Haiti earthquake 2010

In this study, the authors are analysing the effects that the earthquakes that hit the Dominican Republic (2003), Honduras (2007 and 2009) and Haiti (2010) had on gender relations, making comparisons between urban and rural areas.

On Saturday, 14 August 2021, a 7.2-magnitude earthquake struck the southern peninsula of Haiti at approximately 8:30 a.m. local time, resulting in over 2,000 deaths, thousands of injuries and significant damage from collapsed buildings and blocked roads.

Between 2012 and 2020, in response to the 2010 Earthquake and Hurricane Matthew, Haiti strengthened its national and local disaster risk management capacity and made investments to improve the resilience of its road network.

What was learned in the 11 years since the earthquake? Are disaster resilient building methods now being put to use around Haiti?

A decade of training in earthquake-resistant practices has not only been learned by attendees but passed on to a new generation and best practices are taking root.

In the aftermath of the 2010 earthquake that devastated Port-au-Prince, international NGOs had to grapple with the urban reality of natural disasters.

Haiti has been hit by drought, cholera, hurricanes, and earthquakes; a DRR and climate change adaption strategy must be implemented for the SDGs to be achieved.

Haiti continues to face difficulties following 2010 earthquake, with social and political crisis and frequent natural disasters inhibiting recovery.

While national building codes were developed in Haiti after the 2010 earthquake, many continue to build in the same risky way with low quality, unreinforced concrete.

Seven years after the earthquake, communities in Haiti have yet to adopt strong provisions to deal with seismic vulnerability. While most citizens are well aware of seismic threats, they tend to resume to bad habits, using unreliable materials in their constructions.