Memorials write political history our protests don’t

Memorials acquire their landscape definition from sentiment, utility and social purpose. Yes, we sadly lost 185 people during the February 22^nd 2011 earthquake and they should be remembered. It is my sincere trust that they are now in a better place and the intent of this article is in no way intended to diminish the impact of their loss on family and friends.

Yet, as far as I am aware,  none of the politicians who participated at the 22^nd memorial had family members or loved ones directly involved in the loss of lives – but they all flocked in, anyone who was ‘anyone’ was present for the Nation and the world to see. Let us not forget that the politics of memory is the political means by which an event is remembered and recorded. Memories are influenced by political and cultural forces. Genuflecting soldiers and head-hanging prime ministers laying wreaths, if you like. Attempts to commemorate loss unavoidably create a distinct political landscape. It is valuable to examine the context in which that landscape exists.

The protest organized the day before, relating to the ongoing, real and serious issues around EQC and insurer dishonesty and the huge and ongoing losses sustained by ordinary people,  was all but boycotted by the politicians. Megan Woods and Ruth Dyson from the Labour Party were there along with a couple of city councillors, but no luminaries from government or other persons who ‘mattered’ were present – no Mayor, no Earthquake Recovery Minister, no Prime Minister, no chief executive of the Insurance Council nor other Senior Ministers for that matter – no one! The selectivity of these individuals serves a political purpose – if they were not present then as far as the rest of the country and the world is concerned, the event did not happen. By their absence, they make it easier to justify their own versions over the protesting group’s claims. They also send a clear message to the protesting group. YOU ARE ON YOUR OWN.  This is how states, countries, and cities manage reputational damage on a global stage. The government represents its country to international audiences through memorial – and it provides the perfect stage – they keep alive the memories of conflict and pain for political purposes, they provide an official history, a sponsored, authorised and endorsed history on the subject – histories produced for and by a government. They create an impression of ‘caring’, ‘civilised’, ‘1^st world’ ‘honourable’ to fuel the global view of our Nation.  You have often heard it said that ‘only winners write history’.  Such events as these reveal the power relations and real agendas within a society.

To the astute observer, the strengths, weaknesses and quality of a society are demonstrated in its management of such events and the positive qualities are often mirrored in their memorialisation.  For the previous day (February 21), a large group of desperate policyholders and ordinary citizens of Christchurch and New Zealand, had invited their representatives to attend a rally – they were presented with the opportunity to offer their version of events and of being heard. The offer fell on deaf ears. The people of Christchurch were once again abandoned, left to wallow in their respective problems in the knowledge that no one is listening. There were no government responses, there is likely to be little more than rhetorical appeasement, and certainly no major political reforms or revelations. The National Media also gave the event little coverage. Very sensitive. The problems at issue, matter. The character  of the government we have, matters. Yes, the extent to which a political party and the political representatives ‘absorb’ the issues which concern the people,  or even show that they are listening, matters.   Of course, the corollary on ‘listening’ is that the listener must provide a response and so for those who have already decided what their course of non-action will be, ‘listening’ is a simply a threat to their policy.

National Government’s Failure

 

Protests are a ‘less than conventional’ form of political participation that is chosen because ‘conventional’ forms are denied or ineffective.  ‘Conventional’ forms would be things such as serious parliamentary discussion about the plight of Canterbury policyholders at the hands of not only greedy and dishonest insurance corporates but also two government entities, or perhaps the establishment of a genuine parliamentary enquiry into the actual state of affairs in respect of the many concerns.  That is democracy.

But to return to the point – We need to remember that the history of bowed heads at memorials, building monuments, putting plaques on stuff, etc, etc, all reinforce the Government position on an event.  Memories of the annual bowing of anointed heads while the whole five soldiers of our army stand to attention, will remain long after the suffering of Canterbury’s mistreated population has been buried. ……  The media have already done a sterling job of keeping the travesty out of the sight of the rest of New Zealand and for Gerry Brownlee, time cannot pass fast enough to put this travesty into history.

They really do think that it will all go away?………..One thing is certain, there will be no memorial for the thousands of families that lost their equity, homes, health and opportunity as a result of a ‘corrupt’ democracy.

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11593215

http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/regional/297062/protests-and-memorials-ahead-of-quake-anniversary

http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/business/the-rebuild/77107446/hundreds-protest-outstanding-eqc-and-insurance-claims-in-cathedral-square

Recovery fatigue – guest blog by Herman Meijburg

I have noticed that those struggling with the aftermath of the Christchurch earthquakes are having an increasingly hard time staying focused on the resolution of their claims.  It is not only my personal observation but this is substantiated in recent reports and articles published in the Press and elsewhere.  Why are there so many people in Canterbury still not doing well? Has five years been enough for Cantabrians? Are people giving up? Are Cantabrians suffering from recovery fatigue?

One thing is for sure – it has been a long wait getting to the ‘half way point’. It is fair to say that the long wait has for many been just too long. There is nothing more devastating to an individual’s motivation than ‘a wait too long’. Just like a rubber band, the long wait can stretch our resilience to a point where it’s ready to snap.

It is a fact of life that most disasters hit unexpectedly. The same goes for the Christchurch earthquakes; they took most Cantabrians by total surprise. All of a sudden widespread devastation was right in our faces, we saw buildings collapse, we witnessed how the injured and the dead were pulled out from underneath the rubble, services in disarray. Simultaneously the disaster triggered all the good-will people could muster. People stood up for each other, embraced and comforted each other; sat down and cried together. “Be strong” became the slogan in the face of adversity. And people committed to the notion of “to sticking it out” together, whatever that meant. Nationally and abroad Cantabrians were praised for their resilience (a word since often heard). And there was a firm belief amongst Cantabrians that, in the end, “everything would be alright”.

Now, after more than five years, one might ask “Where has all that resilience gone?” What is left of this initial drive and enthusiasm? Was it post-disaster euphoria?  What has happened to all our innovative ideas shared together at the beginning? Most of those ideas have not come to fruition, or have been ignored or have simply dissolved in the ether. The initial protests have also died down. The numbers of concerned citizens seems to have dwindled. Where have all the people gone? How many have simply pulled out or given up hope? Some speak of apathy. Quake jargon like ‘the rebuild’, ‘the recovery’ and ‘regenerate’ no longer tug at the strings of our imagination. Yet, according to the statistics thousands are still struggling with their insurers. Struggling Cantabrians feel isolated and in desperation have turned to social media for mutual support as the official channels do not assist them, nor solve their problems.

What are the factors that feed into why people bow out? I hear people blaming their fellow Cantabrians for their apathy. But is that a fair comment? I would like to list a few of the circumstances that might cause people to “give up”.  My thoughts on what I call “recovery fatigue” are primarily meant as food for thought and I leave it to the reader to judge their legitimacy.

In the first instance, it is a devastating experience to see your house badly damaged or even completely destroyed by the earthquakes. The loss of one’s home is for most the loss of their former life. With the earthquakes many lost their sense of place. This causes people considerable grief. Those involved in grief counselling know that in the course of time people gradually detach themselves from the actual impact, and the loss their home had on their lives. This subtle process of detachment is a way of protecting oneself from the very impact of that event. As life goes on people have had ‘to let go’ in order to accept the new normal.

It may also happen that another incident draws the attention away from the distress of initial event. The event may have caused people to lose jobs. The loss of a job makes looking for work elsewhere in the country necessary. Moving away from the place where disaster struck, not only creates a physical distance, but it also creates a distance in the psychological sense. The disaster itself is no longer in their face, emotionally it now sits at an arm’s length.  It can also be that the initial event is overshadowed by another devastating event. A family member may have become seriously ill or may have died.  And that event overrides the mayhem caused by the earthquakes as people redirect their attention to another grave situation.  Both events become “too much” to bear and people just give up. People bow out because they run out of financial resources. There are many stories of people who have had to accept a cash settlement, because they could no longer keep paying the rates, mortgage on their destroyed homes, while, at the same time, having to pay for alternative accommodation. This is a financial burden too big to bear.

After the earthquakes some affected Cantabrians were offered accommodation by generous friends or families. Of course this was meant as a temporary solution until the underlying issues were resolved. But as time dragged on, the generosity of family and friends may sometimes wear thin. They too want to carry on with their lives. Consequently the affected have had to look for alternative solutions, which are not always readily available. Some have even ended up ’living rough’ on the City streets.

The collapse of the social infrastructure in earthquake affected areas has deprived people of their community surroundings and amenities upon which they once relied. Services collapsed, schools and shops closed down. As neighbors (who once supported each other) began to move away, those who remained became even more isolated and deprived of the support of those who would have otherwise helped them ‘get through’.

As people age while waiting for a resolution, ageing itself can eat away at one’s resilience. The urgency of a proper resolution becomes even greater as one ages – because time feels as though it is running out for those who are in their later years. Urgency for resolution at the age of seventy, may be quite differently experienced from the way that urgency is experienced when one is edging toward 80. At that age people may have given up hope of seeing any immediate change in their situation. They may have different things on their mind and their priorities are reset. Many simply die waiting.

Nothing can have a more devastating effect on one’s motivation than the struggle that comes with not being fairly heard nor respectfully treated. One does not have to be an expert to understand the extent of the damage to one’s house. Most owners know the history of their properties well and are often well aware of the seriousness of the damage. The constant flow of expert reports, the reassessments of earlier assessments, the constant shift in costings, extended discussions between the insurers and strings of experts about whether or not the property is “over the cap” or “under cap” has driven many Cantabrians to the edge. Many feel exhausted by the delays this expert reporting process causes and many people find themselves in the position of having to constantly defend the degree of the damage their home has sustained over and against loss adjusters who see only historic or cosmetic damage – refusing to delve into the structural issues at hand. People have to seek legal action to get their issues properly addressed, driving up the costs for the homeowner. In a way it is as shocking as it is ironic that having disregarded earlier warnings and protests, EQC and the insurers now have to revisit thousands of homes to reassess and repair their shoddy repairs. This stretches the resilience of those affected even further, as their wait is extended potentially for another one or two more years. Many simply bow out, take a settlement and sell up to cover costs.

This tragic mis-alignment of expectations in Canterbury has led to serious disappointment amongst its residents. The lack of leadership regarding the recovery, the infighting between those in authority, between local and national government, the approach of the insurance industry to this disaster, the interference of CERA, the lack of a cohesive recovery plan based on the input by citizens, the way flooding issues have or rather have not been addressed, the handling of the people in the Red zone  and the manner in which the reinstatement of many homes and businesses was executed, have seriously fallen short of what people in Canterbury ever expected. The responses to all those issues mentioned and the decisions made by the authorities responsible for the follow up were never clear-cut, but instead ambiguous and always left one with the feeling that they were serving another agenda other than the one of relating to affected citizens. This mismatch of expectations has been very exhausting and tiring, wearing people down. This no doubt drained the resilience of many Cantabrians over the past five years.

For the reasons noted above- social media began to play an increasingly important role. Not only could people blow off steam and get rid of their frustrations, but they felt that they were ‘heard’ and responded to. They discovered and became part of an online community that cared by sharing. No wonder social media has played an important, if not a critical role in helping Cantabrians deal with the complexities of quake recovery. Social media has filled the hole left by main stream media and earthquake recovery authorities.

