Case studies

-145th out of 169th Human Development Index 

-98% of Haiti's forests were cut down 

-half of Port-au-Prince have no access to latrines and one-third only to tap-water 

-more than 70% of people live on less than $10 a day and 86% live in slum conditions with 80% educated in poor-quality schools 

-3.5 million were affected and 220,000 estimated to have died

-1.5 million living on camps and over 100,00 at critical risk from storms and flooding 

-more than 188,383 houses were badly damaged and 105,000 destroyed leading 1.5 million becoming homeless. This also caused a greater effect of the outbreak of cholera in October 2010 and July 2011 where 5,899 died from the disease

• Dense population
• 220,000 people died
• 7.0 magnitude 
• Corrupt government 
• Weakened economy 
• Poorly built buildings 
• Lack of resources 
• 90% live on less than $2 a day
• Shallow epicentre (13km)
• Poverty

• Dense population
• 220,000 people died
• 7.0 magnitude 
• Corrupt government 
• Weakened economy 
• Poorly built buildings 
• Lack of resources 
• 90% live on less than $2 a day
• Shallow epicentre (13km)
• Poverty