Multihazard case study
- Created by: jessica ashworth
- Created on: 18-02-20 19:07
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- MULTI-HAZARD HATI SOMERSET
- General knowledge
- 2015, 9.9 mil pop and 10% in the capital port au prince
- World bank, 96% pop at risk of mortality from 2 or more hazards
- 168/187 HDI. Life expectancy, 62.17 yrs.
- GDP, per cap 1200 dollars
- least developed in western hem
- Location, middle of Caribbean basin.
- 2015, 9.9 mil pop and 10% in the capital port au prince
- Nature of Hatis hazards.
- Tropical storms, june-nov. 12 storms per season 50% are hurricanes.
- makes country vulnerable, winds, flooding, land slides, coastal surges
- 2008, 8% pop affected. 1 bil dollars in damage
- Magnitude doesn't change vulnerability
- makes country vulnerable, winds, flooding, land slides, coastal surges
- landslides
- Oil is expensive, so rely on charcoal 85% of their needs
- Deforestation for wood. 2004 forest = 1.4%
- Denuded mountains
- No roots to bind soil, increased death toll in 2008
- Denuded mountains
- Deforestation for wood. 2004 forest = 1.4%
- Oil is expensive, so rely on charcoal 85% of their needs
- Earthquakes, tsunamis
- Jan 2010, magnitude 7 on richter. 3.5 mil affected. 100,000 at risk of flooding
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- On conservative plate boundary.
- Caribbean moving east against north American
- Jan 2010, magnitude 7 on richter. 3.5 mil affected. 100,000 at risk of flooding
- Tropical storms, june-nov. 12 storms per season 50% are hurricanes.
- Resilience, mitigation, adaption and managment.
- Resilience
- 2010 eq, dom rep sent water, food
- MSF set up makeshift hospitals saving est 20,000 lives a day
- 2010 eq, dom rep sent water, food
- Mitigation
- 116,000 to receive info for future disaster preparation.
- Change future perceptions
- 116,000 to receive info for future disaster preparation.
- Adaption
- DEC, 107 mil for water treatment reduce cholera spread
- Resilience
- General knowledge
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