Kashmir 2005 Flashcards
1
Q
Kashmir plate margin?
A
Destructive continental-continental
2
Q
Magnitude?
A
7.6
3
Q
Kashmir vulnerability?
A
No prior disaster management
Building regulations ignored (Mass collapse)
Northern Pakistan - No electricity, running water or landlines
4
Q
Kashmir capacity to cope?
A
Poor road construction
Govt prioritised military spending
Hygiene issues in shelter camps (Uncoordinated management)
5
Q
Kashmir immediate response?
A
Help didn’t reach many areas for weeks
Lack of coordination from organisations
540,000 tent demand, 200,000 shortage
6
Q
Kashmir long term response?
A
Schools + hospitals built under regulation
Poor management, disease rife in camps
7
Q
Kashmir impacts?
A
Costs amounted to US$5b
80,000 deaths, 17,000 kids
Water + electricity supplies destroyed
3m homeless
