laquila 2009

Question 1

background

Answer 1

-magnitude 6.3
-dead 309
-1500 injured
-shallow-focus earthquake; its focus was located at a depth of approximately 9.46 kilometres

Question 2

mitigated vulnerability education

Answer 2

l’aquila earthquake only had 390 people dead due to campaigns such as “lo non rischio” which was initiated in 2002 and effectively educated the public about earthquakes.

Between 2000 and 2008, the Italian government allocated over €2 billion for mitigating the vulnerability.

By 2007, they had distributed over 500,000 copies of earthquake preparedness materials

Question 3

buildings

Answer 3

2000 and 2008, over 10,000 public buildings, including schools and hospitals, underwent seismic retrofitting

Question 4

mitigating losses

Answer 4

-Laquila people displaced 60,000 made homeless they were all provided with accommodation along eg. 10,000 along the coast no secondary disease injuries or anything . The government established “New Towns”

Question 5

did the Disaster emergency committee provide help

Answer 5

no the uK group did not provide help

Question 6

cost of earthquake

Answer 6

1.1 billion
water pipe burst near paganio

Question 7

long term social impacts

Answer 7

house prices and rents increased
less people in uni
central business district cut off
1 year tax break