Haiti case study

Question 1

what year was it

Answer 1

jan 12th 2010

Question 2

haiti location and facts

Answer 2

Caribbean island shared with Dominican Republic
9.7 million population
80% of people live below poverty line

Question 3

causes - plates

Answer 3

on a destructive plate boundary and along a transform fault

Question 4

facts

Answer 4

measured 7 on moment magnitude scale
lots of after shocks
shallow focus (13km)

Question 5

damage -people

Answer 5

-316000 deaths
-1 million made homeless
-3 million people affected
-1 in 5 jobs lost
-people in temporary homes in 2011

Question 6

damage - buildings

Answer 6

-250,000 houses collapsed
-presidential palace
-port, major roads damaged beyond repair

Question 7

damage - other

Answer 7

-sea levels changed
-rubble blocked roads
-cholera outbreak 9 months later
-clothing industry factories damaged

Question 8

rebuilding - short term

Answer 8

-countries gave aid
-mass graves
-runways damaged so aud can’t get in

Question 9

rebuilding - long term

Answer 9

-EU gave 330 million and world bank waved debt for 5 years
-charities collected 1.6 million but only 2% released