Paper 1-> case Studies

Question 1

What are the primary effects of chile earthquake ?

Answer 1

• 500 killed
• 220 000 homes destroyed
• 30 billion cost

Question 2

What are the secondary effects of chile earthquake ?

Answer 2

• 1500km roads damaged-> landslide-> remote communities cut off
• fire at chemical plant (Santiago)-> evacuation

Question 3

What are immediate responses for chile earthquake ?

Answer 3

• power & water restored to 90% of home in 10 days
• national appeal raised 60 million-> built 30 000 shelters
• route 5 north-south highway temporarily repaired-> aid transported to affected areas

Question 4

What are the long term responses of chile earthquake ?

Answer 4

• president announced it could take 4 yrs for chile to recover
• government launched housing reconstruction plan to help 200 000 houses
• copper exports could be rebuilt without much aid

Question 5

What are primary affects of Nepal ?

Answer 5

• 9000 people died
• 3 million homeless
• 5 billion cost of damage

Question 6

What are secondary effects of Nepal earthquake ?

Answer 6

• landslides & avalanches-> block roads & hampering relief efforts
• avalanche (Everest) killed 19 people
• landslide blocked kali gandaki river-> people evacuated incase of flooding

Question 7

What are immediate responses of Nepal earthquake ?

Answer 7

• search & rescue teams
• helicopters rescued people in avalanche & delivered supplies to cut off villages
• field hospitals-> support crowded hospitals

Question 8

What’s are long terms responses of Nepal earthquake ?

Answer 8

• 1000s of homeless rehoused
• 7000 school rebuilt
Stricter controls on building codes

Question 9

What are primary effects of Philippines typhoon haiyaan ?

Answer 9

• 6300 killed
• 40% crops destroyed
• 1.9 million homeless

Question 10

What are secondary effects of typhoon haiyaan ?

Answer 10

• cut off aid to rural communities
• jobs lost & schools destroyed
• 90% of tacloban city destroyed
• airport damaged

Question 11

What are immediate responses to typhoon haiyaan ?

Answer 11

• 1200 evacuation centres set up
• 5 foreign medical teams sent to tacloban
• 1 million food packs distributed

Question 12

What are long term responses to typhoon haiyaan ?

Answer 12

• homes built in safer areas
• new storm surge warning systems set up
• UK set up temporary learning spaces for 73000 people

Question 13

What were immediate responses to Somerset levels ?

Answer 13

• cut of villagers used boats for shopping or school
• local community groups gave invaluable support
• homeowners opened as best as they could

Question 14

What were long term responses to Somerset levels ?

Answer 14

• £20 million flood action plan-> reduce further flooding
• 8km of river tone & paratt was dredged to increase capacity of river
• river banks raised

Question 15

What were social effects of flooding in diner set levels ?

Answer 15

• 600 houses flooded
• 16 farms evacuated
• villages (moorland) cut off-> affected daily lives, schools, shopping

Question 16

What were economic effects of Somerset levels ?

Answer 16

• £10 million cost of flood
• 14000 agricultural land under water for 3-4 weeks
• local roads evacuated

Question 17

What were environmental effects of Somerset levels ?

Answer 17

• flood waters contaminated with sewage & pollutants
• lots of debris had to be cleared
• stagnant water had to be reoxygenated before pumped back into river