local multi-hazardous environment italy

Question 1

key facts

Answer 1

fault lines run through Italy
destructive plate margin = eurasian and African plates

Question 2

earthquakes

Answer 2

high risk of earthquakes
- 6.3 magnitude earthquake struck l’aquila in 2009
- three 6.4 earthquakes hit Assisi in 1997
- series of earthquakes in 2016

Question 3

l’aquila earthquake

Answer 3

caused by movement along north-south fault line
300 deaths
70,000 people made homeless
$15 billion damage cost

Question 4

earthquake affected character of area

Answer 4

stage 1 (park) - earthquake hadn’t hit l’aquila so not many mitigation strategies in place

Question 5

social impacts

Answer 5

• historic buildings destroyed (many rehoused in stronger earthquake-resistant homes - stage 5)
• attendance at social and political events have decreased (1000 people attended good Friday procession to which 30,000 people attended previously)
• mental health issues and fear from earthquake, many other have developed resilience

Question 6

economic impacts

Answer 6

• university buildings damaged which made them unusable = major economic loss
• Italy government planned to reconstruct to make more economically stronger, aimed to make l’aquila a more affluent place (stage 5)

Question 7

political impacts

Answer 7

• scientists blamed for not giving adequate public warning
• government blamed for not rebuilding quick enough

Question 8

mitigation

Answer 8

= people in small village have worked together (resilience) to create earthquake prone buildings from wood and straw