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HAITI 2010 - Coggle Diagram
HAITI 2010
The physical event
7.0 MMS
Convergent plate boundary
25km from Port-au-Prince
13km deep
Immediate issues: Primary Impacts
Very poor country
Lack of EQ proof infrastructure
High population density
No medical services
316,000 deaths (deadliest EQ of the 21st century)
Transport inaccessible due to blocked roads from landslides
Responses: Secondary Impacts
Landslides - effects were worsened by deforestation
Cholera
10,000 deaths
Introduced by UN workers
UN initially denied responsibility, compensation still not used
Crime
Looting
SA - including by people who were there to aid the Haitians (OXFAM)
UN raised $0.5B USD, however built only 6 homes with it in 5 years
UN promised $13B USD in aid and delivered less than half
US took control of the airport and restricted flights in and out including those carrying aid
Vulnerability
Was a French Colony
Gained independence in 1804
France demanded compensation which they finished baying off in 1947
Had a Dictatorship which meant there was unstable politics at the time of the earthquake