2) The main reason because the effects of the earthquakes were so different in both cities is that, Japan and Haiti are two very different countries in relation to their economies. Japan is a world power, while Haiti is a developing country and one of the most poor ones in America. This really affects the situation because, Haiti wasn’t prepared for sush catastrophe, it didn’t had the appropriate infraestructure neither the appropriate hospitals to attend the injured. In a country as poor as Haiti, its logical to expect such damages. In addition, as Japan is a developed country, the buildings were more strong and the services were more appropriate to treat people.
In the last 30 years there have been multiple examples of where volcanic and seismic events have had an impact on both MEDCs and LEDCs. Some of these include the 2010 earthquake in Haiti and the 2011 Japanese earthquake and the consequential tsunami. In this essay I will show how the impact of volcanic and seismic events have a greater impact on poorer countries than on richer countries. Although prevention of either a volcanic eruption or a seismic event isn’t possible, it is possible to manage them and reduce the overall impact. In theory, this is easier for MEDC’s due having more advantaged technologies and more money available to spend on monitoring the ‘danger zone’ and then warning and planning for the hazard.
Therefore something else that it depends on are the building regulations, if the buildings are built to deal with the stresses of earthquakes, then they are less likely to fall, and therefore people are less likely to be killed by the buildings. There are more high rise buildings in cities, this will create a greater risk in cities because if these buildings cannot deal with the
To show the view that the impact of earthquake hazards depends primarily on human factors, I will situate the essay around some seismic events that have previously occurred; Haiti in the Caribbean, 2010, Christchurch in New Zealand, 2011, Sichuan in China, 2008 and Indian Ocean, 2004. Monitoring and predictions can help to reduce the impacts that can arise from earthquakes. Although earthquakes are much more difficult to predict than volcanoes monitoring systems can help to identify changes which could lead to a future earthquake, though it is hard to accurately predict when the event may actually occur. The value of prediction however is
LEDCs however are more vulnerable to natural disasters such as volcanic eruption. This is attributed to a generally smaller economy and lower technological development. The amount of the provisions such as food, shelter, clothing, water, financial aid and transport provided will be insufficient to meet the demands of each affected member of the population and due to a less-developed infrastructure; the arrival-time of these resources will be much greater thus prolonging the suffering of the affected population, which in turn, will result in the increased requirement for aid, further straining the respective LEDC’s low finance-base and resources. When such resources are provided however the quality of these resources and services may be woefully inadequate to supplement the requirements of the population, located in regions affected by a volcanic eruption. LEDCs are less able to recover from the socio-economic problems such as poverty, reduced GDP, and damaged infrastructure that may have resulted from the volcanic
The number of people behind bars has grown substantially in many countries over the past 20 years.” (para. 9). Better policing can also be attributed to the decline in crime rates as evidence of the growing prison population. According to Mitchell (2010), "In Denver, 30 of the 2009 murders — almost 80 percent — have been solved, according to Mary Dulacki, records coordinator for Denver police.” Per a Denver Police spokesperson, another factor in the reduction of murders is the improvements with emergency medical treatment and services. First responders are able to save more lives than in the past (Mitchell, 2010).
The reason why those who exercise live, because they are not getting fat over time as someone would be by just sitting at the couch all day. If you are obese you have more physical and possibly metal problems than a normal weight person and the physical problems are mostly severe and can cause premature death. Just by exercising you can avoid all these horrible diseases and early death. Studies show that exercising improves memory in older people. In conclusion exercising is a proven way to decrease the risk of all these medical conditions and they should be taken action with other factors as
Using a tectonic activity you have studied, how effective was the management of the event? On 12th January 2010, at 16:53, a Magnitude 7 earthquake struck with epicentre just a short distance west of Port-au-Prince, the Haitian capital city. 3,000,000 people required aid, 230,000 died, and 1,000,000 people were made homeless. It is true to say that a M7 earthquake would cause devastation in any country, but this was particularly so in Haiti due to the poor management of the event. There are three main factors to consider when assessing the management of a tectonic event: prediction, preparation, and response.
These resources are used to portray the chronological changes in the Chinese society and how these fluctuations have impacted the suicide rates. The decade of the 1990s began with some of the highest suicide rates around the world, however, the major economic and political shifts consequently reduced the suicide rates by the year 2000. The society started getting used to the novel financial and societal model and finally began reaping the benefits. The decade of the 2000s presented some vital alterations in the model of the Chinese suicide. For example, both urban and rural suicide rates decreased, male suicide rates became higher than those of the females, and elderly suicide significantly increased.
One last earthquake was the Great San Francisco earthquake on April 18, 1906. The magnitude for this earthquake was 7.8 and was on the San Andreas fault line. Predicting earthquakes is not as hard now as it was back then, before technolog. With modern technology, scientists use the Modified Mercalli scale, the Richter scale and the Seismograph. The Modified Mercalli scale allows scientists to measure the damage of structures from the earthquakes.