAITI'S MITIGATION OF LOSSES (SHORTCOMINGS): CHOLERA OUTBREAK

Answer 44

CHOLERA KILLED 6900 PEOPLE- FIRST OUTBREAK IN HAITI FOR 100 YEARS

Question 45

HAITI'S MITIGATION OF LOSSES (SHORTCOMINGS): AID MONEY

Answer 45

HAITI ONLY HAD 72% OF THE AID MONEY 12 MONTHS AFTER THE EARTHQUAKE

Question 46

HAITI'S MITIGATION OF LOSSES (SHORTCOMINGS): DANGEROUS CAMPS

Answer 46

CAMPS HAD INADEQUATE POLICING MEANING RAPE AND SEXUAL ASSAULT WAS WIDESPREAD

Question 47

HAITI'S MITIGATION OF LOSSES (SHORTCOMINGS): HOUSING

Answer 47

FIVE YEARS AFTER THE EARTHQUAKE 500,000 HAITIANS WERE STILL LIVING IN TEMPORARY ACCOMMODATION

Question 48

HAITI'S MITIGATION OF LOSSES (SHORTCOMINGS): EMERGENCY SERVICES AT THE EVENT

Answer 48

THE NIGHT AFTER THE EARTHQUAKE THERE WAS JUST ONE AMBULANCE IN PORT AU PRINCE