GEOS1002 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Rain Shadow, Gini Coefficient, Scorched Earth
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All faults in north part of carbean plate are left lateral strike- slips fault. Poor agriculture: rain shadow, mountain chains on island act as orographic barrier to trade winds, 2400mm difference between eastern and western sides. Haiti lies in (cid:494)rain shadow side(cid:495: less suitable for intensive agriculture, mountainous land, poor soils, more limestone rocks, compared to dom rep igneous rock, exhausted limited natural capital, unsustainable agricultural boom. 14 000 us marines deployed: us containment departures. Navy and coast guard surround haitian waters to block refugee. (cid:494)islanding effect(cid:495)- rich can flee, ppor stranded in disaster zone. Darfur: darfur a fine example of the (cid:494)hierarchy of causation(cid:495, multi-scalar causes and consequences. Desertification: local, half of darfur hyper-arid, the rest arid, 8 million moderate-highly food insecure, human causes, a result of overgrazing, soil degradation and salinity, exacerbated by drought, government responsibility, scorched earth. Deliberate burning of villages / forestry to create uninhabitable environment. Mass vegetation removal: expansion of settlements.
