Port-au-Prince Earthquake
Ramiro Aznar Ballarin February 2010
Index • Causes • Effects and consequences • Sustainable Reconstruction? • Discussion
CAUSES
15 Km
8.3 Km
Sedimentology alluvial soils
Port-au-Prince Lake Enriquillo
Neiba Bahia
History
EFFECTS AND CONSEQUENCES
Ground shaking
Liquefaction
Local tsunami
Thousands of dead, injured and missing people
SUSTAINABLE RECONSTRUCTION?
Land-use planning and resilient buildings
Community resilience
“How do you pick up the threads of an old life? How do you go on, when in your heart you begin to understand there is no going back? There are some things time cannot mend. Some hurts that go too deep that have taken hold.�
FRODO BAGGINS, Return of the King
Prerequisite
“Haiti, with 76 per cent of its population below the poverty line, paid $60 to $80 million a year in debt service over the last decade� SASKIA SASSEN (global city theorist)
DISCUSSION
Questions • Haiti is a country prone to natural disasters (earthquakes, hurricanes…). Should people continue to live there? • Should be the model of (sustainable) development be equal for all countries and communities?