Over time the recovery for many Cantabrians has become an ever moving target. That too is exhausting………no wonder people give up. Is it any surprise people accept settlements that leave them out of pocket?  Others blame them for their apathy, but I for one, have come to understand this recovery fatigue many Cantabrians suffer from.

http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/business/the-rebuild/75695724/social-media-helps-isolated-cantabs-deal-with-quake-recovery

http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/business/the-rebuild/75682640/eqc-has-about-5500-shoddily-repaired-homes-to-fix

http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/business/the-rebuild/73514189/Survey-finds-poor-satisfaction-rate-with-EQC

http://www.stuff.co.nz/business/71419970/Six-out-of-seven-IAG-repairs-found-to-be-deficient-in-Govt-investigation

http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/business/the-rebuild/75918534/government-remains-happy-with-eqc-home-repair-programme

http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/regional/294612/suicide-related-calls-rise-in-canterbury

http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/75900337/whats-the-word-for-2016-another-year-in-the-christchurch-recovery

http://www.stuff.co.nz/business/money/74439864/southern-response-classified-struggling-customers-as-stoic-or-downhearted

http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/74751713/Redcliffs-reflects-on-a-broken-promise

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cantabrians begin to tell the world…

How long did the New Zealand Government and the private insurance industry think it would take before Cantabrians began to publicize their plight internationally. 2016 will see a resurgence of activity from the affected population.

 

http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/business/the-rebuild/69310952/christchurch-homeowner-to-lead-iag-class-action

https://www.change.org/p/iag-insurance-a-class-action-lawsuit-will-result-if-you-continue-to-mistreat-your-customers-and-this-will-affect-your-state-insurance-nzi-ami-and-lumley-brands-and-your-future-in-new-zealand-and-australia?recruiter=47938498&utm_campaign=signature_receipt_twitter_dialog&utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=share_petition

Self Regulation and the art of navel gazing…

I couldn’t let the news which appeared earlier this week go by without further comment. I am of course referring to the Insurance Council’s recent announcement regarding their new ‘Fair Insurance Code’. (See http://www.icnz.org.nz/new-fair-insurance-code-sets-high-benchmark-for-general-insurance-industry-self-regulation/).

The fair insurance code is “a set of principles that aim to improve the standard of practice and service that member companies provide to their customers.” (http://www.icnz.org.nz/for-consumers/your-rights/fair-insurance-code/). This new code came into effect on the 1^st January 2016 and itself purports to be self-regulating i.e. controlled and excised independently of governmental supervision.

“Self Regulation” is a franchise granted by government to some professional bodies to permit them to regulate the activities of their members within certain parameters and guidelines.  Engineering, Law and Medicine are typical examples.   Provided these professions keep their heads down and operate in a reasonably tranquil fashion, then the government of the day feels that it has no need to step in and manage these professions itself.  It’s a very convenient arrangement for government, often justified on the grounds of less cost to the taxpayer, but actually it is a very convenient position for government as even though these professions will often institute government “policy” (as their leaders are always pretty close to government), the government is always ‘one step removed’ from the actual decision. If there is adverse public reaction, then the Government can be seen to ‘step in’ and ‘correct’ the decision.

The insurance industry in New Zealand is such a self-regulating entity. Insurance generally in New Zealand falls under the auspices of the Insurance (Prudential Supervision) Act 2010 and is administered by the Reserve Bank for the purposes of (a) promoting the maintenance of a sound and efficient insurance sector; and (b) promoting public confidence in the insurance sector.

The Act applies to all insurers and includes a licensing system for insurers, based on meeting the Act’s prudential requirements including the prescribed jurisdictions for home/host regulatory recognition and other provisions; reassessment requirements for fit and proper certification; and matters relating to the disclosure of overseas policyholder preference etc. (See http://www.rbnz.govt.nz/regulation_and_supervision/insurers/regulation/)

The ‘consumer protection’ aspect is undertaken by the Financial Markets Authority and the Commerce Commission. (See http://www.rbnz.govt.nz/regulation_and_supervision/insurers/supervision/5045732.pdf).

As we have experienced in Christchurch these past five years, either the industry is exempt from the franchise of  self-regulation  or what has happened in Christchurch is government policy. Has anyone heard anything from the Financial Markets Authority or Commerce Commission relating to the protection of consumers in the last five years? I certainly have not.

Self-regulation was inspired by a broad-minded trend for economic liberalism and profit maximization, it  emerged in the vast majority of developed countries and is alleged to be  based on codes of conduct, codes of best practice, governance guidelines and reports. The emphasis is on `freedom, independence & autonomy’ with no or less government/state interference – sometimes a very convenient place for governments to sit.

But no freedom is unrestricted unless controlled  by ‘accountability’. We saw where that took us in 2001 – the Enron scandal, which precipitated a chain reaction of scandals and a domino effect – WorldCom, Sunbeam, Waste Management, Xerox, Qwest, Global Crossing, Tyco, Adelphia, Parmalat, and Ahold, AIG. It became obvious that the self-regulatory framework was not sufficient enough to protect companies, investors and/or employees. Mis-goverance by corporates led to the introduction of the ‘too big to fail’ convenience for international banks, who were ‘bailed-out’ with taxpayer money.  The effect of mis-governance in any corporation initiates chains of unfortunate events affecting the entire economy.  For self-regulation to be effective, it needs to be properly integrated into the overall regulatory framework – that is, it needs to dovetail with the law and the regulator’s policies and include regular direct oversight of the activities of the ‘profession’.

The insurance industry dispute resolution schemes, such as the insurance ombudsman together with  codes of conduct such as the Fair Insurance Code, involve a form of regulation where substantial industry-level involvement in the development or implementation of the regulation is involved, and where the regulatory arrangement is adopted and funded by industry.

There are major problems with this model.  It is understandable that a government regulatory authority might rely on self-regulatory schemes to cover day-to-day complaints, discipline and industry issues that it may not have the capacity to deal with, but if the self-regulatory scheme is inconsistent with the underlying principles of the overall regulatory framework, or does not operate within the parameters of that framework, then what is the role of the regulator? Why is it that we have not heard sight nor sound of the regulators in New Zealand over the past five years? How many complaints has the Commerce Commission had in relation to insurance issues in Canterbury these past five years? More than a few that I know of.

If the regulator fails to lay down the law, then the fundamental purpose to be served by self-regulation is defeated (or perhaps successfully used by government to operate policy, if one wishes to be cynical) and consumer welfare is compromised usually to the benefit of some corporate. I  argue that this is exactly what has taken place in Christchurch.

If self-regulation is to exist effectively, it requires strenuous and active accountability mechanisms. Changing the words of the Fair Insurance Code and ‘setting and forgetting’ is not a viable answer to the problems we have been experiencing. If there is no accountability in place – and it seems there is not,  then self-regulation is totally ineffective, unless there is some ulterior motive.

Certainly,   self-regulation has the potential to be more flexible and less costly for businesses and consumers than direct government involvement – but my bet is that if you were to ask most insurance affected Cantabrians they would rather pay a bit more in regulation costs than spend five years of their lives fighting for their entitlement under their insurance policies.

What we have experienced is totally ineffective and inefficient regulation, and completely inadequate compliance monitoring and enforcement. Interesting isn’t it that changes to the Fair Insurance Code come after the majority of the insurance profits have been made. The Fair Insurance Code could have been addressed three years ago!

Self-regulation after what we have just been through, lacks any credibility and has destroyed  a large degree of public confidence. It certainly shows a lack of effective enforceability. In my opinion it is fair to say that it has become subject to “regulatory capture” in that it only serves the interests of the self-regulator. It is merely a fair-weather regulation not capable of standing up to the real tough times. There remain massive conflicts of interest between the aims of industry members and self-regulatory objectives. But then of course the Government is fully aware of this fact.

For self- regulation to be effective, the New Zealand Insurance Council must be able to harness the common interest and enlist the support and input of other stakeholders such as relevant government agencies and consumer organisations, and manage the self-regulatory scheme transparently. I do not believe we have seen this happen. There should be regular and independent review for efficiency and effectiveness. This has not happened.

Community cynicism regarding both the government and the inability of the insurance industry regulating itself will undoubtedly have led to a distrust of self-regulatory schemes unless it can show itself to operate effectively, transparently and produce confidence amongst consumers. A  regulator is required to provide timely intervention where self-regulation is not working. This certainly has not happened in Christchurch.

Codes are not always the most appropriate response to a problem – the Fair Insurance Code has failed Cantabrians. A good regulatory outcome (whether legislated or self-regulated) is dependent upon the Government, industry and consumers being prepared to truly follow the rules  and thus adapt the regulatory structure.

I don’t see this as having happened. The Fair Insurance Code remains a nebulous ineffective document. Just another dodgy bit of window dressing by the industry.

Was it just a failure by a regulatory authority, overlooked by a Government department, or it was intentional support of corporates by the government?   Government departments don’t ‘overlook’ regulatory failures.  Ministers decide what will or won’t be done!

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The Latest Exciting Research from Canterbury Earthquakes 2015

Thanks again to those who submitted titles.

[PDF] For the people, by the minister: Ministerial interventions in subnational, elected bodies and a principled approach to their future application, L Hardcastle – 2015

… In 2012, Christchurch City Council requested a Crown observer to assist with post-earthquake … 59 Ben Heather “Council observer to meet councillors” The Press (online ed, Christchurch, 30 January … 60 Nick Smith “Crown Observer to assist ChCh City Council” (press release, 27 …

Why do the design stage elemental cost plan and final tender sum differ in New Zealand?, JK Adafin, JOB Rotimi, SJ Wilkinson, GD Holt – Journal of Financial Management of …, 2015

… For example, the Christchurch City Council [CCC] (2011) explained that a contingency sum of NZ$192 million was added as a lump sum to the base estimates submitted as the expected or most likely cost for the Christchurch (a New Zealand city) infrastructure rebuild. …

Quake City, S Mazer – Performance Research, 2015

… Christchurch, New Zealand. Quake City – Christchurch’s Earthquake Attraction was built by the Canterbury Museum. … Christchurch, New Zealand. Quake City – Christchurch’s Earthquake Attraction was built by the Canterbury Museum. …

[DOC] Vote Canterbury Earthquake Recovery, My Appropriations – Policy

… 2,684, 2,684. Christchurch Convention Centre – Operating This category is limited to the development of the Christchurch Convention Centre. -, 3,223, 3,223. Earthquake Memorial – Operating This category is limited to the development of the Canterbury Earthquake Memorial. …

[PDF] Resourcing the Canterbury Rebuild, AY Chang-Richards, S Wilkinson, E Seville… – 2015

… of New Zealand (BRANZ), the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) and the Earthquake Commission (EQC). The research team would like to thank Tze-Man Amanda … in Christchurch. Page 7. 1 | Page 1. Introduction This study examines: … 

Probabilistic assessment of increased flooding vulnerability in Christchurch city after the Canterbury 2010-2011 Earthquake Sequence, New Zealand, F Cavalieri, P Franchin, SY Ko, S Giovinazzi, DE Hart – 2015

Major earthquakes can extensively transform the above and below ground natural and built environments of cities, leading to decreased drainage system capacity and, ultimately, to Increased Flooding Vulnerability (IFV). This has been the case for Christchurch city in New …

Interim Housing Provision Following Earthquake Disaster, R Potangaroa – 2015

… actual times (rather than the planned ones) allowed for earthquake disaster responses. For example, the 22 Feb 2011 Christchurch Earthquake based on a response time of around 3 months would suggest the following timeline: …  

Towards integrated person-centred healthcare–the Canterbury journey, C Gullery, G Hamilton – Future Hospital Journal, 2015

… Oughton D. Ellis S. Wakelin B. Rubin C. McLean I. , Oughton D, Ellis S, Wakelin B, Rubin C. Review of the Civil Defence Emergency Management response to the 22 February Christchurch earthquake. Wellington: Civil Defence and Emergency Management, 2012. …

Natural disasters and dialysis care in the Asia‐Pacific, NA Gray, M Wolley, A Liew, M Nakayama – Nephrology, 2015

… 12-16 , the Tangshan earthquake in 1976 17 , and the Christchurch earthquake in 2011 18 . … is common. Following the 2011 Christchurch earthquake, all 42 haemodialysis patients in the city were transferred to other regions 18 . After the Great Tohoku earthquake, 10,906 …

Assisting Children Caught in Disasters: Resources and Suggestions for Practitioners, J Szente – Early Childhood Education Journal

