Hurricanes, floods or earthquakes cause more important damage in poor regions than in rich regions. Generally, when a natural disaster affects a region, its effects are amplified whether people are not prepared to face it.
When a earthquake happens in a poor region such as Latin America or Asian, it causes many deaths. Nevertheless, in Japan earthquakes do not cause many victims because the Japanese build their homes with strong materials and advanced constructions. Sometimes even in rich countries, like the USA, natural disasters affect with different ways depending on economic level of citizens. For instance, many of Katrina´s victims were groups of people economically disadvantaged, mostly African-Americans.
Fragile homes built in places with high risk of flood or earthquake, the non-existence of urban planning, low preparation for a possible evacuation… They are some of the factors that cause more victims when a natural disaster happens.
When a earthquake happens in a poor region such as Latin America or Asian, it causes many deaths. Nevertheless, in Japan earthquakes do not cause many victims because the Japanese build their homes with strong materials and advanced constructions. Sometimes even in rich countries, like the USA, natural disasters affect with different ways depending on economic level of citizens. For instance, many of Katrina´s victims were groups of people economically disadvantaged, mostly African-Americans.
Fragile homes built in places with high risk of flood or earthquake, the non-existence of urban planning, low preparation for a possible evacuation… They are some of the factors that cause more victims when a natural disaster happens.
