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GEOGRAPHY CASE STUDIES
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- 1CYCLONENARGIS
- 2WHEREMYNAMAR
- 3DATE- DEATHS - HOMELESSMAY 2009 -140,00 - 2MILLION
- 4PRIMARY IMPACTSTRANSPORT LINKS SWEPT AWY
- 5SECONDARY IMPACTSSEWAGE ON RICE PADDIES CAUSED WIDESPREAD DISEASE
$10 BILLLION DAMAGE - 6HURRICANEKATRINA
- 7DATE - DEATHS -HOMELESSAUGUST 2005 - 1,800 - 1 MILLION
- 8PRIMARY IMPACTS6 METRE STORM SURGE
LOOTING AND DISSORDER
PHONE LINES DOWN
CITY EVACUATED - 9SECONDARY IMPACTSRISE IN PRICE OF PETROL AND OIL
10% OF POPULATION DID NOT RETURN HOME AFTER EVACUATION - 10VOLCANOMT ETNA
- 11DATE - DEATHS -HOMELESS2002 - NO DEATHS - NO HOMELESS
- 12PRIMARY IMPACTS30 PEOPLE INJURED
100 HOUSES DAMAGED
AIRPORT CLOSED FOR 3 DAYS
WATER TANK BURST
SKY PYLONS DAMAGED - 13SECONDARY IMPACTSCROPS AND FOREST RUINED
$5 MILLION FROM THE US
TOURIST INDUSTRY DAMAGED - 14VOLCANONEVADA DEL RUIZ
- 15DATE - DEATHS -HOMELESS1985 - 23,000 - 5,000
- 16PRIMARY IMPACTS7 40M WIDE THICK LAHARS HEADING TOWARDS TOWNS
- 17SECONDARY IMPACTSSOME TOWN NEVER RE-BUILT
POPULATION DECREASES - 18EARTHQUAKEHAITI
- 19DATE - DEATHS -HOMELESSJANUARY 2010 - 230,000 - 1.5 MILLION
- 20PRIMARY IMPACTSMAGNITUDE 7 EARTHQUAKE
CONSERVATIVE PLATE BOUNDARY
ROADS AND BRIDGES DESTROYED
20,000 BUISNESSES LOST
SCHOOLS HOSPITALS POLICE STATIONS DESTROYED - 21SECONDARY IMPACTS$10 BILLION DAMAGE
LOOTING AND VIOLENCE
NO BASIC FOOD OR CLOTHES
MORE THAN 10 YEARS TO REBUILT THE CAPITOL
DAMAGED WATER SUPPLIES - 22EARTHQUAKEL'AQUILA
ITALY - 23DATE - DEATHS -HOMELESSAPRIL 2009 - 297- 66,000
COST OF DAMAGE $14.2 - 24PRIMARY IMPACTSMAGNTUDE 6.3 EATHQUAKE
10,000 UNSAFE BUILINGS
ROADS DAMAGED
HISTORICAL SITES DESTRYOED - 25SECONDARY IMPACTSTOWN SEALED OF
AFTERSHOCKS FOR DAYS AFTER
TOURISTS PUT OFF… NO INDUSTRY
TRANSPORT NETWORKS BLOCKED - 26POPULATIONKERELA
- 27WHERE AND WHATINDIA
KERELA INVESTED ALL MONEY INTO EDUCATION More specifically womens WOMENS HEALTH
EDUCATED WOMEN IN CONTRACEPTION AND FAMILY PLANNING
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