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Homework. Using the disaster websites such as: Prevention web for risk profile and disaster statistics: http://www.preventionweb.net/english/countries/statistics/risk.php?iso=hti

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  1. Homework Using the disaster websites such as: • Prevention web for risk profile and disaster statistics: http://www.preventionweb.net/english/countries/statistics/risk.php?iso=hti • Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters, CRED (http://www.cred.be), for frequency, economic and human impact by disaster type and region: http://cred.be/sites/default/files/PressConference2010.pdf • List recent natural disasters for Japan and Haiti and discuss each countries capacity to deal with them. Consider location, tectonics, hurricane tracks, typhoons, tsunamis, population, economic development and the natural and built environment. • Compare risk rankings for Japan and Haiti. 3. Compare economic and human losses by disaster for Japan and Haiti. Try to explain why 2011 was the costliest year ever for natural disasters with Tohoku, Japan (2011) accounting for 55% of the total US$380 billion economic losses.

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