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1
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Why are the impacts high in LDCs than in MDCs?

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LDCs don’t have enough money for disaster preparation or response, e.g. they have no money to spend on training emergency teams

2
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What are buildings in LDCs like?

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They’re of poorer quality, so they’re more easily damaged

3
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How can a bad infrastructure and healthcare make the impacts more severe?

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Infrastructure - makes it more difficult for emergency services to reach affected areas
Healthcare - struggle to treat large numbers of causalities

4
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What is the economic impact like in LDCs and MDCs?

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Higher in MDCs, as the buildings and infrastructure damaged are worth a lot of money

5
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How does agriculture affect the severity of impacts?

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LDCs depend on agriculture a lot more, and its often badly affected by eruptions or tsunamis

6
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How does population affect the severity of impacts?

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More people in the area, the more people affected by a disaster

7
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What is the problem with densely populated areas such as cities?

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They have a lot of buildings, if they collapse they can pose a big risk to life, particularly during earthquakes

8
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Why can it be difficult to evacuate large numbers of people?

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Evacuation routes are often limited, e.g. if everyone in an reas tries to drive away from a volcano the roads will quickly become clogged and people will be trapped

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How can timing of a disaster affect the severity of impacts?

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It an earthquake occurs in the middle of the night most people will be asleep, so they don’t get out of buildings as quickly and more people are hurt

10
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What can happen if an earthquake occurs during winter?

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People can freeze to death before they can be rescued