… 1002. Johnson, VA, & Ronan, KR (2014). Classroom responses of New Zealand school teachers following the 2011 Christchurch earthquake. Natural Hazards, 72, 1075–1092.CrossRef. Karairmak, O., & Aydin, G. (2008). Reducing …  

Defence: Striking the right balance, G Brownlee – New Zealand International Review, 2015

… The Defence Force has also been called upon to respond to natural and environmental dis- asters in New Zealand like the Christchurch Earthquake, the grounding of the MV Rena and subsequent oil spill off the coast of Tauranga and numerous calamities in the Pacific ranging …

[PDF] Review: Animals in Emergencies: Learning from the Christchurch Earthquakes by Annie Potts and Donelle Gadenne, Christchurch, New Zealand: Canterbury …, M Bekoff – Animal Studies Journal, 2015

… The second part of the book titled ‘Animal Earthquake Stories’ focuses on stories of survival and love and loss. … testament to the bravery and resilience of the animals and people of Christchurch and its environs, and a tribute to those who protected, sheltered and cared for the …

Urbanisation and earthquake disturbance influence microbial nutrient limitation in streams, ER Moffett, KS Simon, JS Harding – Freshwater Biology, 2015

… skewed the data. Sites in Christchurch affected by earthquake disturbance were excluded when relating population density to biofilm responses to avoid confounding effects of earthquake disturbance. Data were log-transformed … 

Post-disaster infrastructure restoration: A comparison of events for future planning, C Zorn, AY Shamseldin – International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 2015

… Also W: Tochigi G: Chiba and Kanagawa prefectures. E, W, G, T, 2011 Christchurch Earthquake [80], Mobile Telecommunications. E, W, T, 2010 Maule Earthquake [20], E: Talca, Constitutión, Talcahuano, Concepción. W: Talcahuano, Concepción. …

Disaster Preparedness for Children and Families: a Critical Review, KR Ronan, E Alisic, B Towers, VA Johnson… – Current Psychiatry Reports, 2015

… Following the Japanese earthquake and tsunami in 2011, an- ecdotal evidence suggests that effective planning and pre- paredness played a key role in … 7 Falling and tripping were the most common causes of injury after the two major 2010–11 Christchurch earthquakes [10]. … 

A surface seismic approach to liquefaction, S Castellaro, R Panzeri, F Mesiti, L Bertello – Soil Dynamics and Earthquake …, 2015

… Please enable JavaScript to use all the features on this page. Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering. Volume 77, October 2015, Pages 35–46. … 1. Examples of soil liquefaction observed after the May 20, 2012, M L =5.9 earthquake (epicenter indicated by the yellow dot). … 

Engaging pet owners in disaster risk and preparedness communications: simplifying complex human–animal relations with archetypes, J Trigg, K Thompson, B Smith, P Bennett – Environmental Hazards, 2015

… 83. New Zealand Police. (2012). List of deceased. Retrieved November 5, 2013, from http://www.police.govt.nz/major-events/previous-major-events/christchurch-earthquake/ list-deceased View all references). Importantly, people … 

The No-Nonsense Guide To Earthquake Safety (Enhanced Edition), J Sims – 2015

… destruction. The 2011 earthquake in Christchurch, New Zealand was recorded as a 6.3 magnitude seismic event. The quake caused between some $30 and $40 billion in damages, and resulted in an estimated 185 deaths. …  

The disaster flood experience: Older people’s poetic voices of resilience, E Miller, L Brockie – Journal of Aging Studies, 2015

… More recently, Heppenstall, Wilkinson, Hanger, Dhanak, and Keeling (2013) qualitatively explored older adults (n = 50) and their informal caregivers (n = 34) experience of emergency evacuation during the 2011 Christchurch (New Zealand) earthquake. …

The impact of the Canterbury earthquakes on prescribing for mental health, B Beaglehole, C Bell, C Frampton, G Hamilton… – Australian and New Zealand …, 2015

… Psychiatrists 2015. Previous Section. References. ↵: Ardagh MW,; Richardson SK,; Robinson V,; et al. . (2012) The initial health-system response to the earthquake in Christchurch, New Zealand, in February, 2011. Lancet 379: 2109–2115. … 

[PDF] Regional Differences and Similarities in the Personality of New Zealanders, LM Greaves, LJ Cowie, G Fraser, E Muriwai, Y Huang… – New Zealand Journal of …, 2015

… Lara M. Greaves, Lucy J. Cowie, Gloria Fraser, Emerald Muriwai, Yanshu Huang, Petar Milojev, Danny Osborne, Chris G. Sibley University of Auckland, Auckland Marco Zdrenka University of Canterbury, Christchurch Joseph Bulbulia, Marc S. Wilson, James H. Liu, Andrew … 

Thinking ahead: design-directed research in a city which experienced fifty years of sea level change overnight, N Copley, J Bowring, M Abbott – Journal of Landscape Architecture, 2015

… 12 June 2015. Figure 1 The residential red zone located within the urban context of Christchurch city (based on imagery from the Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority). … context of Christchurch city (based on imagery from the Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority). …

Capacity gaps in post disaster construction & demolition waste management, G Karunasena, D Amaratunga, D Thomson… – Engineering, Construction …, 2015

… considered to be a grave consequence of disasters (USEPA, 1995; 2008; FEMA, 2007). Shibata et al (2012) highlighted that the Great East Japan earthquake and tsunami,which … kilogramswhich is equivalent to 14 years of waste generation. The Haiti earthquake in 2010, …

[PDF] New Zealand: The Christchurch Earthquake/Heritage at Risk, M O’Keeffe, I Lochhead, IN Zealand – Heritage at Risk, 2015

Christchurch is the largest city in New Zealand’s South Island. The city was founded in 1848 by British settlers. It is built on a wide alluvial plain, beside two rivers. Christchurch is noted for its architectural heritage, including a large stock of gothic revival stone buildings dating …

[PDF] New Zealand: The Christchurch Earthquake of February 2011, J May – Heritage at Risk, 2015

The city of Christchurch has been rocked by a major earthquake (magnitude 6.3) on last Tuesday, 22 February 2011, half a year after the 7.1 earthquake of 4 September 2010. Besides the serious casualties, the toll on heritage is to be high. It appears that there is …

2 Pleasures Small and Large, RE Rinehart – Sport and the Social Significance of Pleasure, 2015

… Western capitalistic expectations of shops. It is ‘part shop, part art installation, part joke, and part flight of fancy’. It is a contemporary ‘pleasure’project, meant for an earthquake-traumatized Christchurch. But through it, according to …

Third-Sector Organizations, Population Dynamics, and Changing Vulnerabilities Following the 2011 Earthquake in Christchurch, New Zealand, NS Hutton, GA Tobin, LM Whiteford – Papers in Applied Geography, 2015

Communities and individuals rely on third-sector organizations (TSOs) following natural disasters to complement formal government recovery activities by providing targeted support. In this way, TSOs can fulfill important niche roles, but the picture becomes …

Bridging the emergency relief and long-term development gap, S Fitzmaurice – 2015

… provincial and national governments. Similarly, the response to the Christchurch earthquake from 2011 engaged in transitional approaches to allow sufficient time to engage communities and for long-term government planning. …  

[PDF] Resilience and Recovery: Business Behaviour Following the Canterbury Earthquakes, E Seville, JR Stevenson, J Vargo, C Brown…

… Page 7. 7 References CCC. (2011). Christchurch Earthquake Response: Liquefaction. Frequently Asked Questions. Christchurch, NZ. … Lifelines Performance and Management Following the 22 February 2011 Christchurch Earthquake, New Zealand: Highlights of Resilience. … 

Building children and young people’s resilience: Lessons from Psychology, R Brown – International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 2015

… In New Zealand students, farmers and community groups delivered food and water, shovelled silt from roads and gardens and provided social support and even toys after a major earthquake in Christchurch in 2011 ([69], Kenney and Phibbs 2014). … 

Leadership in times of crisis: Dispositional, relational and contextual factors influencing school principals’ actions, C Mutch – International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 2015

… 6.1. Response. The 7.1 September 4 2010 earthquake was centred 40 km to the west of Christchurch city. It happened at 4.35am on a Saturday morning. In the days and weeks that followed, when regular school was suspended … 

The Environment-Friendly Architecture Come Through Wooden Architecture, F Lembo, FPR Marino – 2nd International Congress on Energy Efficiency and …, 2015

… This new material can be combined with new structural earthquake-resistant moment resistant timber frame with post tensioning and … of Basilicata University and by Department of Civil and Natural Resources Engineering of University of Cambridge, Christchurch, New Zealand …

[PDF] Social Enterprise in New Zealand: An Overview, SGS GRANT

… As noted elsewhere in this report, redevelopment efforts in Christchurch have provided opportunities for many new social enterprises. … This shortage is not related to the Christchurch earthquakes, but remains a key social challenge for New Zealand. Page 9. 9 … 

[PDF] Land valuation: a key tool for disaster risk management, D Mitchell, M Myers, D Grant – Land Tenure Journal, 2015

… The relative property values across Christchurch were permanently altered by factors such as the geotechnical classification of soils regarding their suitability for building foundations, and the compliance of building structures with earthquake codes (and the resulting ability to … 

[HTML] Youth participation at the Third UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction, L Cumiskey, T Hoang, S Suzuki, C Pettigrew… – International Journal of …, 2015

… (2) Youth Beyond Disasters, Christchurch, 8013, New Zealand. (3) Water Youth Network, 92000 Nanterre, France. (4) Marine and … Other Japanese-led events included “DRR Gaming,” organized by local high-school students, and “Drama of the Great East Japan Earthquake.”. …

[DOC] Access to Justice for Beneficiaries, K Morton, C Gray, A Heins, S Carswell, AN Zealand

… Community Law Canterbury PO Box 2912, Christchurch 8140 Aotearoa New Zealand. … Grants (including Food Grants, Steps to Freedom and Funeral Grant), Advance Payment of Benefit, Training Incentive Allowance, Accommodation Supplement and earthquake related grants. …  

[PDF] Weed Control Methods in the Transitional City, G Barbour, H Gemuh, J Lochhead – 2015

… Initially a cordon was placed around it which was later removed as the post- earthquake clean up started. This clean-up involved heavy machinery that was brought in from various areas outside of Christchurch. Along with this machinery came various seeds that had …  

[PDF] From Prim to Punk: The Successfully Altered Marketing Image of Christchurch City Post-Disaster, LJ Kenix

… independent artistry. _____ Key words: Tourism, space, media, Christchurch, earthquake, marketing, authenticity, participation. Page 2. … 

[PDF] Rejuvenating Linwood Park through Placemaking, A Wright-Taylor, E Newsome, M Chitondo, K Kienja

… needs and wants first, and acknowledging individual differences within and between communities. In post-earthquake Christchurch, there is ample chance to apply placemaking methods. This project worked with different groups in the Linwood community to identify …

‘Rich’and ‘Poor’Schools Revisited, L Gordon – New Zealand Journal of Educational Studies, 2015

… Since the Christchurch earthquakes it has grown and prospered, with several new subdivisions and increased commercial activity. … school, which was summarily closed at the end of 2013 and merged with the high school, in what was touted as an earthquake-related measure …

A Sex Disparity Among Earthquake Victims, M Ardagh, S Standring, JM Deely, D Johnston… – Disaster Medicine and Public …

… Open Access; Pay-per-View Access; Subscription Access. Home; >; Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness; >; FirstView Articles; >; A Sex Disparity Among Earthquake VictimsA Sex Disparity Among Earthquake Victims.

