Japan MEDC Earthquake case study
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- Created on: 02-11-17 19:09
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- Japan earthquake 2011 (MEDC)
- Background info (before quake)
- Social
- life expectance
- 88.84 years
- infant mortality
- 2.4 per thousand live births.
- life expectance
- 88.84 years
- life expectance
- Economic
- HDI
- 0.884
- GDP
- 44,507.68
- HDI
- Enviromental
- In The Ring of Fire
- Japan is particularly prone the earthquakes and tsunamis
- top five natural disasters in japan.
- 1. Tohoku earthquake and tsunami 2011. 2.Great Hanshin earthquake 1995. 3. Tonankai earthquake 1944. 4.Nankaido earthquake 2005. 5. Great Kanto earthquake 1923.
- top five natural disasters in japan.
- Japan is particularly prone the earthquakes and tsunamis
- In The Ring of Fire
- Social
- Primary impacts
- Social
- Death toll: 15,894
- Injured:6152
- Missing:2562
- All of these figures were over 20 separate areas
- Missing:2562
- Injured:6152
- Death toll: 15,894
- Enviromental
- Economic
- Completely collasped: 127290
- Partially damaged: 1020777
- 1.2 million homes without power
- 1.4 million homes lost water
- Cost of disaster: £360 billion in economic damage
- Hit one of the main munfaturing areas
- 11/50 nuclear power reactors were shut immediately
- 40% decrease in electricity
- Completely collasped: 127290
- Political
- Many governments quickly decided to shut down their powerplants after Fukushima went off
- Political
- The government decided to close all nuclear reactors and took a further year for any to reopen
- They had to import oil which caused high trade deficits
- People were concerned about the quality of nuclear clean up
- The government decided to close all nuclear reactors and took a further year for any to reopen
- Political
- Many governments quickly decided to shut down their powerplants after Fukushima went off
- Social
- Secondary impacts
- Social
- 163000 were evacuated into emergency shelters
- 1/2 million people homeless from the tsunami
- Areas which are polluted with radiation are uninhabitable due to serious health risks.
- Radiation outside the main gatesof Daiishi nuclear power plant was 8 times the normal rate of nuclear radiation
- Areas which are polluted with radiation are uninhabitable due to serious health risks.
- 1/2 million people homeless from the tsunami
- 163000 were evacuated into emergency shelters
- Political
- The government decided to close all nuclear reactors and took a further year for any to reopen
- They had to import oil which caused high trade deficits
- People were concerned about the quality of nuclear clean up
- The government decided to close all nuclear reactors and took a further year for any to reopen
- Economic
- Rolling blackouts due to the lack of energy from the shutting down of the nuclear powerplants
- 3/4 cooling system units of the Daini power plat failed
- Areas which are polluted with radiation are uninhabitable due to serious health risks.
- Radiation outside the main gatesof Daiishi nuclear power plant was 8 times the normal rate of nuclear radiation
- After the earthquake the fall of Japan's economy it had a knock on effect to the worlds economy
- Many main manufacturing produces like Sony and Mitsubishi halted production
- Areas which are polluted with radiation are uninhabitable due to serious health risks.
- 3/4 cooling system units of the Daini power plat failed
- Rolling blackouts due to the lack of energy from the shutting down of the nuclear powerplants
- Enviromental
- Tsunami which was 30 foot high
- Large amounts of debris is still washing up shores in South America
- 22% of year's births Laysan Albatross chicks were lost, and 2000 adults lost
- Fish suffocated by being washed ashore and petrels were buried alive
- 22% of year's births Laysan Albatross chicks were lost, and 2000 adults lost
- Large amounts of debris is still washing up shores in South America
- Tsunami which was 30 foot high
- Social
- earthquake info
- Time
- 2.46 pm 11th march 2011
- Richter scale
- 9.0
- Mercali scale
- X
- Over 1000 aftershocks
- 80 were over mag 6.0 and some were over mag 7.0
- Time
- Responses
- Short term
- tsunami warning went out 3 minutes after quake to a total of 50 countries.
- Japenese military forces were sent in to help
- government enrolled task force to help
- other aid
- Aid from charities
- Children UK
- British Red Cross
- World Vision UK
- Rescue team -Britain
- 8 fighter jets- the defense ministry
- Private secture, 59 search and rescue as well as 4 medics and 2 sniffer dogs, and 11 tonnes of equipment
- HSI recovery, recovery and coordination
- Aid from charities
- Long term
- rebuilding infrastructure
- placing children back into schools
- finding the many missing people and reuniting families
- building of new animal shelter to home the rescued animals.
- Short term
- preparedness, mitigation and governance
- Long term
- rebuilding infrastructure
- placing children back into schools
- finding the many missing people and reuniting families
- building of new animal shelter to home the rescued animals.
- Japan is the best prepared country for natural disasters in the world
- In October 2012 the Japanese government and the World Bank co-hosted the Sendai Dialogue ], to highlight teachings from fukushima and to reduce other risks around the world.
- There was an increasing for higher safety standards around nuclear power
- buildings
- cross bracing
- venti-scapes
- counter weight
- deep foundations
- hollow bricks
- back up generaters
- emergency lights
- Science
- risk maps
- radon gas measures
- lazars for plate movement
- seismometers
- animal behaviour
- magnitude frequency analysis
- education and emergency responses
- everyone knows first aid
- stable goverment
- well prepared emergency services and resoures
- radio and text services
- very good warning systems
- Long term
- Background info (before quake)
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