Haiti and Japan earthquakes | Geography | A Level | MSF

Guided by the 2016 A Level Geography specifications, tectonic activity and hazards: earthquakes is a comprehensive teaching resource juxtaposing vulnerability, risk, coping capacity, impact and the disaster management cycle in two disaster hotspots: Haiti and Japan.

The Haiti earthquake (2010) and the Tōhoku, Japan earthquake and tsunami (2011) demonstrate how impact, path and duration of recovery depend on country-specific factors.

While Japan was underprepared for the earthquakes and tsunamis, Haiti was entirely unprepared. Though unleashed by natural seismic events, the tragic death toll in Haiti and the Fukushima-Daiichi Nuclear disaster in Japan could both be considered man-made.

Throughout ‘Tectonic activity and hazards’, the relationship between disaster and level of development is explored, drawing on the disaster response of MSF.

Teachers are encouraged to review and select content and activities to best match their students’ needs.

Exam specification links:

• AQA (7037) - Component 1: Physical Geography. Section Hazards
• OCR (H481) - Geographical debates – Topic 3.2 Disease dilemmas, Topic 3.5 – Hazardous Earth
• Edexcel (9GE0) – Paper 1 - Section A - Topic 1: Tectonic Processes and Hazards.
• WEJC – AS Unit 1 Section B: Tectonic Hazards and A2 Unit 4 Section A: Tectonic Hazards
• IB DP – Paper 1 – Option D: Geophysical Hazards

There are a range of exam questions from past papers at the end of each PowerPoint presentation.

Sections/Lessons

4 X PowerPoints

1. Causes Haiti and Japan earthquakes - Geography - A Level - MSF.ppt
2. Impacts Haiti and Japan earthquakes - Geography - A Level - MSF.ppt
3. Responses Haiti and Japan earthquakes - Geography - A Level - MSF.ppt
4. GIS Haiti earthquake - Geography - A Level - MSF.ppt

PDF x 1

1. Haiti and Japan earthquakes - geography - A Level - Student resource pack - MSF.PDF (12 pages)