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why response measures are needed

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  • impossible to prevent EQ
  • impt to restore a place, make it liveable again after disaster
  • short term vs long term responses
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short term responses

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  • occur immediately, last for weeks aft EQ
  • provide survivors basic necessities of food, water, shelter
  • ensure survival of ppl in affected areas aft event
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types of short term responses

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  1. search and rescue

2. humanitarian aid: providing emergency medical aid, food and water

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short term response: search and rescue

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-save those trapped under collapsed buildings, locate and free quickly

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short term response: search and rescue (+)

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  • some survivors found aft being trapped for several weeks w/o food
  • e.g. 2011 Tohoku, aft EQ, sniffer dogs and heat sensors deployed, rescue many trapped under rubble
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short term response: search and rescue (-)

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  • limited time for rescue workers to find survivors, abt 3 days
  • w/o food and water, unlikely to survive
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short term response: humanitarian aid

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  • injured treated
  • clean drinking water provided to survivors, prevent dehydration and spread of diseases
  • emergency shelters for homeless
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short term response: humanitarian aid (+)

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  • help survivors cope with disaster
  • may also be aid sent to affected area by foreign gov, NGO
  • e.g. after EQ in Afyon, Turkey 2002, Turkish Red Crescent Society, immediate response, deliver 20k tents, 50k blankets, 2k heaters
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short term response: humanitarian aid (-)

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  • insufficient supplies, social unrest if those in need dont get supplies
  • countries may not have means/money to provide extensive aid e.g. dont have enough workers/trained personnel (LDC vs DC, Haiti vs Japan)
  • emergency shelters cramped, easy spread of air-borne, water-borne diseases
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long term responses

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  • rebuild, prepare for next disaster

- stretch over months and years

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long term responses: rebuilding and improving infrastructure

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-infrastructure and amenities rebuilt and improved aft disaster

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long term responses: rebuilding and improving infrastructure (+)

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  • authorities often develop stricter building codes
  • ensure higher lvls of safety
  • e.g. after 1995 Kobe Japan EQ,, spent billions developing tech to build more EQ resistant buildings
  • change in building code ensures buildings able to withstand tremors from seismic waves
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long term responses: rebuilding and improving infrastructure (-)

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  • reinforced buildings may be resistant to shaking of tremors, may not be for tsunamis
  • e.g. though many buildings in Chile EQ resistant, coastal areas suffered damage frm tsunami when EQ struck (2010) (same for Tohoku EQ 2011)
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long term responses: provision of and improvement of healthcare options

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  • healthcare options e.g. long term counselling

- loss of loved ones after EQ, long term trauma (PTSD)

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long term responses: provision of and improvement of healthcare options (+)

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  • help injured/psychologically disturbed victims
  • restore livelihoods thru identifying and addressing problems early
  • e.g. a year aft Christchurch EQ, NZ in 2001, anxiety and depression prominent among all age groups of affected population, more health workers deployed in that area
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long term responses: provision of and improvement of healthcare options (-)

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  • provision of healthcare options may be challenging to carry out
  • affected may not be able to gain access to healthcare options
  • e.g. many survivors affected by Haiti EQ in 2010 continue to lack access to basic necessities, less healthcare options