Haiti 2010, Tectonics

Question 1

Social and economic impacts

Answer 1

230,000 deaths

6,900 from cholera outbreak

1.5 million made homeless

£8 billion in damage

Question 2

Vulnerability from development

Answer 2

Poorest country in the Western Hemisphere

Still recovering from 2008 hurricane

90% unemployed

Question 3

Response

Answer 3

The short term response was non-existant - weak government

Camps set up in port-au-prince

WB cancelled Haitis debt. Funded school and food for 200,000

Question 4

Governance

Answer 4

Lack of preparedness caused death

Train more health workers to prevent brain drain

Full scale disaster plan