2002, Shield Volcano, Fast moving Balsatic Lava, Low VEI, displaced 500,000 environmental refugees, poor aid and management, Racketeering and gang crime in Rwanda
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Montserrat
1995, Pyroclastic Flow and Tephra (ash) make South 2/3s of Island uninhabitable, Capital (Plymouth) and airport destroyed, 7000 displaced (total 10,000 population), Tourism impacted, Put pressure on North, Land use zoning (exclusion zone) was ignored by f
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Tohoku, Japan
2011, Mega Disaster, 9.0 magnitude, 10m waves, $300 billion damage and destruction of Fukushima, Only 16,000 deaths due to low vulnerability and high resilience, Educated and Prepared with personal aid kits, Insurance reimbursements = quick recovery and n
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2004 Asian Tsunami
9.0 magnitude, Mega Disaster , 280,000 killed and 1.7 million homeless, Lack of warning system and coastal defence = high vulnerability, fishing and tourism industry impacted, 60% lost revenue in Sri Lanka = longer recovery time, Outbreak of disease e.g C
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Sichuan, China
2008, Emerging Mega Disaster, 25% Landslide deaths (low because rural), 5 million homeless, $25 billion economic damage due to corrupt government = no building codes, wealth governance meant quick disaster response via aid and rebuilt within 2 years
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Nepal
2015, Shallow focus earthquake (8km) , Secondary hazards via aftershocks e.g Landslides and Avalanches (25 deaths on Everest), Lowered coping capacity, $600 million lost tourist revenue.
2010, Mega Disaster, High Corruption and Low economic development, Lack of building regulations = 230,000 deaths & 1.5 million homeless, Lack of disaster preparedness or coordination meant slow distribution of aid (exacerbated by destruction of transport
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Philippines
1991, Multiple Hazard zone with high population density on hill/slopes , Pinatubo eruption = Tephra causing respiratory disease and disrupting air travel routes, Followed by typhoon that caused mudslides and lahars (affects vulnerable mountain population)
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1995, Pyroclastic Flow and Tephra (ash) make South 2/3s of Island uninhabitable, Capital (Plymouth) and airport destroyed, 7000 displaced (total 10,000 population), Tourism impacted, Put pressure on North, Land use zoning (exclusion zone) was ignored by f
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