Primary and secondary effects and immediate and long term responses - case study Flashcards
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What is a primary effect
A primary effect refers to the immediate and direct impacts caused by a natural disaster.
What is a secondary effect
A secondary effect refers to the impacts days, weeks and months after a natural disasters.
What is an immediate response
An immediate response refers to the short-term responses that occur in the hours and days after a natural disaster
What is a long term response
A long term response refers to responses that take place weeks, months and years after a natural hazard event.
Primary effects of NZ earthquake:
deaths
injuries
buildings damaged
deaths - 185
injuries - 7000
buildings damaged - 100,000
Primary effects of nepal earthquake:
deaths
injuries
buildings damaged
deaths - 9000
injuries - 22,000
buildings damaged -600,000
How much worth of damage in NZ - secondary effect
$40 Billion worth of damage
How many homeless in NZ - secondary effect
10,000
how many received aid in NZ - Immediate response
$7million received aid
name of the aid workers who helped NZ - immediate response
red cross
how many chemicals toilets installed in NZ - immediate response
30,000
How many people left christchurch in NZ - secondary effect
10,000
How many schools closed in NZ - secondary effects
163 schools closed
How much worth of damage in nepal - secondary effect
$5 billion
How many homeless in nepal - secondary effect
3 million homeless
how many people left kathmandu - secondary effect
300,000
how many children could not return to school in nepal - secondary effect
1 million
What percentage of people didnt have a shelter in nepal - secondary effect
50%
