MEDC and LEDC
Sunday 24 March 2013
Friday 1 March 2013
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Friday 22 February 2013
LEDC
LEDC-INDIA,GUJRAT,2001
India is situated on a collision margin. The Indo-Australian
and Eurasian plate collides into each other. Both of the plates can’t turn
downwards so the land where the two plates meet was forced upwards. By this
process the Himalayas were formed over the past 60 million years.celebrating
National Day, on the same day an earthquake struck at 08:46 am in Gujarat
scaled 7.7 Richter scale. Its epicenter was Bhuj; in this earthquake around
20,000 people died in first place, as the time passed the death toll increased
by approximately 30,000 and 200,000 people were injured
.Children
were the most affected by the earthquake because they have lost their lives or
have lost the family members. the two main city hospitals were full of
children. A school collapsed trapping 30 young students. Schools will
take time to work normally.
According
to the Confederation
of Indian Industries and Federation of Indian
Chambers of Commerce and Industrythe cost of reconstruction and
extensive repairs of buildings have been estimated to the tune of US$
33millions.
the
impact of this earthquake was felt in the following places Delhi,
Bombay,Jaipur, Chennai and in the town of Pondicherry in the south-east India
as well as in neighboring countires like Pakistan , Bangladesh and
Nepal. As with many large earthquakes, services like water, gas, electricity and sewerage provided through a network of underground pipes and cables were damaged when the ground flexed and moved. Broken pipes and cables led to loss of fresh water, sewerage discharges and no power in many areas. At the epicentre, in Bhuj, 95 percent of the town was left uninhabitable, with no water, electricity or shelter.
Thursday 21 February 2013
MEDC
MEDC-JAPAN
The Japan earthquake occurred on the 11th March
2011. It was the largest earthquake that they have had since records
began. It was originally measured as a 8.9 magnitude earthquake but this
was later increased to a magnitude 9.0 as more detailed readings camein from
seismographs and other equipment. This is an enormous earthquake and it is
estimated that it released 10,000 times more energy than the magnitude 6.3 one
in Christchurch, New Zealand, 17 days earlier - however energy released is
different to magnitude. They are well prepared within
10 minutes after the earthquake it had been calculated that a tsunami
had been formed and warnings were sent out using the Japan earthquake
warning system. Text messages were sent to phones, alerts appeared on
all TV channels, sirens went off and police alerted residents to the
danger. However, people had became desensitised by so many false
alarms and assumed tsunami walls could handle it, which meant that many did not
evacuate. There have been over 11,000 Japan earthquake victims
so far (as of 30/03/11), with over 17,000 still missing - many of which will
also be dead. The predicted death toll is 18,000 however this is likely to
increase.
•Within minutes of the Tsunami, Japan alerted its emergency
response teams.
•An estimated 100,000
people began the disaster relief mission.
•The Japanese Red-Cross
mobilised 230 emergency teams to the worst affected areas to provide medical
and moral support to victims.
•On 2nd April, Japan and the USA joined forces
to search for bodies along the eastern coast.
•Shelters were set up in
schools for those who lived in close proximity to the Fukishima Daiichi nuclear
power plant.
•Many NGO’s
(Non-governmental organisations) responded to the hazard. For example: Shelter
box sent 1,500 boxes of aid (Tents, Sleeping bags and bottled water) within the
first month of the disaster.
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