Multihazardous Environments (Haiti)

Question 1

What is a disaster hotpot?

Answer 1

A location which is at risk of experiencing two or more hazards

Question 2

What hazards is Haiti susceptible to?

Answer 2

Tropical storms and earthquakes

Question 3

What is the human development index (HDI)?

Answer 3

A composite index combining life expectancy at birth, mean and expected years of schooling and gross national income

Question 4

What is the life expectancy of Haiti?

Answer 4

62.17

Question 5

What is Haiti’s GDP?

Answer 5

US$1200. Least developed country in western hemisphere

Question 6

What are denuded mountains?

Answer 6

Mountains that have been stripped of their vegetation cover

Question 7

When is the Atlantic Hurricane season?

Answer 7

June to November

Question 8

What is the nature of Haiti?

Answer 8

Conservative boundary

Question 9

What is the population of Haiti?

Answer 9

9.9m

Question 10

How many people live in the capital, Port Au Prince?

Answer 10

10%. 100,000

Question 11

What is crowdsourcing?

Answer 11

A way of obtaining information by enlisting the services of a number of people usually through the Internet or mobile phone technology

Question 12

How are hazards relieved in Haiti?

Answer 12

Mobile phone technology. Text message hotlines opened

Question 13

What is an example of a Hurricane in Haiti?

Answer 13

Hurricane Jeanne 2004.
Killed over 3000 people, most of whom lived in Gonaives

Question 14

What was Haiti’s most devastating hurricane season, and why?

Answer 14

2008. Hit by 4 storms. Fay, Gustav, Hanna and Ike. Strong winds, flooding, landslides and coastal surges.
      Nearly 800 killed. 310 missing. 593 injured. 22,000 houses were destroyed and 85,000 damaged.
      70% crops destroyed. Severe malnutrition. Damage of £1bn. Over 5% of country’s GDP

Question 15

What happened to the forests in Haiti?

Answer 15

In 1980, Haiti still had 25% of its forests, by 2004, this had reduced to 1.4%. Lack of trees meant no roots to hold soil together. This causes landslides - which added to the death toll in 2008

Question 16

What is an example of a earthquake in Haiti?

Answer 16

12th January 2010.
Epicentre was near the town of Leogane, 25km west of the capital. Magnitude 7. 52 aftershocks of 4.5 mag or above were recorded in the following 2 weeks.
Hospitals, infrastructure, transport and communication systems were destroyed. Nearly 25% civil servants were killed. 220,000 killed. 300,000 injured. 19 million tonnes of rubble. 1.5m homeless