In Port-au-Prince infrastructures were severely damaged, such as buildings, power grids, and water systems by the lack of planning which resulted in the aftermath of the magnitude of the 2010 earthquake.
According to Baldridge, Lang, Marshall & Popp, Haiti’s lack infrastructure was due to an absence of planning for the event of natural disasters. “There were nonengineered buildings experienced structural failures due to a lack of engineering design considering seismic hazards, substandard and uncontrolled construction, and poor building material quality” (Baldrige, Lang, Marshall & Popp, 2011, p. 323). The authors focus on the construction planning, which requires examining the land use around Port-au-Prince and the surrounding areas, and the building materials used to construct the
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The authors do this by calculating a more specific data past the typical arrangement of closed streets damaged after the natural disaster; this article examines how the falling buildings damaged the systems of streets. This work joins chart hypothesis and GIS spatial examination to assess the diminished openness of the entire urban space. “Just like when travelling within a maze, the traditional blocked roads survey is not always capable of fully capturing the impact of the disruptions on the urban blocks at a city-wide scale” (Bono & Eugenio, 2011, p. 1443). The authors do this by investigating the inability to travel freely along the urban streets and the blockage of emergency efforts to certain areas. The author offers a strategy to measure the destruction caused by the earthquake consolidating basic chart hypothesis ideas and GIS-based spatial investigation. This evaluates how the urban space openness diminishes when the street organization is
The total value of damage and losses caused by earthquake is estimated at US$7.8 billion — US$4.3 billion represents physical damage and US$3.5 billion are economic losses — some 120 percent of the 2009 gross domestic product (GDP) of Haiti
After the shock of Hurricane Katrina slightly diminished, the Congress ordered a congressional inspection of the federally build levee system. As they dug deeper into the cause of the levee’s failure, they began to discover flaws in the actual engineering of the levees. Three of the levees that had the most prominently negative effect on the city, and ...
Kovacs, P.(2010).Reducing the Risk of Earthquake Damage in Canada: Lessons from Haiti and Chile.Toronto, ON, CAN: Institute for Catastrophic Loss Reduction,2010,3-9.
Revolutions are the worst thing for a nation 's economy, especially if the country is a non-white nation in the 19th century. The colony of Saint - Domingue (modern day Haiti) witnessed the impact that a brutal civil war can have on the nation and its inhabitants. Original a pirate outpost and later sugar plantations, the island was deemed an important trading and military post in the Caribbean. It served as a place where ships coming to and from North America could stop, resupply, and trade before heading off to their intended destinations. Eventually supplying Europe with a majority of its sugar and indigo, Haiti was the financial powerhouse that kept France strong during its turbulent revolution. Moreover, Haiti was not only an economic
An earthquake of magnitude 7.0 hit the island of Haiti on January 12, 2010, killing anywhere from 100,000 to 300,000 people, injuring another 300,000 others, and leaving over 1.5 million without homes (Fleddermann, 2012, p.116). The majority of the destruction and human toll occurred in Port au Prince, the capital city of Haiti, although the effects of the earthquake were spread throughout the island. Aside from the many people who died, were injured, or left homeless, those involved in this disaster are the Haitian government, the United Nations, civil engineers, the press, relief organizations, and the United States. Although initially perceived as simply a natural disaster, it becomes apparent through further research that the degree of loss experienced might have been lessened if certain procedures and codes were in place and followed to increase the safety and integrity of the buildings in Haiti.
The effects caused by earthquakes are devastating. They cause loss of human life and have effects on infrastructure and economy. Earthquakes can happen at any time anywhere. In January 12, 2010 an earthquake of a magnitude of 7.0 hit the nation of Haiti. An estimation of 316,000 people were killed, and more than 1.3 million Haitians were left homeless (Earthquake Information for 2010). Haiti was in a terrified chaos. After the earthquake, families were separated because many of the members were killed. Homes, schools, and hospitals were demolished. People lost their most valuable belongings. It will take time for the country to recover from this terrible disaster. The long damages are economic issues, health-state, and environmental issues that effect in the beautiful island of Haiti.
Haiti When it comes to culture, I believe it is the characteristics of a person, or a group, that makes them unique. Everyone is somehow different, and not everyone has the same beliefs. “Culture is the characteristics and knowledge of a particular group of people, encompassing language, religion, cuisine, social habits, music and arts.” (Kim Ann Zimmermann, Live Science 2017) The Republic of Haiti declared its independence against France on 1 January 1804.
