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. However in some situations it isn’t the primary effects of the earthquake or eruption that have the greater impact, therefore not even MEDC’s can plan for it. For example in the 2010 Eyjafjallajokull eruption in Iceland, it was not the primary effects that caused problems, it was the ash cloud which was produced after the event. The Icelandic volcano, Ejajjallajokall, affected many people around the world, both wealthy and poor. The cloud caused problems for all over the world, which lead to most of the airspace to be closed.
Richer countries are not impacted as badly as poorer countries. This is because they generally are better prepared with a better standard of living so their building structures are higher quality and stronger in order to withstand any impacts of disasters. Their health care systems/services will be of a much higher standard. For example in the san Francisco earthquake in 1989, only 63 people were killed due to most structures being earthquake proof and are designed to absorb the vibrations. This significantly reduces the impact of an earthquake as the number of deaths and injury’s will decrease as building won’t collapse and crush people, roads will not be blocked so the emergency services can quickly get to casualties.
a) Suggest reasons why these earthquakes had such varied consequences. The earthquakes had such varied consequences because different countries can respond better then others and are more prepared for disasters. Some countries are more economically developed in such a way they are able to have earthquake resist building to this extent they don’t fall over and cause more damage to the area or kill people. Also timing is a big issue due to if an earthquake occurs at night-time most people are sleeping there are less people are out at night so this will be more save to be in your house. Countries that are more developed are usually prepared for the earthquake to occur because warnings around the area go out to make sure everyone knows that an earthquake is going to occur.
Haitis earthquake had casualties, a lot of damge, and their economy was weaker than it was. Both countries were threatened by these big earthquakes that came unexpectedly. These earthquakes could help us prepare for a possible bigger one. Japan was prepared for the big earthquake, but they did not know that the tsunami would come. “The Japan earthquake was500 times stronger than the temblor that hit Haiti in January 2010, which was followed by a catastrophic tsunami.” Japans earthquake was far more dangerous than
The one service that was damaged the most was the Northway airport – this was the effect of ‘liquefaction’ caused by the rupture transforming water saturated sediments into a liquid slurry. The population of this area is 1893 which works out as a population density of 0.1 people sq/mi. This earthquake caused no fatalities. This can be represented by using the realisation of a hazard model (figure 1) which suggests that Denali was more prepared with a lower population and a higher GDP per capita which means that investment into research and response into earthquakes is more likely, meaning the population is less vulnerable to the hazard
Tectonics events, such as volcanoes and earthquakes, happen all over the world. There are many different factors, physical and human, that can contribute towards the severity of the tectonic events, although many people believe that these events have the greatest impact on the world’s poorest people. This may be because although the impacts of these events can be managed and controlled, management may not always be available to poorer people. This may be due to the fact that management involves planning, prediction and prevention which are all high in cost. The length of time the event occurs for often determines the severity of the event and therefore the impact it has on the population of the country.
But poverty can also take a large toll as it increases a country’s vulnerability. In places like Haiti where 72.1% of the population live on less than $2 a day, and in place like Port-au-Prince
This means that not many people are exposed to the natural hazards they experience hence reducing vulnerability. The lower the vulnerability the lower the disaster risk and hence California isn’t as affected in terms of death toll. Also California’s GDP/ average household income was US$ 61,000 in the year 2011. This means they have the money to invest in things like seismic retro fitting which will increase the capacity to cope and decrease the disaster risk as not many people are affected by the earthquake due to more seismic resistant buildings and this indirectly reduces economic loss. Generally the Californian society’s capacity to cope is high and thus they are affected differently!
In addition to disruption in the national economy, a damage to private and public properties also contributed to the overall economical effects of hurricane Katrina. The economy of the country was slow down significantly due to hurricane Katrina. . Hurricane Katrina: Environmental Effects The environmental damages and threats on public health were the longest-lasting effects of hurricane Katrina. The industrial wastes, oil spills, household sewage, toxic chemicals and other hazardous pollutants had swept to the directly hit areas as well as neighboring regions.
The economy in the North was better because the South did not have a great economy at the time. The reason why the North’s economy was better than the South’s is because the north had more factories, food, soldiers, money, and rail road’s to help with the war. The South had only a few factories and rail road’s to transport their food and their soldiers. The South had a larger population and the North had a small population. Since the South had a larger population they had a bigger army.