Sichuan 2008 Flashcards
1
Q
How many died?
A
90,000
2
Q
Homeless?
A
4,800,000
3
Q
Magnitude?
A
7.8
4
Q
Money spent on rebuilding?
A
$137 bn
5
Q
Strongest earthquake to hit china since…
A
1950
6
Q
How many schools collapsed?
A
6,000
7
Q
What made people more vulnerable?
A
Poor buildings caused collapsing
8
Q
How did the chinese gov respond?
A
-99% of the post disaster projects were completed by early 2012
-construction project costing $135 bn
9
Q
How did the economy recover?
A
GDP doubled after the earthquake
10
Q
How do we know Sichuan had poor governance?
A
People were allowed to build on an earthquake belt which caused the earthquake