With the earthquake in Haiti back in 2010 the people of many countries all banded together to provide food, support, and money for the country as it recovered. With all this assistance and provisions many expected that there would be a quick recovery however “Six months after the quake as much as 98 percent of the rubble remained uncleared.” Some of this could be chalked up to the response to the event being extremely messy, however later it was realized that out of the 6.04 billion U.S. dollars only 0.6 percent of it was actually used to provide aid for the people of Haiti, the rest of it was either used to make the individuals in the government richer or was given to non-haitian organizations. When individuals are given the freedom to become
I believe nothing could have wiped the grin off my face once the airplane finally landed in Port Au Prince, Haiti on June 1st. Everything was a blur, everyone in a hurry to get off the plane to claim their baggage and reunite with their loved ones. My family and I piled into two separate cars, one for our luggage and the other for us to ride in. There was no mistaking the cloud of excitement in the air, and the happiness radiating off of everyone in the car, especially me. Driving through Haiti is an experience like no other, on both sides of the roads are merchants dressed in floral patterns, attempting to sell their goods to those in cars, and pedestrians, all walking to some unknown destination, in between the cars were motorcycles navigating
On Thursday, September 7th, Mexico was hit with an 8.1 magnitude earthquake and experienced rough weather from Hurricane Katia. The Mexican President, Enrique Peña Nieto said it was the strongest earthquake to hit Mexico in 100 years. Over 60 people were killed, and around 50 million people felt it. Some of the most tremendous earthquakes are capable of producing tsunamis, which is exactly what happened. The earthquake led to a tsunami with waves that up to a meter/3 feet high that lasted more than 6 hours. The general manage of the Mexican Direct Relief said that it is difficult to bring relief resources and supplied to the people who were hit the hardest because of Hurricane Katia.
To many Haitian, the issue of electricity remains a serious problem for decades. According to World Bank, solely 25 per cent of the population in Haiti has energy supply (World Bank 2012). Further, the Organization states that” People often have to use candle because of poor energy supply”. The public entity responsible for distributing electricity in Haiti is Called EDH (Electricity of Haiti), operating under the Ministry of public transport and communication (MTPTC). The latter entity’s main objective is design, define and implement the policy of the Executive Power in the areas Public Works, Transport, Communications, drinking water, energy and in all other areas defined by the law (MTPTC 2007). However, many have agreed that this entity has failed to its mission. According to (Dorzilme.L, 2004), “The distribution of the electricity in the Haitian Capital has dropped from 24 hours before 1986 to 15 to 18 hours in 1990 to 1994, then to 7 to 13 hours of energy from 2007 to 2013. Actually the public demonstrations in Cayes (Southside of Haiti) to condemn the poor level
Building conditions, and low incomes that do not allow the city to improve building conditions to the level required, nor to better develop and fund disaster preparation. This proposes that a reinforcing spiral could emerge for this set of issues, where increasing population comes together with sea-level rise and a stressed economy to further damage already weak buildings, undermine efforts to improve disaster preparedness and build coastal armaments; and these, in turn, further erode the economy while sea-level rise marches on. The informal coping systems are expected to help reduce vulnerabilities to some degree for both sets of issues. Mumbai’s overall vulnerability appears to be high. While the city is relatively wealthy compared to the rest of India, and it does have an elaborate disaster management plan in
Johns Hopkins University. (2009, March). In disaster-prone areas, construction needs a new approach. Retrieved from http://phys.org/news157051992.html
Providing relief for costal disaster has always been a problem. Getting the money to pay for the property damage especially in developing nations is hard. However for developing nations it can undo years of progress. This is an even more frighting thing since natural desasters are becoming more frequent in southern Mediterranean and middle east. There was an increase from three a year in 1980 to more than 13 in 2006. The increase is not likely to stop soon and developing nations will not be able to compete with nature.
Earthquakes belong to the class of most disastrous natural hazards. They result in unexpected and tremendous earth movements. These movements results from dissemination of an enormous amount of intense energy in form of seismic waves which are detected by use of seismograms. The impact of earthquakes leaves behind several landmarks including: destruction of property, extensive disruption of services like sewer and water lines, loss of life, and causes instability in both economic and social components of the affected nation (Webcache 2).