https://padlet.com/ldobbe1/Tectonic_casestudies_2 en-us 2016-05-13 07:10:13 UTC 2016-05-19 13:53:48 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.storage.googleapis.com/portrait/crane_yellow.png ldobbe1 https://padlet.com/ldobbe1/Tectonic_casestudies_2/wish/110707052 -12 of January
- 7 on Richter scale 
- epicentre 25km from port of prince 
- focus 13 km underground
- destructive plate boundary (Caribbean and North American)

-220,000 people killed and 300,000 injured (primary)
-main port badly damaged (primary)
-roads blocked by fallen buildings (primary)
- 8 hospitals collapsed (primary) 
- government buildings destroyed 
-1000,000 housed destroyed and 2000,000 damaged (primary

- 2 million people left without food and water (secondary)
- looting became serious problem (secondary)
- government could keep control as buildings were destroyed (secondary)
- ports destroyed so no aid distribution could occur (secondary)
- dead in streets were a health hazard (secondary) 
- displaced moved into camps (secondary)
-lots of power cuts (secondary)

- crucial aid slow to arrive and be distributed (immediate)
- airport could not handle the number of aid planes (immediate)
- emergency services cleared port debris to allow the unloading of aid
-USA sent 10,000 troops and $100 million in aid,
- UN sent food aid cluster to help 2 million people

- dependants on oversea aid (long term)
- new homes needed to be built at a higher building standard wich cost lots of money that they did not have (long term )
- large scale investments would be needed to bring water, power and other services up yo standard (long term)
- investments needed to rebuild port (long term)
- 3 years later most people re homed (long term)

]]> 2016-05-13 07:17:17 UTC https://padlet.com/ldobbe1/Tectonic_casestudies_2/wish/110707052 ldobbe1 https://padlet.com/ldobbe1/Tectonic_casestudies_2/wish/110758035 - in South America 
- Nazca and South American plates pushing together 
- destructive boundaries 
- 4,000 m high and 4,500 miles long

When two plates collide the oceanic plate is forced down into the subduction zone as it is more dense . The contental plate buckles upwards as it continues to move and as it does not dink it fold ipwards

Farming:
-terraces are areas of land cut into the mountain to produce flat areas of land for farming, they  retain water and limit down ward movement 
- cash crops are sold quickly in the lower valley, it is flat and fertile land 

Hydroelectric power:
- the steep solves, glacier meltwater, narrow valleys and rapid water fall make it an I deal place to build a dam. They are a power sauce to local communities and creates more jobs in that industry and area.

Mining:
-tin minded in Peru , silver in chilli.
- cynaide sprayed and extracted with the gold
- minerals pushed to the surface and left exposed when brought up.
-supply's could become contaminated.

Tourism : 
- tracking and sing is important aspect of life, an income fir the area and job Oppotunity for the locals.

Llamas:
-they carry materials and recourse up the hills for people, also used for food, clothing 

]]> 2016-05-13 13:11:47 UTC https://padlet.com/ldobbe1/Tectonic_casestudies_2/wish/110758035 ldobbe1 https://padlet.com/ldobbe1/Tectonic_casestudies_2/wish/110762162 Magnitude 9 earthquake
- focus 24km underground 
- destructive plate boundary (Eurasia and Pacific)
-10 waves each over 10 ft tall

Primary affectes:
- shipping was disrupted due to closers and destruction of ports (primary)
-travel heavily disrupted but no damaged occurred as lines stopped after initially tremors 
-20,000 people stared in Tokyo 
-water born diseases spread through emergency camps
-15.600 deaths (65% over 60)
-46,000 buildings destroyed and 144,300 damaged
-1.5 billion homes left without water and electricity 

Secondary affects:
-agriculture damaged as seawater contaminated crops and affected then for years 
-200,000'people evacuated from a 20km exclusion zone around Fukushima and still haven't returned
-  radiation levels increase sue to Fukushima, and found in water supply's and the envioment

Immediate response:
- within 30 minuets 11 military aircraft severed the damage and made aid plans
- Japanese army moved in and clears all debris in 2days
- helicopters rescued people from roof tops 
-450,00 people in emergency shelters with poor supplies
- 91 countries offers aid

Long term responses:

-by November airports and ports were running
- December 2013 an improved warning system added 
- Japan shut down all nuclear power stations and on,y 3 out of 50 have reopened 

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