User:Opriter/Haiti Reconstruction

HAITI RECONSTRUCTION

1. /INTRODUCTION/

2. '''/MOVEMENT OF THE EARTH/ '''

2.1 Historical perspective 2.2 Theory of continental drift 2.3 Theory of plate tectonics 2.4 Plate boundaries 2.5 Plate tectonics and the earth's magnetism 2.6 Movement of the earth's crust 2.7 Changes in the shape of the crust 2.7.1 Folding 2.7.1.1 Generalities 2.7.1.2 Classification of folds 2.7.2 Faulting 2.7.2.1 Definition 2.7.2.2 Slip, heave and throw 2.7.2.3 Types of faults 2.7.2.3.1 Categories 2.7.2.3.2 Dip slip fault 2.7.2.3.2.1 Normal fault 2.7.2.3.2.2 Thrust fault 2.7.2.3.2.3 Graben fault 2.7.2.3.2.4 Horst fault 2.7.2.3.2.5 Detachment fault 2.7.2.3.2.6 Reverse fault 2.8 Formation of Earthquakes 2.8.1 Tremor 2.8.2 Definition of an earthquake 2.8.3 Theory of elastic rebound 2.8.4 Where earthquakes happen 2.8.5 Focus and Epicenter 2.8.6 Seismic waves 2.8.6.1 Primary 2.8.6.2 Secondary 2.8.6.3 Surface 2.8.6.4 Raleigh 2.8.6.5 Love 2.8.7 Richter scale 2.8.8 Mercalli scale 2.8.9 Moment magnitude scale 2.9 Frequently asked questions 2.10 World earthquakes 2.11 Earthquake prediction 2.12 Tectonic weapons 2.13 Induced seismicity

3. /GEOLOGY OF HAITI/ 3.1 Context and problems

4. /HAITI JANUARY 12TH EARTHQUAKE/

4.1 Scientific records

4.2 Modelisation

4.3 News or sequence of events of the January 12th

4.4 Blog comments

4.5 Earthquake prediction before January 12th

4.6 Haiti's catastrophic earthquakes

4.6 Why the January 12th earthquake was catastrophic?

4.7 Key facts

5. /SCIENTIFIC FOLLOW-UP/

6. /PLAN OF THE RECONSTRUCTION/

7. /EXECUTION OF THE PLAN/

8. /ANALYSIS AND CRITICISMS/

9. /PREVENTION: REGULATION AND PARASEISMIC CONSTRUCTION/

10. /CONCEPT OF RISK: MANAGEMENT OF SEISMIC RISK/

11. /DISASTER MANAGEMENT/

12./NATURAL DISASTERS:CHOLERA AND HURRICANES/

13. /NATURAl DISASTER HAZARDS/

14. /ECONOMY/

15. '''/POLITICS AND ELECTIONS/ '''