Case Study: Low Income Country ( LIC): Haiti 2010: Completed
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- Case study: Low income country (LIC): Haiti 2010
- What happened?
- On 12 January, a 7.0 earthquake struck Port-au-Prince, Haiti
- The earthquake occurred on a convergent plate boundary between the Caribbean and North American plates
- The focus was only 12.87 km deep and the epicentre was just 25.75 km from the capital, port-au-Prince
- Effects
- Primary
- 220,000 people were killed
- 300,000 people were injuried
- The main port was badly damaged
- Eight hospitals collasped
- 100,000 houses were destroyed and 200,000 were damaged
- 1.3 million people became homeless
- Secondary
- 2 million people were left without food and water
- Frequent power cuts occurred
- Crime increased - looting became a problem and sexual violence escalated
- People moved into temporary shelters
- By November 2010 there were outbreaks of chloera
- Primary
- Responses
- Short-term
- Crucial aid was slow to arrive due to the damaged port
- USA sent rescue teams and 10,000 troops
- Bottled water and purification tablets were provided
- 235,000 people were moved to less-damaged cities away from Port-au-Prince
- The UK government donated £20 million
- Long-term
- Haiti was dependent on overseas aid
- New homes were built to a higher standard although the response was slow. 1 year after the earthquake, over 1 million people were still living in temporary shelters
- The port needed rebuilding which required a large amount of investment
- Short-term
- What happened?
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