Case Studies Flashcards
Properties to Haiti
Category 4
3rd-5th October
1000+ deaths
1billion in economic damage
Very fragile and vulnerable to distasters
Poor rural areas didn’t get warnings
Poor infrastructure
Emergency teams struggled to reach hard to hit areas
Cholera out break due to dirty water
Long term unemployment
Properties of hurricane Katrina
Category 3
6th-9th October
33 deaths
Early warnings sent out by radio and tv
Storm surge broke through levees and caused flooding
600,000 left without power
Many buisness closed for weeks
Barack Obama declared a state of emergency
The 3 natural climate change
Sun has black spots give off solar radiation more sunspots more warmer
Have a life cycle of 11 years
Volcanic eruptions give off ash and sulfur dioxide into environment these particles block incoming solar radiation
Earths orbit changes to elliptical
Circular orbit temps are warmer and in elliptical temps are cooler(glacial period )
Properties to Haiti
Port au Prince
Primary
316,000died
300,000 injured
President palace collapsed
Secondary
Looting became serious issue
1in 5 jobs were lost
Frequent power cuts
1000s military personnel sent to help clean up and care for the wounded
Temp schools set up water and sanitation provided for 1.8 mill
Properties of Sendai
Primary
Thousands of building collapsed
Flooding causes liquefaction
235 billion worth of damage
Secondary
Earthquake triggers tsunami killed 15,900 people
Road and rail networks suffered severe damage
International aid was brought
Power supplies were restored in weeks following disaster
What are the barriers to Malawi’s development
Landlocked-cant trade without tax
AIDS -1in 5 have aids many dying in 20s ,negative falls on economy
Climate-frequent droughts ,climate change is leading to water shortages
Infrastructure-85% population live in rural areas
Why are TNCs investing in India
Cheap large labour force
Lots of people speak English
Labour grove becoming skilled
Companies outsourcing more than2000 jobs in 5 years
Properties of bihar
HDI much lower
Migration of younger people leaves elderly for Mannuel labour
Children more likely to work lowering literacy rates
Cycle of poverty and lack of investment
Properties of maharashtra
HDI much higher than urban areas
Migration of young people led to a strong workforce
Higher literacy rates leads to higher annual pay
Better standard of medical care
Properties of the Mumbai monorail
Reduces conjestion
Built off street level
Can go up and down hills
Deadlines missed and extremely expensive to build
