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Geography case studies
- Haiti
- NA and
Caribbean
plates
- 6 months
after, 98% of
rubble
uncleared
- 316,000
deaths
- 280,000
buildings
damaged
- Aid
- Infrastructure
damaged
rescue efforts
- Dominican
Republic
- Kobe
- Destructive
plate margin
- Jan
1995
- 6.9 on
the
Richter
scale
- Pacific
and
Eurasian
- 5000
deaths
- 300,000
homeless
- New
earthquake
proofing
laws
- Water
- No aid
needed
- Indian Ocean
- Indo-Australian plate
subducted under the
Eurasian plate
- Speeds up
to 800kph
- 250,000 dead
- 13 countries
hit, Indonesia
worst
- 2 million
made
homeless
- Early warning system set up
- 2/3 of Male underwater
- Nyiragongo
- East
African
rift
- Constructive
plate margin
- Jan 2002
- Lava-
60kph
- 300,000
evacuated
- 45
dead
- Cholera
spread
- No
shelter,
electricity
or clean
water
- Christian Aid
and Oxfam
- Aid
reliant
- Unstable
government
- Eyjafjallajokull
- Ash
plume
8km
high
- March
2010
- Flooding
- 800
evacuated
- Flight
chaos
- Kenya had to
burn flowers,
lost 3000
tonnes
- Andes
- Farming
- Terraces-
retain
water
- Subsistence
- Llamas-
transport
and wool
- Mining
- Yanacocha
- Coal,
oil, tin,
gold,
silver,
copper,
iron
- HEP
- Narrow valleys
- Snow
melting
- Tourism
- Machu
Picchu
- Inca
trail