The Disaster Profiteers: How Natural Disasters Make the Rich Richer and the Poor Even Poorer, JC Mutter – 2015

[DOC] Permission to experiment, the right to fail, and the opportunity to succeed: The role of temporary use in building resilient cities, S Vallance

… Collaborative Anthropologies, 1, pp. 1-32. Te Ara (nd) Historic Earthquakes, The 2011 Christchurch earthquake and other recent earthquakes, p. 13. http://www.teara. govt.nz/en/historic-earthquakes/page-13. Thorns, D. (2002). …

Social Media Benefits and Risks in Earthquake Events, H McLean – 2015

… 2013, p. 19). Hashtags are quickly formulated to spread information. For example, within minutes of the 2011 Christchurch, New Zealand, earthquake, the hashtags #eqnz and #chch helped to share images and videos of the damage (Edmond 2013). … 

Lessons from post-earthquake Canterbury, S Vallance – The Routledge Handbook of Planning for Health and …, 2015

… But then, six months later, a 6.8 magnitude earthquake occurred almost directly under the city of Christchurch. … stuff. co. nz/national/christchurch-earthquake/4711189/Tuesday-quake-no- aftershock www. ccc. govt. nz/homeliving/civildefence/chchearthquake/ShareAnIdea. … 

Earthquake Risk Mitigation of Lifelines and Critical Facilities, K Pitilakis, S Argyroudis – 2015

… In case of strong earthquake motions, their physical damages and the consequent disruption of the services they provide may contribute seriously to the … in several cases to 10 %, 15 %, or even more in some extreme cases (eg, the water system in Christchurch, New Zealand) of …

[PDF] ‘Is a funeral a right?’Exploring indigent funerals from social work perspectives, P Thompson, P Yeung

… Recently, $10,000 was also granted to Christchurch earthquake victims (Christchurch earth- quake, 2011). Only the homicide grant is sufficient to pay average funeral costs. … Social Work, 52(4), 331-339. Christchurch earthquake: Latest news – Wednesday. (2011, 2 March). …

Descriptions of coping with commonly occurring events by highly self-regulated boys living in earthquake-affected Christchurch, SH Gillman – 2015

Children are often overlooked in the aftermath of a natural disaster, and children’s use of coping strategies plays an important part in their post-disaster adaptation (Vernberg, La Greca, Silverman, & Prinstein, 1996). The aim of this qualitative study was to explore the …

[PDF] Reallocating Children’s Time: Coping Strategies after the 2010 Haiti Earthquake, R Novella, C Zanuso – 2015

… 10 Page 11. dramatic for Haiti (Cavallo et al. 2010). For instance, an earthquake of the same magnitude hit Christchurch, New Zealand’s second-largest city, that same year with no fatalities (see the case of Chile for a stronger earthquake in 2010). …

[HTML] A Framework for Managing Post-disaster Housing Reconstruction, AA Bilau, E Witt, I Lill – Procedia Economics and Finance, 2015

… 26–32. Gharaati and Davidson, 2008; Gharaati, M., Davidson, C., 2008. Who Knows Best? An Overview of Reconstruction after the Earthquake in Bam, Iran.In: Proceedings ofthe 4 th International i-Rec Conference, University of Canterbury. Christchurch, New Zealand. … 

Built to last, O Poland – 2015

… challenged” in the design phase, the new Haywards facility hasn’t been impacted by subsequent earthquakes in Christchurch and Wellington. … that Transpower rewrite the Haywards evacuation procedure which advises staff to leave the building in the event of an earthquake. …

 

 

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Letter to Andrew Little and the Labour Party

The Chalice – brushed Indian Ink by Sarah Miles

Dear Andrew,

Christchurch Earthquake 2010-2012 – Bipartisan agreement.

Firstly, may I belatedly congratulate you on your election to leader of the Labour Party which has of course raised new hope amongst the affected population here is Christchurch.  I know that many Cantabrians feel that it is a just outcome which recognises your many years of service and Cantabrians look forward to a less divided effort from the Party as a result of your leadership.

The purpose of my letter is to solicit your view regarding the ‘bipartisan agreement’ which I understand was entered into by Labour and the National Government at the time of the 2010 first Canterbury earthquake and specifically, whether it is still in effect? I wrote on this topic some time ago, please refer to https://thechristchurchfiasco.wordpress.com/2013/03/25/why-a-bipartisan-approach-to-disaster-recovery-is-not-working-for-Christchurch/

The people of this region, many of whom continue to suffer considerable hardship from government decisions and inaction regarding insurer abuses, etc., see little effective opposition to the policies and corporate-driven agendas of the current Government of the National Party in respect of the arguably blatant abuses which continue daily in Christchurch.  These are typically perpetrated by government agencies such as EQC and Southern Response among other corporate entities (insurers).

Take for instance the recent decision by the Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Minister, Gerry Brownlee, who has announced a process to give the public a say on the Crown offers to owners of vacant, commercial/industrial and uninsured properties in the Residential Red Zone. This, despite that fact that a legal challenge by the Quake Outcasts group led to the Supreme Court directing CERA to make an offer to the owners of bare and uninsured land. Rather than make a Court ordered decision, the Government has decided to leave the decision to the tax paying public. (See http://cera.govt.nz/news/2015/new-process-for-red-zone-crown-offers-21-april-2015).

I know that you will be aware that Bi-partisan agreements are not good strategies for effective democracy.  I ask if Labour’s opposition possibilities continue to be limited by this agreement, and if so, is it not time some four years after the event, to jettison this accord and commence reviewing the actuality of events in Christchurch as an opposition party?  This would be preferable than to allow the inaccurate statistical spin placed on progress by the Government and Insurers to go unchallenged.  Many of my correspondents question why it is that Labour appears to have abandoned its interest in the Christchurch situation on a national level and in Parliament, and given the very limited success of the Human Rights Commission to bring about any positive change, many look to your Party with some expectation. The current issues are no longer directly related to a natural disaster but rather the absence of or implementation of policies and guidelines that would assist the speedy recovery of all Cantabrians, especially those living in socially demographic vulnerable areas.

I know that affected Cantabrians will be interested in your personal views on this issue.  If further specific information/evidence would be helpful, I am sure that it can be provided for your verification and action.

Thank you for addressing my question and concerns.

Yours sincerely,

Sarah Miles

The Latest Research (engineering, health and social) resulting from the Christchurch Earthquakes

Once again thanks to all those of you who have contributed titles – the research keeps flowing….

I recommend the first title for policyholders. Vero states that there “is a tail of payments out to 2021 which includes allowance for delayed receipt of claims or invoices, potential issues with repairs or rebuilds already done, and so on.”

Four years on: Insurance and the Canterbury Earthquakes, Vero Insurance … During this time, New Zealand’s South Island endured a cruel sequence of severe and widespread earthquakes in the Canterbury region, including the deadly Christchurch earthquake in February 2011. … New Zealand Christchurch earthquake Feb 2011 15,476 0.73 …

The sinking city: Earthquakes increase flood hazard in Christchurch, New Zealand MW Hughes, MC Quigley, S van Ballegooy, BL Deam… – GSA Today, 2015 … The 22 February 2011 Christchurch earthquake caused 83% of eastern and central Christchurch  to subside further; 78% subsided up to 0.3 m, with localized areas exceeding 1 m. This event  also caused a clear signature of tectonic uplift (~0.45 m) around the Avon-Heathcote …

Planning for a night out: local governance, power and night-time in Christchurch, New Zealand: a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the … KM Johnston – 2014 … night-time economy is fulfilling a greater role in a CBD’s viability (Hobbs, Winlow, Hadfield, & Lister, 2005). In post-earthquake Christchurch it appears this ambiguity is worth enduring as bars and restaurants are now seen as vital components for the Page 20. Introduction 5 …

Recent volcanic and earthquake hazard and risk activities at GNS Science, New Zealand, and the Cities and Volcanoes Commission of IAVCEI G Leonarda – 2015 International Workshop on Earthquake and …, 2015 … process? From an emergency management and social impacts perspective, the Christchurch earthquakes have also highlighted the long duration, large magnitude, and complexity of the post-earthquake recovery effort. In the …

The effect of visualisation on the resource consent process: a case study in Christchurch City, BM Baird – 2014 … In Christchurch, the Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority (CERA) provides an open license virtual database for developers and the public to use; this is so the models and visualisations can be improved and seen by the public (CERA, 2014). Levy (1995, pp. …

RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN EARLY CONTRACTOR INVOLVEMENT AND FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE IN 1 THE REBUILD OF CHRISTCHURCH’S …, PS Botha, E Scheepbouwer – 2015 … Page 3. PS Botha & E. Scheepbouwer 3 INTRODUCTION 1 Following the first earthquake on September 4, 2010, Christchurch City suffered a substantial amount of 2 damage to its infrastructure. An emergency response program …

SURVEY OF KEY DECISION-MAKERS INVOLVED IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF MULTI-STOREY TIMBER BUILDINGS IN CHRISTCHURCH DURING 2013 AND … D Evison … Recent earthquake activity in Christchurch has increased the emphasis on building resilience and building in wood is seen to be an advantage because building repairs are expected to be relatively easy and quick for timber buildings. …  

Tsunami hazard, assessment and risk in Aotearoa-New Zealand: A systematic review AD 1868–2012 DN King – Earth-Science Reviews, 2015 … and related keywords used to identify relevant peer-reviewed articles, scientific reports, books (including historical narrative), and university theses were: tsunami* and zealand; tectonic* and tsunami* and zealand; fault* and tsunami* and zealand; earthquake* and tsunami* and …

Seismic sequence effects on three-dimensional reinforced concrete buildings M Hatzivassiliou, GD Hatzigeorgiou – Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, 2015 … earthquakes. For example, one can mention the recent Christchurch (NZ) seismic sequence where the Canterbury Television and the Pyne Gould Corp. buildings were damaged due to the first strong earthquake (4 Sept. 2010 … 

Disability Performance in the Streets: Art Actions in Post-Quake ChristchurchP Kuppers – TDR/The Drama Review, 2015 … 2015 New York University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Disability Performance in the Streets Art Actions in Post-Quake Christchurch Petra Kuppers I am in Christchurch, Aotearoa/New Zealand, visiting and collaborating with performance friends. …

[PDF] SUITABILITY OF CFT COLUMNS FOR NEW ZEALAND MOMENT FRAMES P Chunhaviriyakul, GA MacRae, D Anderson… – … Society for Earthquake …, 2015 … Society for Earthquake Engineering, Vol. 48, No. 1, March 2015 1 Corresponding Author, Senior Structural Engineer, Worley Parsons NZ Ltd, New Plymouth, NZ, paul.chunha@gmail.com (Member) 2 Associate Professor, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, NZ, gregory … 

Seismic response of self-centering prestressed concrete moment resisting frames with web friction devices LL Song, T Guo, ZL Cao – Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, 2015 … Considerable damage in RC frame buildings has been reported in past earthquakes, including the 1999 M7.6 Chi–Chi, Taiwan earthquake [1], the 2008 M8.0 Wenchuan, China earthquake [2], and the 2011 M6.3 Christchurch, New Zealand earthquake [3]. To reduce the …

FLOOR DIAPHRAGMS AND A TRUSS METHOD FOR THEIR ANALYSIS JM Scarry – Bulletin of the New Zealand Society for Earthquake …, 2015 … Over 60% of the fatalities in the Christchurch earthquake on 22 February 2011 were due to the collapse of one modern building – the CTV Building. A major contributory factor to the collapse was the woefully deficient floor diaphragms. The …  

Seismic design of yielding structures on flexible foundations, M Moghaddasi, GA MacRae, JG Chase, M Cubrinovski… – Earthquake Engineering & …, 2015 … structures on flexible foundations, Earthquake Engng Struct. Dyn., doi: 10.1002/eqe.2556. Author Information. 1 Buildings & Places, AECOM, Auckland, New Zealand. 2 Department of Civil Natural Resources Engineering, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand. 3 …

Validating Indicators of Disaster Recovery with Qualitative Research, C Dwyer, J Horney – PLoS Currents, 2014 … 19(5). pp. 557 – 580. 45. Freeman, C., M. Gollop, N. Taylor, K. Nairn (2012) Children and Young People’s Voices in the Aftermath of the Christchurch Earthquake. 6th Australasian Natural Hazards Management Conference, Christchurch, New Zealand. 46. …

