Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Earthquakes in an MEDC
- Location- Japan
- Effects of the earthquake
- 7.2 on the richter scael
- death of many
- Made 300,000 people homeless
- killed 6,434 people
and injured over 40,000
- gas mains ruptures and
water pipes fractured
- sections of
elevated roads
collapsed
- 1,000,000 homes
had to cope without
water for 10 days
- Immediate Responses
- people searched for
people through the rubble
- Hospitals struggled to cope with the injured
- major retailers such as 7-eleven
helped provide essentials
- Motorola provided free phone calls
- Long term responses
- Buildings were re-built
- People recovered from their injuries
- water/gas pipes re-placed
- Roads were re-built
- Predict, protect and prepare
- Buildings built further apart to avoid
the domino effect in the future
- High rise buildings were built with flexible steel frames
- rubber blocks were put under
bridges to absorb shocks