Haiti Case Study Info

Question 1

What are some primary effects of the Equake (Haiti)

Answer 1

316,000 dead

3 million affected

180,000 homes destroyed

8 hospitals damaged

5000 schools destoyed

Question 2

Secondary impacts of the Equake (Haiti)

Answer 2

Cholrea spread through squatter camps

People forced relocate

Factories closed

Tourism stopped

Crime increased such as looting

Question 3

Short term relief after Equake (Haiti)

Answer 3

Emergency aid rescued people

Support from internation aid

Tempoary supplies and shelters from USA

Uk disaster commision raised more then 100 million

Question 4

Long term relief after E quake (Haiti)

Answer 4

Government relocated 235000 people elsewhere

3/4 of damaged buildings inspected and repaired

Question 5

Preparation made by haiti (Haiti)

Answer 5

Buildings repaired with cheap materials such as tyres,straw and bamboo (seismic proof)

Haiti monitoring systems

Question 6

Prediction (Haiti)

Answer 6

New monitoring systems allow people to have more time to evacuate

Question 7

When was the Equake in Haiti, where and any additonal info (Haiti)

Answer 7

2010

SW of Port-au-Prince

Conservative plate boundsry between NA and Carribbean