Kobe is a city located in Japan that experienced a devastating earthquake in 1995. The earthquake damaged much of the city's infrastructure like roads, railways, and the port. It also destroyed many homes, forcing people to live in temporary shelters. While services were restored within months, full recovery took years as authorities worked to provide housing and rebuild damaged structures to higher earthquake standards. Even a decade later, some effects of the earthquake were still being addressed.

1. What happened to people living in Kobe?

2. Where is Kobe? Kobe is a city in Japan. Japan is in Eastern Asia and is an MEDC. Kobe is on the biggest island called Honshu.

3. Area: 551.40 km²11111 Population : 1,521,164 Density : 2759 Km2

6. After effects People were put in schools, town halls and forced to live there Winter in Japan = -2 degrees Difficulty getting aid to the areas that were worst hit. Roads destroyed Large scale problem = difficult for the government to cope

7. Transport The Hanshin express runs through Kobe. The intercity bullet train runs through the city The large modern port handles millions of tonnes of trade each year.

8. Sections of the roads built on concrete stilts collapsed. The Hanshin expressway was completely shut down. A 130km section of the bullet train had to be closed. At the port 120 (out of 150) quays were destroyed.

9. How did the authorities cope? water, electricity, gas, telephone services were fully working by July 1995 The railways were back in service by August 1995 A year after the earthquake, 80% of the port was working but the Hanshin Expressway was still closed. By January 1999, 134,000 housing units had been constructed but some people were still having to live in temporary accommodation. New laws were passed to make buildings and transport structures even more earthquake proof. More instruments were installed in the area to monitor earthquake movements

10. A decade on …