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Case study : earthquake in Nepal - Coggle Diagram
Case study : earthquake in Nepal
Causes
Occured on a convergent collision plate boundary
Impacts
Social and economic
It was the worst in Nepal in more than 80 years
8,632 dead and 19,009 injured
people chose to sleep outside due to aftershocks/ possibilty of houses collapsing
Hundreds of thousands of people were made homeless with entire villages destroyed
1.7 million children were forced to be out into the open
crops were reduced or lost --> no agriculture
lost of tourist revenue
created an avalanche on Mount Everest, killing 20 people
landslides in the steep valleys (250 dead)
Infrastructure
centuries-old buildings were destroyed at UNESCO World Heritage sites in the Kathmandu Valley
Thousand of houses were destroyed across many districts of the country
Responses to
reduce the impacts
UK offered help and support
received $1 billion provided by China and India through international aid
aid workers from charities such as the Red Cross came to help
Temporary housing was provided, including 'Tent city' in Kathmandu
build capacity to survive
a new government taskforce was created to help deal with future earthquakes
areas were zoned to evaluate damge
people are now educated in Nepal to do earthquake exercises
tackle (attack) the root cause
government try to reduce poverty to be able to build homes and buildings which could resist earthquakes
Long-term
Asia provided $3 million for immediate efforts and up to $200 million for the rehabilitation
received aid from a huge number of countries
UK helpers : £23 million by the government and £50 million was donated by the public. Also the uk provided 30 tonnes of humanitarian aid and eight tonnes of equipment