Impacts of a Volcanic Eruption in Montserrat
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- Created on: 12-05-21 13:44
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- Impacts of a Volcanic Eruption in Montserrat
- Social Impacts
- plymouth completely destroyed
- people moved to temporary shelters
- churches
- schools
- no toilets/privacy/washing facilities
- people moved to temporary shelters
- horrendous living conditions
- wave of evacuations
- families separated
- home for 10 years for some
- wave of evacuations
- population fallen < 2500
- structure changed as working age moved
- plymouth completely destroyed
- Political Impacts
- government buildings completely destroyed
- british overseas territory
- funded by british government
- £25 million / year since collapse of economy
- agree to invest in tourism focussed capital
- reduce dependancy on aid
- attract people to return
- tourists/native people
- Environmental Impacts
- pyroclastic flows + lahars
- destroyed vegetation
- effect natural habitat
- decimated areas of most productive farmland
- best agri round volcanoes (fertile soil) - pull factor
- most grown within 1-2 miles of volcano
- most ruined by pyroclastic flow/lahar/ash cloud
- farms that escaped immediate impact cannot be worked due to exclusion zone
- south of island popular with drivers but coral reef covered in ash
- new delta formed at mouth of tar river valley due to pyroclastic flows
- pyroclastic flows + lahars
- Economic Impacts
- loss of business
- unemployment rose by 7%
- tourism industry collapsed
- rent price increased by 70%
- shortage of new land for housing
- working age travelled overseas for jobs
- remittances
- skills shortage for island
- loss of business
- Social Impacts
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