Kobe multi Flashcards
What is the location of Kobe ?
Western side of Japan on the main island.
Why is Kobe a multi-hazardous setting ?
Surrounded by two destructive oceanic plates subducting with the eurasian plate causing volcanoes, Also in the regions for typhoons.
What were the impacts of Kobe earthquake in 1995?
$100 billion economic damage, 6000 were killed, 6,500 buildings destroyed, Broken gas and electricity lines causes fires.
What were contributing factors to the quake impacts ?
Kobe is built on soft soils so high liquefaction potential, Many old traditional houses in the cities which have heavy tiles and killed when they fell, Many houses not have been retrofitted along which much of the transport, Government was criticised as they reacted slow to the event.
What were the economic characteristics of Kobe ?
Per capita income lags behind national average, Most ports were rebuilt