Mitigation of Earthquake-Induced Liquefaction via Microbial Denitrification: A Two-Phase Process, E Kavazanjian Jr, ST O’Donnell … Page 2. Page 2 Christchurch, New Zealand area following the M 6.3 Christchurch earthquake of February 2011, over 12,000 single family residences with a total value of over $5B were abandoned and demolished due to liquefaction-induced damage (CERA 2013). … 

LIQUEFACTION ASSESSMENT FOR CRITICAL STRUCTURES, A Manne, DN Satyam … against liquefaction is determined. Flooded Locality due to severe liquefaction during 2011 Christchurch Earthquake Complete collapse of bridge during 2010 Chile earth- quake Ground displacement caused due to liquefaction causes the collapse of structures above …

Beyond Education: What Role can Schools Play in the Support and Protection of Children in Extreme Settings?, M SKOVDAL, C CAMPBELL … These include spontaneous school responses to an earthquake in New Zealand, community perceptions of school in Palestine, the interface between … five schools in Christchurch, New Zealand, responded to the 2010 and 2011 earthquakes that hit the region. …

Effect of soil flexibility on bridges subjected to spatially varying excitations B Li – 2014 … 2012) and the 2011 Christchurch earthquake (Chouw and Hao 2012). Pounding takes place as a consequence of the adjacent structures having an insufficient seismic gap to accommodate large relative closing displacements induced by the earthquakes. … 

Discursive Barriers to Sustainable Transport in New Zealand Cities, M Imran, J Pearce – Urban Policy and Research, 2015… Regional Council (known as Environment Canterbury) and Christchurch City Council are responsible for transport planning in Christchurch. Following the earthquakes in 2010 and 2011 central government established the Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority (CERA) to …

Assessing the Christchurch pedestrian environment for walkability and universal design K CURRY … The east half of the study area has been extensively developed since the earthquake, including a number of larger company offices, and some hospitality and retail. The western end of the study period is older. … approximately 19200 cars daily (Christchurch City Council, 2012) …

Seismic Performance of Cold-Formed Steel Wall Systems in a Full-Scale Building X Wang, E Pantoli, TC Hutchinson, JI Restrepo… – Journal of Structural …, 2015 … the building. The test building was subjected to a suite of earthquake input motions of increasing intensity, first while the building was isolated at its base, and subsequently while it was fixed to the shake table platen. This paper … 

Tall RC Buildings Environmentally Degradated and Strengthened by Cables Under Multiple Earthquakes: A Numerical Approach A Liolios, A Elenas, A Liolios, S Radev, K Georgiev… – Numerical Methods and …, 2015 … 1, pp. 27–46 (1989); Carr, AJ: RUAUMOKO – Inelastic Dynamic Analysis Program. University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand, Department of Civil Engineering (2008); Chopra, AK: Dynamics of Structures: Theory and Applications to earthquake Engineering. … 

Dynamic Centrifuge Tests to Evaluate Reinforcing Mechanisms of Soil-Cement Columns in Liquefiable Sand D Rayamajhi, S Tamura, M Khosravi, RW Boulanger… – Journal of Geotechnical and …, 2015 … Two unimproved baseline models and two models improved with soil-cement columns were subjected to sine sweep and earthquake base motions of varying intensities to observe acceleration, pore pressure, lateral displacement, and settlement responses. …

Identifying Active Faults by Improving Earthquake Locations with InSAR Data and Bayesian Estimation: The 2004 Tabuk (Saudi Arabia) Earthquake Sequence W Xu, R Dutta, S Jónsson – Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 2015 … For example, the M w 6.2 Christchurch, New Zealand, earthquake, which took place in an area that was not considered particularly active, damaged more than 100,000 buildings and caused over 180 casualities (Kalkan, 2011). … 

Community gardens: growing plants or people? LJ Minchington – 2014 … was undertaken in the Christchurch/Selwyn district, in the aftermath of the Christchurch earthquakes of 2010-2011. This research utilised the technique of photo-elicitation interviews to study the meanings attributed to community gardening, in the post-earthquake environment. …

Air quality status report Christchurch airshed T Mallett – 2014 … In February 2011 Christchurch experienced a large earthquake, measuring 6.3 on the Richter scale, which caused significant damage to buildings and roads, and resulted in 186 deaths. Since the earthquake a number of houses …

 [HTML] A risk-mitigation approach to the management of induced seismicity JJ Bommer, H Crowley, R Pinho – Journal of Seismology, 2015 … However, because of the specific characteris- tics of induced earthquakes—which may occur in re- gions with little or no natural seismicity—the proce- dures used in standard earthquake engineering need adaptation and modification for application to induced seismicity. …   

Magnitude scaling factors in liquefaction triggering procedures RW Boulanger, IM Idriss – Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, 2015 … We are working to restore this service as soon as possible and apologize for this inconvenience! Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering. Available online 31 January 2015. … Formulated to include dependency on soil characteristics and earthquake magnitude. • …

Flaming? What flaming? The pitfalls and potentials of researching online hostility EA Jane – Ethics and Information Technology … Unlike most other scholarship on the subject, McCosker does cite specific, sexually explicit, examples of online vitriol posted as comments on YouTube in response to footage of two events in New Zealand: a ‘flash haka’ 19 in Auckland; and the 2011 earthquake in Christchurch. …

Discussion on ‘a framework for the evaluation of ground motion selection and modification procedures’ by N. Simon Kwong, Anil K. Chopra, and Robin K. McGuire BA Bradley – Earthquake Engineering & Structural Dynamics, 2015 … and modification procedures’ by N. Simon Kwong, Anil K. Chopra, and Robin K. McGuire, Earthquake Engng Struct. Dyn., doi: 10.1002/eqe.2544. Author Information. Department of Civil and Natural Resources Engineering, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand. … 

[HTML] Patient Reactions after the Canterbury Earthquakes 2010-11: A Primary Care Perspective S Johal, Z Mounsey, R Tuohy, D Johnston – PLoS Currents … However the findings of research conducted by the ‘All Right?’ campaign 21 and a Christchurch Earthquake Recovery Authority Wellbeing Survey 22 indicate that Christchurch residents continue to experience negative effects as a result of the earthquakes. … 

Crisis Leadership in an Acute Clinical Setting: Christchurch Hospital, New Zealand ICU Experience Following the February 2011 Earthquake L Zhuravsky – Prehospital and Disaster Medicine Abstract Introduction On Tuesday, February 22, 2011, a 6.3 magnitude earthquake struck Christchurch, New Zealand. This qualitative study explored the intensive care units (ICUs) staff experiences and adopted leadership approaches to manage a large-scale crisis …

EXPERIMENTAL TESTING AND DESIGN OF BRB WITH BOLTED AND PINNED CONNECTIONS S Wijanto, GC Clifton – … THE NEW ZEALAND SOCIETY FOR EARTHQUAKE …, 2014 … research project. The Christchurch earthquake series has provided a comprehensive set of data that can be used in time history analyses of the designed structure, despite the work being outside the scope of this project. Hence, the … 

[PDF] POTENTIAL OF BUILDING INFORMATION MODELLING FOR SEISMIC RISK MITIGATION IN BUILDINGS DP Welch, TJ Sullivan, A Filiatrault – … NEW ZEALAND SOCIETY FOR EARTHQUAKE …, 2014 … The latter was unfortunately witnessed during the Christchurch earthquake sequence where multiple buildings were green-tagged following the September 2010 event and then collapsed during the February 2011 aftershock [60]. …   

Is there a tolerable level of risk from natural hazards in New Zealand?, PA Enright – Georisk: Assessment and Management of Risk for …, 2015 … and-data-sets/mortality-data-and-stats. View all references). However, this includes the deaths caused by the Christchurch earthquake of 22 February 2011, a disaster that was more catastrophic than a ‘once in a decade’ event. … 

Inelastic spectra to predict period elongation of structures under earthquake loading EI Katsanos, AG Sextos – Earthquake Engineering & Structural Dynamics, 2015 … Research Article. Inelastic spectra to predict period elongation of structures under earthquake loading. EI Katsanos 1,2 and; AG Sextos 1,*. … Issue. Earthquake Engineering & Structural Dynamics. Early View (Online Version of Record published before inclusion in an issue). … 

Exploring the impact of spatial correlations and uncertainties for portfolio analysis in probabilistic seismic loss estimationGA Weatherill, V Silva, H Crowley, P Bazzurro – Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering, 2015 … by many recent events such as, for exam- ple, L’Aquila (2009), Christchurch (2011) and Tohoku (2012). Within the current practice of seismic loss estimation in both academic and industry models, the modelling of spatial vari- ability of the earthquake ground motion input across …

[PDF] TECHNICAL NOTE TAUROA RESIDENTIAL SUBDIVISION: LANDSLIDE REMEDIATION AND HILL SLOPE STABILISATION FOR EARTHQUAKE RESISTANCE RC Gerbrandt – … THE NEW ZEALAND SOCIETY FOR EARTHQUAKE …, 2014 … “Earthquake Hazards in Hawke’s Bay: Initial Assessment”. Institute of Geological & Nuclear Sciences Ltd, Client Report 333901.10. 3 Bell, DH (1991). “Engineering Geology Report on Proposed Tauroa Subdivision – Havelock North”. University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New … 

[PDF] Seismic Vulnerability Assessment of Deficient RC Structures with Bar Pullout and Joint Shear Degradation  A Mushtaq, S Ali Khan, H Farooq Gabriel, S Haider – Advances in Civil Engineering, 2015 … Major earthquakes in last decade like Bhuj (2001) in India, Bam (2003) in Iran, Sumatra which caused Tsunami (2004), Kashmir (2005) in Pakistan, Haiti (2010), China (2010), Indonesia (2010), Chile earthquake and Tsunami (2010), and Christchurch- New Zealand (2011 …

Seismic fragility of lightly reinforced concrete frames with masonry infills, JS Jeon, JH Park, R DesRoches – Earthquake Engineering & Structural Dynamics, 2015 … Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. Issue. Earthquake Engineering & Structural Dynamics. … How to Cite. Jeon J.-S., Park J.-H., and DesRoches R. (2015) Seismic fragility of lightly reinforced concrete frames with masonry infills, Earthquake Engng Struct. … 

[PDF] Concrete Futures 3-5 October 2013 RS HENRY, Y LU, JM INGHAIVI … “Seismic performance of reinforced concrete buildings in the 22 February Christchurch (Lyttelton) earthquake.” Bulletin of the New Zealand Society for Earthquake Engineering, 44(4), 239-278. Structural Engineering Society of New Zealand (SESOC). (2011). …

Response and early recovery following 4 September 2010 and 22 February 2011 canterbury earthquakes: Societal resilience and the role of governance L Mamula-Seadon, I McLean – International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 2015 … corresponding governance, and their relevance for societal resilience (1); introduces the New Zealand disaster management governance framework and compares this framework with the arrangements established following 22 February 2011 Christchurch earthquake (2); and … 

The use of social media in countrywide disaster risk reduction public awareness strategies N Dufty – … Journal of Emergency Management (refereed article), 2015 … 2012), 2011 Christchurch earthquake in New Zealand (Bruns & Burgess 2012), 2011 Japan earthquake and tsunami (Hjorth & Kim 2011), 2012 Hurricane Sandy (Lotan 2012) and Typhoon Haiyan that hit the Philippines in 2013. … 

Earthquakes and Pavement Resilience B Pidwerbesky, J Waters, D Alabaster – 2015 … earthquake which caused significant liquefaction and slope failures, followed by over 10,000 aftershocks and major earthquakes during the next 18 months. An investigation was carried out to assess the performance of various pavement structures used in Christchurch and … 

