Key Stats To Learn For Mocks Flashcards
How many people died in Nepal earthquake compared to chile
Chile = 500
Nepal = 9000
Short term response to chile earthquake
National appeal raised 60 million to build small emergency shelters, people would have wanted safe space to go
Long term responses of chile earthquake
Launched a rehousing scheme to help 200,000 households who’s houses were destroyed by earthquake and tsunami
GDP of chile compared to Nepal in dollars
Nepal = 900
Chile = 1400
Short term effects of Nepal
People responded quickly with search and rescue teams lifting rubble, using cameras and satellite to try and find the 9000 who had died
Long term effects of Nepal earthquake
Nepal help an international conference to discuss reconstruction and to seek financial aid and technical support, this was because many buildings made were built with weak materials that were easily destroyed
Temperature needed for tropical storm to occur
27
Typhoon Haiyan deaths
6300 deaths
Secondary effects of typhoon haiyan
Homeless, shortages of food and water, power supplies cut for months
Immediate responses of typhoon Haiyan
International aid and Red Cross sending food and water
US helicopters helped with search and rescue
Long term responses of typhoon Haiyan
International support from countries like UK and US
rebuilding of roads and bridges and airports
Thousands homes rebuilt
Svalbard economic opportunities
150 species of fish (herring and haddock) Norway and Russia have regulations to protect the ecosystems
300 coal mines with potential for geothermal energy
70,000 tourists
Challenges of Svalbard
-20 degrees temperatures
Inaccessible with 40km of road
Causes of deforestation in Malaysia
Largest exporter of palm oil
Mining for metal ores
Effects of deforestation on Malaysia
Lost 9 percent of all forest
