haiti

Question 1

level of dev

Answer 1

-gdp per capita 1204
-HDI 0.471 (168/196)
-50% literacy rate

Question 2

physical facts

Answer 2

-conservtive
-focus 13km deep (shallow)
-7.0
-epicentre 24km from port au prince

Question 3

social impacts

Answer 3

-222,576 dead
-300,000 injured
-1.3mil homeless
-spread of cholera thru contaminated water supply
-personal anxiety and loss of belongings
-only one airport and several ports and main roads destroyed

Question 4

economic impacts

Answer 4

-97,000 homes destroyed
-30,000 comercial buildings damaged
-hospitals collapsed
-damage to presidential palace
-over 1/4 gov officials killed
-key gov buildings destroyed = recovery and relief took long time to organize
-14 billion

Question 5

longer term impacts (secondary and tertiary effects)

Answer 5

-aftershocks of 5.9 and 5.5
-small tsunami wave near Petit Paradis area
-liquefaction and landslides
-2015 = lack of medical supplies and trained healthcare workers made cholera spread (9000 dead, 720,000 affected)
-internationally 13 bil aid donated, most in hands of internation orgs as gov corrupt
-80,000 still in temporary housing in 2015

Question 6

factors affecting vulnerabiltiy

Answer 6

-poverty, corruption, lack of safe infrastructure
-dense
-lack of building controls and regulations
-preparedness and trained emergency services