Merapi

Question 1

Population density indonesia

Answer 1

158 people per km sq

Question 2

When did it erupt

Answer 2

November 2010

Question 3

What was the VEI of Merapi

Answer 3

4

Question 4

Where is Merapi located

Answer 4

indonesia island of Java

Question 5

How may people live on Merapis slopes

Answer 5

11,000

Question 6

What were the dangers of this eruption

Answer 6

800 degrees centigrade heat clouds
pyroclastic flows travelled 3km one example down gendoll valley
ash cloud rose 6 km in the sky
Volcanic bombs
Village’s 15v km from eruption buried
Sulphur dioxide blown across indonesia

Question 7

GDP indonesia

Answer 7

4940 USD

Question 8

effects of the eruption social

Answer 8

19,000 homes damaged
350,000 people evacuated 20 km from volcano
353 people died
577 people injured
nearly half of people suffered with depression stress etc.
Disruption to religious and traditional practices
Hot springs/baths provide tourism

Question 9

Short term response

Answer 9

210 evacuation centers set up
1600 people involved in national response mobilized by the Indonesian disaster management agency
international aid offered by red cross
Used sniffer dogs
350,000 people evacuated

Question 10

effects of the eruption environmental

Answer 10

Poor air quality
acid rain
200 hectares of forest damaged
long term pollution of rivers and land
conservation area 2.5 km from the top of the volcano
new geopower plant tho
ash provides better growing conditions

Question 11

effects of the eruption economic

Answer 11

economic losses of 450 million due to impact on farming tourism and manufacturing
30 bridges damaged
2500 flights cancelled 195,000 people couldn’t arrive in Yogyakarta airport
food prices increased
Tourism fell by 30 percent for domestic tourists and 70 percent for foreign tourists

Question 12

effects of the eruption political

Answer 12

Pressure on government to coordinate emergency response
Social unrest from looting and instability
Conflicts over governments handing out of money/food

Question 13

Long term responses

Answer 13

Financial assistance
16000 new homes built by government
damaged infrastructure repaired
CVGHM centre for volcanic and hazard mitigation were responsible for monitering the volcano have improved their monitering adding cameras to the top of the volcano
Improved hazard prediction measurements
Built dams in valleys to hold back Lahars
CVGHM centre for volcanolgy and geological hazard mitigation