Small Scale Hazardous Location - Kobe Flashcards
Describe the location of Kobe Japan
Located in eastern Asia, an island chain between the north, pacific ocean and the sea of Japan
It covers an area of 550.72 km² and is Japan’s seventh largest city and the third largest port city after Tokyo in Yokohama.
It’s located just to the west of the centre on the main island of Honshu in an area known as the Kansai region
what is the port city of Kobe most known for?
It’s part used for most domestic and international destinations by land, sea or air
Give two key features of its tectonic background
-It’s located on a destructive plate Boundry, three plates meet near the course of Japan, near Kobe, the denser oceanic Philippines play subducted beneath the lighter Continental Eurasian plate at around 10 cm per year
-A Japanese island arc has been from two earthquakes are very common
What’s five social short-term impact of a major earthquake that happened in 1995 on the 17th of January. What is 7.2 magnitude earthquake
5477 people died
35,000 people were injured
172,000 homes collapse
A lack of water made firefighting difficult
316,000 people were evacuated from their homes
What’s two economic short-term impact of this earth quick?
-The destruction of infrastructure, such as homes, schools and hospitals
-over $100 billion in damage
what’s a short term environmental impact of the earthquake
the gas pipes fractured releasing toxic gas into the atmosphere
what’s two long term economic impacts
hundreds of businesses had to close down extra jobs created in the construction industries to rebuild the city
what’s a long term social impact of the earthquake
kobes population fell by 33,000
what’s two socioeconomic characteristics of Kobe before the earthquake
-rescue teams found it very difficult to get to the worst affected areas because of the fires in the roadside collapsed
-Cheeky built homes ended up catching fire because of unsupported gas pipes, which also killed many survivors
what’s two political characteristics of Kobe before the earthquake
-Japanese authorities didn’t react quickly enough to the situation. I took them over four hours to realise the extent of the damage and very overwhelmed
-The thought that buildings and infrastructure would be able to withstand the earthquake is there about five times stronger than the buildings in LA earthquake of 94
what’s two socioeconomic characteristics of kobe after the earthquake
-The management of knowledge keep the general public informed and alert is considered to be extremely important successfully implement concrete reduction mitigation actions
-The formation of disaster prevention, welfare committee said, advanced, qualitatively, and fully work towards letting those activities take root in the local community and then be active
what’s a political characteristics of kobe after the earthquake
-Insurance grants, small, short-term loans, disaster, loans, group, loans and other options are available for different sectors of the economy and also different administrative levels. For instance national governments
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what is two, where is the economy responded to the disaster. Risk of the earthquake
-no innovation in the biomedical industry drove economic growth in Kobe notably thanks to the co-op medical industry development project in 1998, which is become the largest biomedical cluster in Japan, consisting of 316 organisations
-The audience of Kobe enterprise zone has provided tax reduction subsidising lawns attract investment into the city
What is two where society responded to the earthquake risk?
-The city uses community developed councils as a key to successful urban redevelopment, adopting a collaborative approach that gives citizens advice to design redevelopment proposals
-Risk communication increases the cities preparedness for natural disaster. Thanks for the creation of a community tsunami preparedness plan in 2002.
What is two, where is the environment responded to the earthquake risk?
-Kobe has developed in an innovative water reservoir and water pipes to ensure emergency water supply during the event of a hazard
-A new public transport system is there a bus, rapid transit or a light rail transit could increase access to services jobs whilst also reducing carbon emissions