Low-damage earthquake-resistant structures achieved through movability and ductility N CHOUW – Construction Materials and Structures: Proceedings of …, 2014 … The 2011 Christchurch earthquake showed that well-designed structures indeed behaved as anticipated. … References [1] N. Chouw, H. Hao, Pounding damage to buildings and bridges in the 22 February 2011 Christchurch earthquake. … 

Building contents sliding demands in elastically responding structures SL Lin, GA MacRae, RP Dhakal, TZ Yeow – Engineering Structures, 2015 … of Civil and Natural Resources Engineering, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand. Received 1 November 2013, Revised 20 December 2014 … The median total sliding from earthquake motions was represented well by the sliding spectra based on impulse loading. …

Community Health and Disaster Recovery KR Ronan, B Kelly, J LeBlanc, S Burke – Community-Oriented Health Services: …, 2014 … response and recovery. Thus, in Christchurch, working in real time, Yin, Lampert, Cameron, and Power (2013) correlated the number of tweets during the September 2010 earthquake and aftershocks, with the number of tweets 

Control of style-of-faulting on spatial pattern of earthquake-triggered landslides T Gorum, EJM Carranza – International Journal of Environmental Science and … … 83:144–160; Kaiser A, Holden C, Beavan J, Beetham D, Benites R, Celentano A, Collett D, Cousins J, Cubrinovski M, Dellow D, Denys P, Motagh M, Pondard N, McVerry G, Ristau J, Stirling M, Thomas J, Uma SR, Zhao J (2012) The M w 6.2 Christchurch earthquake of February … 

[PDF] GLOBAL ASSESSMENT OF HUMAN LOSSES DUE TO EARTHQUAKES V SILVA, K JAISWAL, G WEATHERILL, H CROWLEY … New Zealand. An investment of 6 million $US in seismic strengthening and retrofitting of the distribution network saved an estimated 36 million $US in Christchurch earthquake of 2011 (UNISDR, 2013). Earthquakes have caused … 

[PDF] Snow Tweets: Emergency Information Dissemination in a US County During 2014 Winter Storms J Bonnan-White, J Shulman, A Bielecke … earthquakes in Christchurch, New Zealand 5, and the 2011 earthquake and tsunami that devastated areas of Japan 6. Much of this work has concentrated on large-scale national or international events. Smaller, more Snow Tweets: Emergency Information …

Using remote sensing for building damage assessment: the geocan study and validation for the 2011 Christchurch  earthquake R Foulser-Piggott, R Spence, R Eguchi, A King – Earthquake Spectra, 2014 This study explores the performance of GEOCAN, a remote-sensing and crowdsourcing platform for assessing earthquake damage, by using geo-referenced ground-based damage assessments. This paper discusses methods for the application of remote sensing in post- …

… landscape architecture in designing for urban transformations and adaption after disaster: a design-directed inquiry within the context of post-earthquake Christchurch N Copley – 2014 Millions of urban residents around the world in the coming century will experience severe landscape change–including increased frequencies of flooding due to intensifying storm events and impacts from sea level rise. For cities, collisions of environmental change with …

[PDF] Scaling constraints to detect pre-seismic acceleration: A record-breaking framework for earthquake predictability MR Yoder, DL Turcotte, JB Rundle – Tectonophys.,(under revision), 2014 … In fact, the 2010 and 2011 Darfield-Christchurch earthquakes illustrate that a moderate size m ≈ 6 af- tershock can cause far more destruction than its much larger m ≈ 7 parent mainshock. In light of the multi-scale 1/f nature of earthquake sequences, …

Analytical and numerical investigations on the vertical seismic site response B Han, L Zdravkovic, S Kontoe – 2014 … The strong vertical ground motion observed at the Christchurch Cathedral College station (the CCCC sta- tion) from the Christchurch Earthquake (New Zealand, … Bradley, B. 2012. Recorded ground motions from the 22 February 2011 Christchurch earthquake. … 

[PDF] Thro’the een o’caer leevers M Amaral – 2014 … Stephanie Sparrow On 22 nd of February 2011 I experienced an earthquake of magnitude 6.3 in Christchurch, New Zealand, where I had planned to spend three months studying mental health and attending a course in research methodology at the University of Canterbury. … 

Christchurch neonatal conference 2014 LFNEW ZEALAND … Figures. Fig. 1. Christchurch City Centre, then and now. http://www.rebuildchristchurch. co.nz/blog/2014/11/new-photo-book-compares-christchurch-pre-earthquake-to-2014. There could not have been a more significant location …

Seismic Behavior of Connections Subjected to Punching Shear in Flat-Slab Systems, S Setia, S Kalyani – Journal of Engineering and Technology, 2015 … 2.1 Seismic failures of flat-slab systems in past earthquakes The February 2011 Christchurch earthquake saw a pancake collapse of the Smiths City Dundas St. car park due to punching shear failure of the slab column connections has been shown in [Figure 1]. …

Ground motion selection for scenario ruptures using the generalised conditional intensity measure (GCIM) method K Tarbali, BA Bradley – Earthquake Engineering & Structural Dynamics, 2015 … for scenario ruptures using the generalised conditional intensity measure (GCIM) method, Earthquake Engng Struct. Dyn., doi: 10.1002/eqe.2546. Author Information. Department of Civil and Natural Resources Engineering, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand. … 

[PDF] A Comparative Study for Seismic Performance of RC Moment Resisting Frame with Steeland FRP Reinforcement AE Morshed … al., 2014).During Christchurch earthquake sequence (2010-2011), many RC structureswhose structural integrity was questionable after main shock event, collapsed during strongaftershock because of permanent damage to steel reinforcement (Weng et. al. 20111). …

Self‐reported preparedness of New Zealand acute care providers to mass emergencies before the Canterbury Earthquakes: A national survey S Al‐Shaqsi, R Gauld, D McBride, A Al‐Kashmiri… – Emergency Medicine …, 2015  … to several national domestic mass emergencies, such as the Canterbury Earthquakes 2010/2011 (also known as Christchurch Earthquakes), and … Zeitzc K, Hooperd C, Williamse J, Thitchenerf J. Australian nurses volunteering for the Sumatra-Andaman earthquake and tsunami …

Disaster Law Working Paper Series M Le-Ngoc – 2015 … 10 earthquake in Sichuan found increases in psychological aggression and physical violence. 61 Following Christchurch earthquake in New Zealand, the police reported an increase in domestic violence. This increase was confirmed by women’s refuges reports.62 A scientific …

Experimental Evaluation of Seismic Performance of Squat RC Structural Walls with Limited Ductility Reinforcing Details B Li, Z Pan, W Xiang – Journal of Earthquake Engineering, 2015  … Currently, although several experimental investigations [Mestyanek, 19867. Mestyanek, JM [1986] “The earthquake of resistance of reinforced concrete structural walls of limited ductility,” Master Thesis, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand. … 

[PDF] Briefing: Affirming alliancing procurement for Christchurch rebuild, New Zealand JLM BEng, UK Morecambe … Scirt comprises three owner participants – Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority (CERA), New Zealand Transport Agency (NZTA) and Christchurch City Council (CCC), along with five non-owner participants (NOPs) named on Figure 1 as delivery teams. …

Emerging Issues on Resourcing for Christchurch Rebuild IS Piri, S Wilkinson, AY Chang-Richards – Proceedings of the 4th New Zealand Built …, 2014 … and Recovery Following the Canterbury Earthquakes, Earthquake Spectra, Volume 1, pages 555-575, February 2014, Earthquake Engineering Research Institute Piri, IS, Wilkinson, S. and Chang-Richards, AY (2014). Emerging Issues on Resourcing for Christchurch Rebuild. …  

Author’s reply to discussion on: probabilistic risk analysis of structural impact in seismic events for linear and nonlinear systems JG Chase, F Boyer, GW Rodgers, G Labrosse… – Earthquake Engineering & …, 2015 … on: probabilistic risk analysis of structural impact in seismic events for linear and nonlinear systems, Earthquake Engng Struct. Dyn., doi: 10.1002/eqe.2531. Author Information. 1 Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand. 2 …  

Capacity Evaluation of Suspended Ceiling Components, Part 1: Experimental Studies S Soroushian, EM Maragakis, C Jenkins – Journal of Earthquake Engineering, 2015 … [2011]. “Reducing the Risks of Nonstructural Earthquake Damage: A Practical Guide”, Redwood City, CA. View all references], and the 2011 Christchurch [New Zealand] earthquake [Gilani et al., 201310. Gilani, A. SJ., Takhirov, S., and Tedesco, L. [2013]. …

Heritage Buildings-Seismic Risk Management A Structural Engineer’s Perspective HFA Beer, M Spencer … Community concern about life safety is understandable given 185 people [1] died as a result of the 22 February 2011 Christchurch earthquake. Economic interests also have to be considered. … Figure 4: Colombo Street, Christchurch after the February 2011 earthquake. …

Improving Seismic Performance of Masonry Structures with Openings by Polypropylene Bands and L-Shaped Reinforcing Bars S Nayak, SC Dutta – Journal of Performance of Constructed Facilities, 2015 … Kobe, 1995; Chi Chi, 1999; Pakistan, 2005; L’Aquila, 2009; Haiti, 2010; Chile, 2010; Tohoku, 2011; and Christchurch, 2011) showed … 1. Damage to masonry buildings with openings during different earthquakes: (a) 1993 Killari earthquake (reprinted from Sinha and Brzev 2002 … 

Masonry infills and RC frames interaction: literature overview and state of the art of macromodeling approachF Di Trapani, G Macaluso, L Cavaleri, M Papia – European Journal of Environmental …, 2015 … University of Canterbury, Christchurch. View all references), investigated the influence of different multiple strut configurations in structural response. In a further work, Crisafulli and Carr (200715. … Bulletin of the New Zealand Society of Earthquake Engineering, 40, 69–77. … 

[PDF] Learning from Failures: Using Historical Engineering Projects to Teach Better Professional Engineering Skills G Koorey

… Dunedin (1979) Eschede Hi-Speed Train Disaster, Germany (1998) Sydney Cross City Tunnel Toll Road, NSW (2000’s) New Orleans levee failures (2005) Central Artery/Tunnel Project, Boston (1991-2007) Ballantyne’s Fire, Christchurch (1947) Napier Earthquake Fire (1931 …

Shehata E. Abdel Raheem

BE Eng – Bull Earthquake Eng, 2014

… During the 2009 L’Aquila earthquake in Italy and the 2011 Christchurch earthquake in New Zealand, a pounding incidence between two neighboring buildings was reported as shown in Fig. … b The 2011 Christchurch earthquake in New Zealand …

Higher Hourly Cost Compensation for Heavy Equipment Used in Demolition Activity

M Shaurette – International Journal of Construction Education and …, 2015

… Disasters such as the destruction of the World Trade Center in New York and the response needed for massive earthquake destruction in Christchurch New Zealand demonstrate the need to have valid T&M demolition rates before the demolition work is required. … 

[PDF] TIMBER RIVET CONNECTIONS P ZARNANI, P QUENNEVILLE … Evaluation of timber buildings damaged after extreme wind and earthquake events have shown that weak connections are one of the major causes of problem (Smith and Foliente 2002). … 1.2.3.2 Trimble Bldg in Christchurch In another project by TimberLab Solutions Ltd. …

Out-of-plane in situ testing of masonry cavity walls in as-built and improved conditions K Walsh, D Dizhur, J Shafaei, H Derakhshan, J Ingham – Proc., Australian Earthquake …, 2014 … Performance of Masonry Buildings and Churches in the 22 February 2011 Christchurch Earthquake. Bulletin of the New Zealand Society for Earthquake Engineering. … Performance of Unreinforced Masonry Buildings during the 2010 Darfield (Christchurch, NZ) Earthquake. … 

[PDF] Seismic hazard maps and D Slejko … hazard maps. Open—File Report 02- 420, US Geol. Surv., Denver, 33 pp. Fry B., Benites R. and Kaiser A.; 201]: The character of accelerations in the MW 6.2 Christchurch earthquake. Seism. Res. Lett., 82, 846-852. Fujiwara …

