Restless Earth Case Studies Flashcards
Fold mountains-Himalayas
How do people use the area:
Tourism facts?
10,000 Trekkers visit each year
Flights bring in money
B&b’s gaining money
Sherpas to guide tourists
Footpath erosion
Local food prices rising, hard for locals
Rubbish left behind
Locals using 15 loads of wood a week
Volcanoes-Montserrat
Erupted 25th June 1997
5 million cubic metres of hot rocks down the side of the volcano towards the North side
PRIMARY EFFECTS?
50% of the island evacuated to S side Half the island uninhabitable Airport, schools, hospitals destroyed 19 died 7 injured
Volcanoes-Montserrat
Erupted 25th June 1997
5 million cubic metres of hot rocks down the side of the volcano towards the North side
SECONDARY EFFECTS?
Tourists stopped visiting Economy destroyed Transport was a problem Over half the pop left and didn't return People lived in makeshift shelters Disease from volcanic ash-silicosis
Earthquake LEDC Haiti 12th January 2010 7 on Richter scale
Immediate effects?
220,000 died 300,000 injured Port, road, buildings destroyed Hospitals collapsed 100,000 homes destroyed
Earthquake LEDC Haiti 12th January 2010 7 on Richter scale
Secondary effects?
Frequent power cuts
Nov, cholera broke out
2 million left with no food or water
Earthquake MEDC Chile 27th February 2010 8.8 on Richter scale
Immediate effects?
500 people died
12,000 injured
500,000 homes destroyed
Bridges and roads destroyed
Earthquake MEDC Chile 27th February 2010 8.8 on Richter scale
Secondary effects?
Loss of power and communication
Copper mines damaged (economy)
Tsunami set off by the earthquake
Yellowstone super volcano potential damage?
10,000km2 land destroyed 100 mile radius would die to instantly 10 feet of ash dumped 1,000 miles Volcanic ash thrown 25miles in air Food production wiped out UK would feel effects 5 days later
Asian tsunami
26th December 2004
8.9 scale earthquake set it off
Primary effects?
Secondary effects
People killed in 14 different countries
In Sumatra 50,000 people homeless and 80,000 homes destroyed
8,000 tourists killed
Diseases eg. Cholera spread
Lack of sanitation in camps killing
Loss of foreign income from tourists
Emotional impacts
Asian tsunami
26th December 2004
8.9 scale earthquake set it off
Short term responses?
Long term responses?
Bodies buried in mass graves
$7 billion provided in aid
5 million people relocated to camps
Months to clear debris
New homes built
Gov relocated people to new homes
Tsunami early warning system installed costing $20 million
Fold Mountains-Himalayas
How do people use the area:
Farming Facts?
Farming:
76% work in farming
Subsistence farmers
Rice and Veg, Cattle and goats
Land is steep and soil is thin
Mountainsides are made into terraces
Major deforestation occurring
Soil erosion etc threatening livelihoods
