Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Earthquake in an LEDC
- Location- Haiti
- Primary effects of the earthquake
- Houses collapsed
- Death
- Injuries
- Roads closed
- Loss of food and water
- no communication
- Fires
- Secondary effects of the earthquake
- Homelessness
- Disease
- Money spent
on repairs
- Population decrease
- Shortage of medical care
- lack of education
- unemployment
- Immediate responses
- food and water sent out
- workers sent out to
find survivers
- nurses and doctors called to
help the injured
- Long term responses
- Crops re-grow
- Charities set up to raise money
- Clear away rubble
- Re-build houses
- Predict, protect and prepare
- Predict- animal behaviour, minor earthquakes,
- Protect- not much protection
for houses as they aren't
stably built
- Prepare- not much preparation taken place