Using Shipping Containers to Provide Temporary Housing in Post-disaster Recovery: Social Case Studies G Zhang, S Setunge, S van Elmpt – Procedia Economics and Finance, 2014 … This research takes a qualitative approach, focusing particularly on case studies of temporary housing experiences following the Hurricane Katrina in 2005, the Christchurch Earthquake in 2011 and a field study of 2009 Black Saturday bushfire-affected communities in Victoria … 

[HTML] Shakes, Rattles and Roll Outs: The Untold Story of Māori Engagement with Community Recovery, Social Resilience and Urban Sustainability in Christchurch, New … C Kenney, S Phibbs – Procedia Economics and Finance, 2014 … Pensioner sleeps Rough to make a stand (Downloaded March 21, 2014 from http://www.stuff. co.nz/the-press/news/christchurch-earthquake-2011/6827016/Pensioner-sleeps-rough-to-make- stand. ECan Environment Canterbury, 2013; ECan Environment Canterbury, 2013. … 

Design of earthquake-resilient wastewater pipelines in New Zealand M Serrano-Lopez, I Garcia-Sampedro, P Carter – 2014 … Abstract: Between 2010 and 2011 Christchurch, which is the second biggest city in New Zealand, has faced incredible challenges. The 6.3 magnitude earthquake that ripped through the city in February 2011 was the most destructive to strike a New Zealand city in 80 years. …  

[HTML] What about Us? Reported Experiences of Disabled People Related to the Christchurch Earthquakes S Phibbs, G Good, C Severinsen, E Woodbury… – Procedia Economics and …, 2014 … Preliminary observations of the impacts of the 22 February Christchurch Earthquake had on organisations and the economy: A report from the field (22 February – 22 March 2011). Bulletin of the New Zealand Society for Earthquake Engineering, 44(2): 65-77. …

Vulnerability of Industrial Components to Soil Liquefaction G Lanzanoa, FS de Magistrisa, E Salzanob… – 2014 … 2013). 422 Page 3. a) b) c) Figure 1: Damage to industrial components induced by liquefaction during recent earthquakes: a) steel buried pipelines in the Christchurch (NZ) earthquake in 2011 (Yamada et al. 2011); b) uplift of … 

Broken chimneys G Weaver – 2014 … Abstract: Following a devastating 6.3 earthquake in Christchurch, the home town of ceramicist Cheryl Lucas, the now familiar sight of damaged and broken chimneys emerged. As the city began to pick up the pieces, Lucas was asked to play her unique part in the rebuild. … 

[HTML] The Role of Urban Built Heritage in Qualify and Quantify Resilience. Specific Issues in Mediterranean City E Currà – Procedia Economics and Finance, 2014 … Quantification of seismic resilience, in: Proceedings of the 8th National Conference of Earthquake Engineering. pp. 18-22. … International Forum for Engineering Decision Making (IFED), University of Canterbury, Christchurch. …

Developing a comprehensive model of hazard preparedness: Lessons from the Christchurch earthquake D Paton, E Anderson, J Becker, J Petersen – International Journal of Disaster Risk …, 2014 Abstract Large, damaging earthquakes are rare. When they occur, they do so without warning. This makes being prepared for such occurrences important. However, the rarity of the events makes it difficult for people to fully understand the hazard consequences they … 

Knowledge management and tourism recovery (de) marketing: the Christchurch earthquakes 2010–2011 C Orchiston, JES Higham – Current Issues in Tourism, 2014 … its nature-based tourism product (eg geothermal, alpine and scenic), the country is inherently vulnerable to natural disasters, with the potential for earthquake and tsunami events being prominent in the public consciousness since the recent Christchurch earthquake, and Japan …  

Investigation of the reliability of nonlinear modeling approaches to capture the residual displacements of RC columns under seismic loading A Moshref, M Tehranizadeh, M Khanmohammadi – Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering, 2014 … It is common that a large earthquake is followed with considerable number of aftershocks. The buildings that are damaged from main shock are susceptible to suffer excessive damage and even collapse inferred from aftershocks. … Structures in Christchurch, New Zealand … 

[PDF] A Precision and Bias Study Of Four Masonry Flexural Stress Bond Wrenches JM Nichols – Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New … … Masonry cracks and falls causing crush injuries and death. The 1989 Newcastle earthquake redemonstrated this problem as did the recent tragic event in Christchurch, NZ. … Ingham, JM, Emails on the Christchurch Earthquake Deaths (2011), Auckland. …  

[PDF] Global earthquake and volcanic eruption risk management activities, volcanic hazard assess-ment support system and Asia-Pacific region hazard mapping project in … S Takarada, JC Bandibas, Y Ishikawa … The First Workshop on Asia-Pacific Region Global Earthquake and Volcanic Eruption Risk Management (G-EVER1) was held in Tsukuba … Participants were deeply saddened by recent disasters that occurred in Sumatra, Christchurch and Tohoku, but were also encouraged by … 

Dynamics of the Rocking Frame with Vertical Restrainers N Makris, MF Vassiliou – Journal of Structural Engineering, 2014 … Therefore, in a strong earthquake irreparable damage to structures is inevitable with this design philosophy. … examples may be found in New Zealand: the South Rangitikei Railway Bridge (Beck and Skinner 1973), and an industrial chimney at the Christchurch Airport (Sharpe …

A social justice lens to examine refugee populations affected by disasters J Marlowe – 2014 … After the February 22, 2011 Christchurch earthquake, Somali women for instance began cooking for the responders and helped the police. The Ethiopian community worked with the local council to relocate their destroyed church so that the community could work together. …  

A social work lens for a disaster-informed curriculum C Adamson – 2014 … VIC: Cengage. Corin, C. (2011). The Christchurch hospital social work service response in the first hours after the Christchurch earthquake of 22nd February 2011. Aotearoa New Zealand Social Work, 23(3), 58–62. Cutter, SL …

Sense of placelessness on the Christchurch periphery post-earthquake N Williams – 2014 Following the 2010 and 2011 earthquakes Christchurch is undergoing extensive development on the periphery of the city. This has been driven in part by the large numbers of people who have lost their homes. Prior to the earthquakes, Christchurch was already …

[PDF] Earthquake weather and other tentative correspondences L McLauchlan, S Treadwell – Interstices: Journal of Architecture and Related Arts, 2014 … Anything, 132-139. Evans, S. (2011). Christchurch earthquake – New Zealanders begin to count the cost. World Posts Plus News Service. Retrieved from http://wppts.com/christchurch-earthquake- new-zealanders-begin-to-count-the-cost/365921/ Hiddleson, J. (2010). …

Religiosity in times of insecurity: an analysis of Irish, Spanish and Portuguese European Social Survey data, 2002-12 AE Healy, M Breen – Irish Journal of Sociology, 2014 … Chen concluded that religious intensity is caused by economic distress. Sibley and Bulbulia (2012) also concluded that crisis impacts religiosity when analysing religious faith in Christchurch, New Zealand after the earthquake of 2011. … 

[PDF] Shigeru Ban: Cardboard Cathedral; Andrew Barrie T Daniell – Interstices: Journal of Architecture and Related Arts, 2014 … At least since his first post-earthquake cardboard church (built in Kobe in 1995), Shigeru Ban has seemed to represent the hope of … The Cardboard Cathedral is an optimistic symbol for Christchurch’s traumatised citizens and an international statement of the city’s ongoing vitality. …

The development of new tourism networks to respond to and recover from the 2011 Christchurch earthquake. S Becken, N Scott, BW Ritchie, K Campiranon – Tourism crisis and disaster …, 2015 Abstract After examining the new tourism networks that developed as a response to and during recovery from the 2011 Christchurch earthquake, this chapter suggests that tourism businesses have to work collaboratively with different organizations to recover and ensure …

[PDF] ECONOMICS of RESILIENT INFRASTRUCTURE E Seville, S Giovinazzi, J Stevenson, J Vargo, C Brown – 2014

… this research has found evidence that organisations with these resilience attributes were better prepared, could function for longer with disrupted services, and were more likely to be able to meet customer demand a year after the 22nd February, 2011 Christchurch earthquake. … 

[HTML] Effect of monthly vitamin D3 supplementation in healthy adults on adverse effects of earthquakes: randomised controlled trial S Slow, CM Florkowski, ST Chambers, PC Priest… – BMJ, 2014 … The primary endpoint in the current analysis was the self reported effects and overall adverse impact of the Christchurch earthquakes as assessed by questionnaire four months after the most destructive earthquake on 22 February 2011, which was used as the index event. …

CPT-based analysis of liquefaction and re-liquefaction following the Canterbury earthquake sequence J Lees, RH Ballagh, RP Orense, S van Ballegooy – Soil Dynamics and Earthquake …, 2015 … Although structural failure of commercial buildings led to the greatest casualties in the Mw 6.2 Christchurch earthquake, by far the most significant damage to residential buildings and lifelines
in all the earthquake events was the result of liquefaction and associated ground …

Reconstruction Following Earthquake Disasters S Wilkinson, AY Chang-Richards, JOB Rotimi – Encyclopedia of Earthquake …, 2014 … in post-earthquake recovery. Resilient Organisations research report 2012/08. Resilient  Organisations, The University of British Columbia, The University of Canterbury, Christchurch;  Tenants Protection Association (Christchurch) (2013) TPA (CHCH) Rental Survey 2013: a study …

Economic Recovery Following Earthquakes Disasters E Seville, J Vargo, I Noy – Encyclopedia of Earthquake Engineering, 2014… www.spur.org. Retrieved 12 May 2013; Stevenson JR, Kachali H, Whitman Z, Seville E, Vargo  J (2011) Preliminary observations of the impacts the 22 February Christchurch earthquake on  organisations and the economy: a report from the field (22 February – 22 March 2011). …

[PDF] STRUCTURAL DESIGN PE Ramon Gilsanz, F SEI – STRUCTURE, 2015 … Figure 2. Liquefaction damage to New Zealand highways during the 2011 Christchurch Earthquake. Courtesy of NZ Raw, 2011. STRUCTURE ® magazine Copyright Page 2.
STRUCTURE magazine March 2015 15 Types of Seismic Waves … 

Remote Sensing in Seismology: An Overview S Stramondo – Encyclopedia of Earthquake Engineering, 2014 … IEEE Geosci Remote Sens Lett 8(1):49–53 CrossRef; Stramondo S, Kyriakopoulos C, Bignami  C, Chini M, Melini D, Moro M, Picchiani M, Saroli M, Boschi E (2011b) Did the September 2010  (Darfield) earthquake trigger the February 2011 (Christchurch) event? … 

Economic Impact of Seismic Events: Modeling G McDonald, N Smith, C Murray – Encyclopedia of Earthquake Engineering, 2014… Christchurch; Leontief W (1941) The structure of the American economy, 1919–1929. Harvard  University Press, Cambridge, MA; Miles S, Chang SE (2007) Simulation model of urban disaster  recovery and resilience: implementation for the 1994 Northridge earthquake: MCEER … 

Damage to Infrastructure: Modeling I Kongar, S Giovinazzi – Encyclopedia of Earthquake Engineering, 2014 … Title Damage to Infrastructure: Modeling Reference Work Title Encyclopedia of Earthquake  Engineering Pages pp 1-14 Copyright 2014 DOI … 6. Department of Civil and Natural Resources  Engineering, University of Canterbury, Private Bag 8140, Christchurch, New Zealand. …

[PDF] Comparing the direct human impact of natural disasters for two (surprisingly similar) cases—the Christchurch earthquake and Bangkok flood of 2011 I Noy – 2015 The standard way in which disaster damages are measured involves examining separately  the number of fatalities, of injuries, of people otherwise affected, and the financial damage  that natural disasters cause. Here, we implement a novel way to aggregate these separate …

Earthquake Disaster Recovery: Leadership and Governance L Mamula-Seadon – Encyclopedia of Earthquake Engineering, 2014 … Department; CERA, Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority (2012a) Recovery  strategy for greater Christchurch: Mahere Haumanutanga o Waitaha. CERA. http://cera.govt.nz/recovery-strategy/overview/read-the-recovery-strategy; …

Timber Structures G Thomas – Encyclopedia of Earthquake Engineering, 2014 … Civil Engineering Research report 91/2. University of Canterbury, Christchurch; Thomas  GC, Kim B, Beattie GJ, Shelton RA, Sim DA (2013) Lessons from the performance of  houses in the Canterbury earthquake sequence of 2010–11. …

Numerical evaluation of the post-earthquake fire resistance of CFRP-strengthened reinforced concrete joints based on experimental observations B Behnam, HR Ronagh, PJ Lim – European Journal of Environmental and Civil …, 2015 … 200351. Taylor, J. (2003). Post earthquake fire in tall buildings and the New Zealand  building code (Master of Science research). University of Canterbury, Christchurch,  New Zealand. View all references). Recorded experiences …

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INCREASED FLOODING VULNERABILITY HELP SHEET – WHAT HAPPENS NOW? Guest Post by Dr Duncan Webb, Lane Neave

The High Court has given the go-ahead for EQC to settle land claims for increased flood vulnerability.  The Court stated that the amount of compensation should be the cost of remediation or the amount of loss of value to the land (depending on the circumstances of the case).

