Sichuan earthquake NEE

Question 1

When was the earthquake and magnitude

Answer 1

12 may 2008

7.9 magnitude

Question 2

Immediate effects

Answer 2

45.5m affected

5m made homeless

69,000 earthquake mostly rural less death

Question 3

How did the local government contribute to the vulnerability of

Answer 3

Corrupt government took bribes to allow builders to take shortcuts resulting in buildings collapsing

which led to a school collapsing 5335 died while government buildings still up

Question 4

Immediate response

Answer 4

Central government responded quick

Within hours 130,000 soldiers and relief at scene troops parachuted to isolated areas

medical services quickly restores

Gov pledged 10bn and bank wrote of debts for survivors wit no insurance

Question 5

Long term impacts

Answer 5

Landslides led to a quarter of all deaths (90k all together)

Question 6

Long term response

Answer 6

2 weeks houses rebuilt

tougher buildings codes invested in new tech. Moved 40,000 to new city Yongchang cracks were seen immediate and government arrested local official for corruption shows they learned there lesson

Question 7

2 years after earthquake

….. planned …… recent projects started in region

Answer 7

97% started 29,704 recent projects in region started

Question 8

………… of ………………. farm houses destroyed rebuilt

Answer 8

99%

196,000

Question 9

……….. total transport projects under construction or completed

Answer 9

216

Question 10

At the end of the rebuild what had the government done

Answer 10

Efforts have improved

Peoples living standards and economy have improved while improving resilience