Hati
- Created by: Hannah Jeffery
- Created on: 21-04-14 15:44
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- Hati
- vulnerability
- environmental
- large scale deforestation increasing landslide risk
- political
- Years a mismanagement and corruption in the government has led to a lack of planning
- Economic
- low income ppp GDP $1700
- lack of insurance and social security
- government in debt of $1.3 billion
- Social
- young population (lack of experience) low adult literacy of 52% means that it is difficult to warn and teach people
- cultural
- strongly believe in fate
- Physical
- frequent Hurricane and tropical storm tracks
- earthquake zone, tectonically unstable
- environmental
- Earthquake
- Tuesday 12th January 2010 4pm
- at the Capital city 'port au prince'
- magnitude 7.0 at a shallow depth of 7.0
- North American and Caribbean plates
- conservative plate boundary
- Poverty
- one of the worlds poorest counties
- LLEDC
- GDP/capita $1200
- 80% of population live in poverty
- Secondary effects
- many aftershocks that caused damage the highest was 5,9
- disease broke out with unsanitary water supplies eg cholera
- looting in the city
- Primary effects
- 97% of schools damaged
- 75% of capital city's buildings were damaged or destroyed
- death toll 300,000
- Immediate response
- red cross sent international help
- difficult to get there as port and airport were damaged
- 29 search and rescue teams
- difficult to get there as port and airport were damaged
- 29 search and rescue teams
- red cross sent international help
- Long term response
- temporary camps set up for people
- rebuilding of port au prince
- celebrity involvement including a charity single
- vulnerability
- Primary effects
- 97% of schools damaged
- 75% of capital city's buildings were damaged or destroyed
- death toll 300,000
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