We expect, on the basis of the Court’s decision that the process from here will be as follows:

1. EQC will further develop and publish itsguideslines for the settlement of flood vulnerability land claims. It will use these guidelines as a starting point for determining which properties are flood vulnerable.  In assessing whether a property is flood vulnerableEQC will reply on:
   1. LiDAR data;
   2. Engineering advice;
   3. Flood modelling;
   4. Flooding history.
   5. If your land is considered by EQC to be possibly flood vulnerable, you will receive notification from EQC of its determination and EQC may wish to inspect your property. If you consider that your property may be flood vulnerable and you have not been contacted by EQC, you should make contact yourself and make sure that your property is considered in this analysis. EQC will then undertake an assessment of flood vulnerability.
   6. If your property is subject to increased flooding vulnerability EQC will assess the damage to your land and consider whether it can be repaired, and if so, how (for example by filling the land, or by lifting your house).
   7. Throughout this process, you can provide EQC with further information or with your interpretation of the existing information. We recommend that you provide EQC with any records that you have of the flooding to your property and any evidence you have that your land has subsided, such as photos, geotechnical advice, reports and/or correspondence with your insurer / City Council / EQC.  You can also obtain your own reports on the damage and remedial options and present these to EQC.
   8. It is important that you ensure that the degree to which you are flood vulnerable is properly captured and that the sometimes quite unreliable LiDAR data that EQC will be relying on is not the sole basis of measurement. In particular if there is recent survey evidence in respect of your property it is likely that this will be considerably more reliable than LiDAR evidence.
   9. If EQC incorrectly determines that your property is not vulnerable to flooding, you can present the above evidence to challenge that determination.
   10. The next step for EQC will be to advise how it proposes to settle your claim. The starting point will be repair or reinstatement of the land.  If you intend to repair the land (including lifting your house or taking other steps to protect them from flooding), then you should make sure this is clearly stated to EQC.
   11. EQC may decide to settle your claim by a payment for loss of value to your land, instead of reinstatement, where:

(a)             You have no intention of carrying out the repair work or reinstatement work; or

(b)             Reinstatement of the land is not practically possible or would not get a consent; or

(c)             The cost of reinstatement or repair is disproportionately expensive; or

(d)             The land has been sold without the repair work having been carried out.

9. If you are offered remediation costs for your land, it is important to ensure that the settlement sum offered by EQC is sufficient to remediate your land. You can challenge the sum offered by EQC by obtaining independent advice/quotes in the same way you would challenge repair costs to your dwelling. It may also be possible to remediate the land and seek any shortfall later, although there are obvious risks in this approach.
10. If you are offered diminution of value by way of settlement, we recommend that:

• If you intend to repair the land, you push EQC to pay for the cost of the remediation instead of diminution in value (unless of course the diminution of value figure is higher). If EQC has incorrectly determined that the land cannot be repaired or that repair is disproportionately expensive, you can challenge this decision on the basis of independent advice/quotes.

(b)             If repair is not feasible, or if you have no intention to repair, you will need to ensure that a diminution in value payment is a fair reflection of the actual loss of value.  The diminution in value calculation will be based on the loss in market value of your land as a result of the increased flood vulnerability caused by the earthquakes. EQC has engaged valuers to make this assessment.  You can challenge the figure by engaging your own valuer to undertake the same exercise.  EQC should also provide a mechanism to allow homeowners to challenge the diminution of value figure attributed to their homes.

• SUING EQC
• If you have undertaken the above steps, and you are still not happy with the outcome of your land
• claim, you can take the matter to Court by way of judicial review or private law cause of action.
• The Court held that any guidelines developed and applied by EQC must:
• (a) Be applied in good faith by EQC;
• (b) Not be applied mechanically and be open to other factors;
• Not exclude relevant factors;
• Entitle owners to provide further information, or an alternative exploitation of existing information; and
• Not prevent owners challenging EQC’s decision in Court.
• If EQC breaches these requirements or any other principles of natural justice, you can challenge
• the process undertaken by EQC in accordance with judicial review.
• Alternatively, EQC can be sued like an ordinary insurer. That means that they must act as if the
• EQC Act were an insurance policy and it must be followed strictly. EQC must not only act
• reasonably, it must act correctly and in accordance with the obligations set out in the Act. If it fails
• to, you can bring proceedings against EQC for breach of its statutory obligations.
• Please do not hesitate to contact us to discuss any of the above further with you or provide you
• with additional advice.

Duncan Webb / Sophie GoodwinPartner / Associate Lane Neave Lawyers Email:  duncan.webb@laneneave.co.nz Email:  sophie.goodwin@laneneave.co.nz Tel: +64 3 379 3720 Fax:+64 3 379 8370 www.laneneave.co.nz

• Disclaimer: The content of this article is general in nature and not intended as a substitute for
• specific professional advice on any matter and should not be relied upon for that purpose.

A looming disconnect; what the 10 per cent game reveals- Guest Blog by Herman Meijburg

How long can one consider oneself a victim of a natural disaster?  Is it forever? Is it valid to say that as long as you experience yourself as a victim you remain a victim of that particular event? I dare say that on entering our fifth year after the September 4 2010 earthquake Cantabrians can no longer consider themselves earthquake victims. We no longer have to recuperate from the aftershocks in the true sense of the word. Maybe we need to front up to the reality that, apart from a little tremor, the devastating  and life threatening aftershocks themselves are history. Yes, we still carry the memories of people bonding together facing the devastation, the pain, and the loss of lives in those early days. They will linger. Those times will not be easily forgotten. But “over time” we have moved on.  We commemorated the dead. We have named and honored those who lent us a helping hand in time of our greatest need. And to some extent it brought us closure.

Yet there is another “earthquake” story that is far from over. It is a story that needs to be told. Why? Because during these four years the ball game has drastically changed from Cantabrians coping with the aftermath of a natural disaster to a man afflicted disaster of some magnitude. Today thousands of Cantabrians find themselves in the crossfire between the opinions of the directives and the interests of local and national authorities, of conflicting assessments of their properties by their insurance companies; their assessors, structural engineers and quantity surveyors disagreeing with policyholder experts over the extent of damage and the costs thereof. At the same time another tip of an iceberg is emerging: an increasing number of shoddy repairs are appearing. And because of all this the propaganda surrounding the rebuild of Christchurch isn’t what it seems.

A date like September the 4^th marks a good date to throw around some statistics. How well are we doing? The local newspaper informs us that Peter Townsend estimates that “just 10 percent of the rebuild is complete” (The Press, Sept 4^th, 2014). That is a shocking statement, apparently we are not doing all that well at all!  Mr Townsend is the CEO of the local Chamber of Commerce and is known for having a good and down-to-earth handle on the developments regarding the recovery/rebuild here in Christchurch. In the same article we are provided with the latest statistics on the rebuild. We learn from this article that “claims settled” does not necessarily mean that the repairs or rebuilds have actually eventuated. There is a big 40 per cent gap between “settled” and “complete”. What are we to make of this? With the words/phrases being used we are challenged to read between the lines. The Prime Minister, Mr John Key, recently visited Christchurch and was happy to announce during the Press leaders’ debate on Sept 2^nd that the rebuild was now gaining momentum as 90 per cent of all claims had been settled. In short, if we take his word on the situation “we are doing pretty well in Christchurch”! Yet, another gap opens up, suggesting that only 10 per cent of all claims are unresolved. What constitutes the difference between the 90 per cent of the PM and the 10 per cent of Mr Townsend?  We need to dig a little deeper.

How did Mr Key get to his 90 per cent? His figure is based on the recent numbers published by the Insurance Council and CERA and is composed of combining the number of claims “settled”  (50 per cent) and the number of claims that had reached agreement with insurers but (that agreement) had not been completed (40 per cent). In total these two categories make up the 90 per cent Mr Key confidently referred to.

The Insurance Council considers that 40 per cent of the claims where agreement has been reached (although that agreement is still pending) as “resolved”. In fact these “resolved” claims are on the waiting list for cash settlements or for the reinstatement (whether it be a repair or a rebuild) of their property. “Unresolved” are the really difficult cases, they make up for the remaining 10 per cent of claims. So what we are looking at here in Christchurch is an immense problem. It is a gap of 80 per cent! That is the gap identified by Mr. Townsend and Mr Key. It is the gap between the 10 per cent of claims “complete” and the 10 per cent of claims which present a range of complex issues.  The 80 per cent between those two 10 percentages forms a vast category of claims ranging from not being properly completed to claims which are resolved but where the agreement is still pending. That seems to be the true picture of “the Christchurch rebuild” 4 years after the September 4^, 2010  earthquake. You don’t read much about that in the papers!

On different levels the consequences of this slow rebuild/recovery are multiple. Businesses move elsewhere, people wear out, give up and settle for less than they were entitled to. The numbers of claimants who accept a cash settlement outweighs the number of people who want a full reinstatement of their house – by far. Four out of five claimants accept and prefer a cash settlement. Some resort to advisory groups, others engage in legal action.

Many see cracks reappearing in the linings of their walls; indicating that the repairs may not have been up to scratch. We may be in for a battle to get the repairs of the repairs properly done. It is clear that these developments reflect increasingly badly on the behavior of the insurance industry toward their clients. In the same article in which Mr Townsend made his comments I quote Leanne Curtis from the Canterbury Communities’ Earthquake Recovery Network, that she has recently noticed “a breakdown of trust between claimants and EQC and insurers” (the Press 4^th). And Vicky Hyde from the Insurance Watch is of the opinion that there “is still a lot simmering anger about how this whole thing has been handled”.  The gathering organized by TVNZ3 at Shirley’s’ High School on September the 4, 2014 and attended by nearly a thousand claimants was testimony to that. As we wake up, many discover that after four years, we have become the victims of a man-made aftershock that will keep us struggling for the years to come. Gradually we start to understand that we find ourselves in a situation where Cantabrians live in two realities. There is a rift developing between those in Canterbury who got their lives sorted (or thought they did) and who have moved on and those whose lives are still on hold and will be for a longer period of time. I fear the consequences of a growing disconnect between the two. In terms of the recovery/rebuild, the rift between these two realities will gradually define the developments in Christchurch as a tale of two cities. This is shaping up to be a shameful chapter in New Zealand’s short history.

http://www.icnz.org.nz/canterbury-earthquake-insurance-settlements-top-12-billion/

http://www.stuff.co.nz/business/industries/10457378/Christchurch-rebuild-just-10pc-complete

http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/opinion/editorials/10466598/Editorial-An-optimistic-view-of-booming-Christchurch

 

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