Flashcards
Geography
Cards in this deck (16)
- 1Plate tectonics. Sit on mantle
. Moved by convection currents
. Haiti between NA and C plate
. Moves 20mm a year - 2Political effects. 80% gov buildings damadged
. Gov insability weak and corrupt - 3SubsidenceWhen an area of land caves in. Up to 50m land reclaimed by sea
- 4Political instability. Slave revolt in 1804
. Dictatorship - corruption - 5UpliftElevation of earths surface. Coral reefs risen out of sea
- 6Natural vulnerability. Plate bounderies NA + C
. Fault line
. Island location: Hispaniola
Deforestation: 2% - 7FocusShallow depth: 10km
- 8Economical effects. Port destroyed
. Airport damaged
. Iron market destroyed
. Cost 8-14 billion - 9Earthquake processes (PSRMW)Pressure builds on fault
Stress builds
Movement caused by rupture
Waves released - 10Long term response (RRR)Recovery, rebuilding and resolution
- 11Population density. Slums
. No building code
. PAP 900,000 - 12Cultural vulnerabilityPolitical instability
Poverty
Population density - 13Poverty. Poorest country in western hemisphere
. 70% live below poverty line
. Lack of education - 14LiquefactionWhen soil loses stiffness in response to stress. Around port
- 15FissuresA long opening of breakage in earth. Round te capital and epicentre
- 16LeoganeEpicentre