Case Study - L'Aquila

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  • L'Aquila
    • Long-term Responses
      • People didn't have to pay tax
      • School supplies were discounted
      • Students were given free transport
      • Students were exempt from University fees for 3 years
    • Secondary Effects
      • Aftershocks triggered landslides
        • Which damaged housing/transport
      • Decreased tourism
      • Students decreased as they couldn't get to school
      • Loans/Rents on houses increased
    • Immediate Responses
      • Mortgages/ gas/ bills/electricity prices suspended
      • Free mobile calls so that people could call their families etc.
      • 36 ambulances provided aid
    • Primary Effects
      • 67,500 people were made homeless
      • !,500 people were injured
      • 15,000 buildings collapsed (many were culturally high valued)
      • 308 people died

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