A naturally occurring process/event that has the potential to affect people
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Definition of a natural disaster?
A major natural hazard that causes substantial economic, social and environmental damage to a region
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What does Degg's disaster model display?
The fact that the interaction of human systems (e.g. vulnerability and heavy urbanization) and physical systems (e.g. a great magnitude earthquake) is what causes a disaster, not just the hazard on its own, no matter its severity
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What is the Nepal earthquake a case study for?
How hazards can turn into disasters- the factors that cause this
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When was the earthquake?
2015
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What magnitude was it?
7.8
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What plate boundary does Nepal lie on?
A conservative plate boundary between the Indian and Eurasian plates
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How many died?
8633
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How many homeless?
3 million
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How many injured?
21000
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What two things made the earthquake's effects a little less severe?
Most of Nepal has a fairly low density population with little urbanisation and because the earthquake hit midday, most of the Nepalese were out at work in the rural fields, thus reducing the death toll from those being killed in collapsing buildings
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How was Nepal already a vulnerable country?
It has a low GDP (one of the poorest countries in the world), poor infrastructure and buildings not designed to withstand the effects of earthquakes.
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What made the effects of the earthquake especially long lasting?
The initial earthquake was followed by a series of aftershocks.
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How did Nepal's geographical location worsen the effect of the earthquake?
Its position in the Himalayas meant that landslides were caused which heavily damaged rural areas
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What were the economic effects of the earthquake?
Nepal's emergency services were not efficient enough and so had to rely on emergency aid from aid agencies, Tourism was halted greatly, which is one of the biggest sources of income for Nepal (Himalayas), and the rebuilding cost $6.6 billion.
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Definition of a natural disaster?
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A major natural hazard that causes substantial economic, social and environmental damage to a region
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