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January 12 2010
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In Italy it was one town, and a few villages - not a large urban area.
In China, it affected a large area and big towns, but no city.
In Haiti, in a big city like Port-au-Prince, with so
many structures coming down, the falling rubble
makes it much more likely that people will die.
Haiti, unlike China and
Italy, did not have the
resources to act quickly,
and it took time for
outside help to arrive.
The Chinese government
was able to mobilise a
military response.
Although some parts were
hard to reach the
resources they had were
very impressive.
The statistics may not be very accurate
as in Haiti at least the majority of people
were pulled out of the rubble by their
neighbours.
In Haiti the airport was
only half-functioning and
you had one road route
that took a day to travel.
The earthquake
damaged such a huge
part of the country and
affected the capital
worst of all that Haiti’s
small GDP was almost
wiped out by the cost of
repairs and rescues
Why was the impact on Haiti so
disastrous?
GDP (PPP)
Haiti
Haiti
How would the GDP of Haiti affect
its ability to survive a quake?
Haiti’s average year round temperatures in oC
The number of deaths from cholera after the earthquake
The annual rainfall of Haiti in centimetres
The date in January when the earthquake happened
The number who lost their lives in the earthquake
The number seriously injured by the earthquake
The number on the Richter scale of the earthquake
The percentage of Port-au-Prince buildings that collapsed
The % of Haitians living below the poverty line after the quake
The % of Haitians living below the poverty line before the
quake
The cost in US$ of a disease eradication programme
The number sleeping on the streets since the quake
The number of cases of cholera after the earthquake
The population of Haiti at the time of the earthquake
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12
28
33
50
80
137
8 000
200 000
250 000
600 000
1 million
10 million
2 billion
Why were the effects of the
earthquake so severe?
Consider
• Wealth
• Preparation
• Infrastructure
• Emergency services
• buildings
Looting became a
serious problem.
1.3 million Haitians
were displaced .
The Haitian tourist
industry declined.
Destruction of
Damage to the main
Dead bodies in the
Government buildings port and roads meant
streets and under
made it hard to
it was hard to deliver rubble, created a health
manage the country
and distribute aid
hazard in the heat.
and the police force
supplies
collapsed.
Displaced people
220 000 people were Eight hospitals or health
were moved into
killed and 300 000 care centres in Port-autents and temporary
were injured.
Prince were badly
shelters.
damaged or collapsed.
There were frequent Over 2 million Haitians By November 2010
power cuts.
were left without food there were outbreaks of
and water.
cholera.
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Life expectancy (2010) 62.8 years, placing Haiti in the world’s lowest 10%.
Fertility rate: 2.88 children born/woman (2013 est.)
Literacy: 53% (male 54%, female 52%) (2003)
Maternal mortality rate: 350 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)
Access to an improved drinking water source: urban 85%, rural 51%
Access to improved sanitation facility: urban 24%, rural 10%
Economic data
• GDP growth rate is recovering from the 2010 earthquake. In 2012, growth was 2.8%,
following 5.6% in 2011 and a decline of 5.4% in 2010.
 GDP - per capita (PPP in US$): $1,300 (2012 est.) – one of the lowest in the world
 GDP - composition by sector: agriculture (25%), industry (9%), services (66%) (2012
est.)
 Employment by occupation: agriculture (38.1%), industry (11.5%), services (50.4%)
(2010)
 Unemployment rate: 40.6% (2010 est. – before the earthquake). More than twothirds of the workforce does not have a formal job.
What effects do earthquakes have?