Resources: Why was the destruction so severe?
Fault Lines
“Aftershock Mapping” Earthquake.usgs.gov.
Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI)
Griggs, Brandon. “Experts warned of Haiti earthquake risk” Cnn.com. 14 January 2010.
Mason, Betsy. “Haiti Aftershocks Will Continue for Months, Maybe Years” Wired.com. 22 January 2010.
“The Mw 7.0 Haiti Earthquake of January 12, 2010: USGS/EERI Advance Reconnaissance Team, Team Report, V.1.0.” (PDF) EERI and USGS 18 February 2010.
Building Codes
Fierro, Eduardo and Cynthia Perry. “PEER Preliminary Reconnaissance Report by Eduardo Fierro” Haiti Earthquake Clearinghouse. 23 February 2010.
“The Mw 7.0 Haiti Earthquake of January 12, 2010: USGS/EERI Advance Reconnaissance Team, Team Report, V.1.0.” (PDF) EERI and USGS 18 February 2010.
Ravilious, Kate. “Why the Haiti quake killed so many” Newscientist.com. 19 January 2010.
Watkins, Tom. “Problems with Haiti building standards outlined” Edition.cnn.com. 14 January 2010.
Construction Materials
Baldridge, Steven. “Haiti’s Poor Construction Materials” Ireport.cnn.com. 7 February 2010.
Bruemmer, Rene. “Putting Haiti back together” Montrealgazette.com. 22 May 2010.
“The Mw 7.0 Haiti Earthquake of January 12, 2010: USGS/EERI Advance Reconnaissance Team, Team Report, V.1.0.” (PDF) EERI and USGS 18 February 2010.
Munro, Margaret. “Canadian engineers offer to help ‘properly’ rebuild Haiti” Montrealgazette.com. 24 February 2010.
Ravilious, Kate. “Why the Haiti quake killed so many” Newscientist.com. 19 January 2010.
Population Density & Urbanization
“Haiti Earthquake PDNA: Assessment of damage, losses, general and sectoral needs” (PDF). Prepared by the Government of the Republic of Haiti with members of the International Community. March 2010.
“Haiti: Population Health Assessment prior to the 2010 Earthquake” (PDF) Pan American Health Organization. 21 January 2010.
Rodgers, Lucy. “Why did so many people die in Haiti’s quake?” News.bbc.co.uk. 14 February 2010.