Tectonics EQ2

Question 1

What are the trends in deaths of tectonic hazards?

Answer 1

• Developing and emerging countries have a higher loss of life than developed countries
• Emerging countries have rapidly growing cities, which increases risk due to higher population density and uncertainties over building codes. - Corruption can also affect this
• Lower understanding because of levels of education and lower levels of technology because of less money to spend makes the population more vulnerable

Question 2

What are the trends in cost in tectonic hazards?

Answer 2

• Developed countries have greater costs of damage- more expensive buildings, infrastructure and technology
• Developing countries may only have significant construction in urban areas, so if rural areas are affected by hazard, costs will tend to be low
• Costs to emerging countries are increasing because they have increased construction and have rapid urban growth- even low damage costs can be expensive to poor people

Question 3

What are some examples of things that influence vulnerability and resilience?

Answer 3

• Unequal access to education
• Unequal access to housing
• Unequal access to health care
• Unequal access to income opportunities
• Urbanization
• Population density
• Governance
• Accessibility

Question 4

What factors affect the scale of disasters in developing/emerging countries?

Answer 4

• Corrupt/ineffective governance
• High economic costs on businesses and infrastructure (emerging)- shows the level of development
• Unprepared/Uneducated
• Bad healthcare- post event disease e.g cholera

Question 5

What factors affect the scale/death toll of hazards in developed countries?

Answer 5

• Advanced and widespread insurance, allowing people to recover from disasters
• Public education about risk, coping and evacuation
• Sophisticated monitoring of volcanoes and defenses like tsunami walls
• Land-use zoning

Question 6

What are a few methods of