Research notes for Geography final assignment: List of major earthquakes in Haiti • 1751 Port-au-Prince earthquake (18 October): According to French historian Moreau de Saint-Méry‚ "only one masonry building had not collapsed" in Port-au-Prince‚ Haiti’s capital city. • 1770 Port-au-Prince earthquake (3 June): The city was leveled in this magnitude 7.5 quake‚ which killed over 200 people. • 1783: A strong quake partially destroyed the church in Santiago.[1] • 1842 Cap-Haitien earthquake
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2010 Haiti earthquake Date 16:53:10‚ 12 January 2010 Magnitude 7.0 Mw Depth 13 km (8.1 miles) Epicenter location 18.457°N 72.533°W Casualties 92‚000 - 230‚000 deaths (6th deadliest earthquake) Background Haiti is the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere‚ and is ranked 149th of 182 countries on the Human Development Index.The Australian government’s travel advisory site had previously expressed concerns that Haitian emergency services would be unable to cope in the event of a major disaster
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goods. While goods were constantly being produced‚ the time period known as the Industrial Revolution forever changed the production of goods. New machines and factories led to more efficient means for producing goods. With this revolutionary time period came many effects‚ both positive and negative‚ as well as responses to these effects that would eventually lead to the world as we know it today. Some effects‚ however‚ had both positive and negative impacts on the economy. For example‚ rapid industrialization
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The culture‚ poverty‚ and HIV representation in Haiti is very devastating and HIV is the main cause in Haiti based on the article titled‚ “Culture‚ Poverty‚ and HIV Transmission‚ The Case of Rural Haiti” because it is a sexual transmitted infection that creates a deadly plague among people in Haiti. Factors such as culture‚ politic and economic factors have an impact in particularly addressing HIV transmission in rural Haiti; however‚ to understand this urban epidemic. Farmer proposes that we must
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culture. As I mentioned before my parents are Haitian. In my perspective‚ the Haitian culture is very strict. There’s a joke that goes around in the young Haitian community it goes: Sel bagay timoun ayisyen konnen se lekol‚ legliz‚ ak lakay‚ epi that’s it! (For short‚ we call it the 3 L’s). It means‚ “The only places Haitian kids know is school‚ church‚ and home‚ and that’s it!” This could not be more true; that is why it’s so hilarious. They keep Haitian girls especially close. I don’t get out much
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traditions leave both mother and babies in great danger. Upon assessment‚ those of the Haitian culture are often diagnosed as high risk cases when they seek prenatal care. The concept of “high risk” or “low risk” are based on observations‚ interviews‚ and interactions with people of a particular culture or group and statistics are used to compare them with other groups or cultures before drawing a conclusion. Analysis of Haitian women point out why they are considered as high risk during childbearing ages
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Even before the Parsley Massacre migration of Haitian laborers came to work in the Dominican Republic’s thriving sugar industry. As the decades passed and modernization shifted the Dominican Economy from agriculture to service more Haitian workers remained working in less regulated jobs with fewer legal protections. For Haitian women this means finding work in Dominican households‚ and for Haitian men at Dominican construction sites. This often lead to the move of an entire family (Castles‚ 2003)
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Caribbean Basin Initiative The title is a play are words itself which alludes to the United States initiative to stimulate certain countries Caribbean economy . The CBI which is externally a imposed solution is contrasted with the initiative of individuals- in this case the Haitian people who from time to time choose the dangerous route to migration in small open boats. The poem begins with an epigraph from Mary Kingsley when the quotation creates an image of travelers in small boats‚ that it would
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The 2010 Haiti earthquake was a catastrophic disaster; the earthquake measured 7.0 on the Richter scale. Its epicenter was near the town of Léogâne‚ approximately 25 km west of Haiti’s capital‚ Port-au-Prince. The earthquake occurred on Tuesday‚ January 12th‚ 2010. By January 24th‚ at least 52 aftershocks had been recorded‚ most measuring 4.5 on the Richter scale. The ground shook vigorously for nearly two minutes. The quake caused major damage to Port-au-Prince‚ and other towns in the region. Several
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Within the Caribbean‚ three main natural disasters are hurricanes‚ earthquakes‚ floods. The great damages caused by natural disasters may be divided into two categories: social and economic and environmental. However‚ this essay will address the social and economic impact of these natural disasters on the Caribbean and how to reduce the effects of these disasters. In regards to the essay‚ Hurricanes (with special emphasis being placed on Hurricane Gilbert) and floods as well as two Caribbean territories
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