• Enhancing earthquake and tsunami preparedness and response in Kura Kaupapa Māori/Schools Aotearoa New Zealand: learnings from the 5 March 2021 East Cape earthquake sequence 

  Johnston, David; Tapuke, Kelvin; Kaiser, Lucy; Becker, Julia (2022-04-27)

  Aotearoa New Zealand is exposed to numerous potentially damaging impacts from various hazard events. The east coast of the North Island, one of the most active seismic regions in New Zealand, faces significant earthquake ...

• Post-earthquake functional recovery: A critical review 

  Zhan, Shen; Chang-Richards, Alice; Elwood, Kenneth; Boston, Megan (2022-04-27)

  Functional recovery not only transforms the retrofit of damaged buildings from an earthquake event but also contributes to community resilience. This paper aims to provide a state-of-the-art literature review of functional ...

• Elastic Design (μ=1.0) of Damage Avoidance Structures 

  Darani, Farhad M.; Zarnani, Pouyan; Quenneville, Pierre (2022-04-27)

  Damage Avoidance Design (DAD) has been considered an efficient way for seismic design. Different solutions to achieve a robust DAD structure has been proposed and tested by researchers in the past. However, there is a lack ...

• Seismic retrofit of historic timber structures: Uncertainties and adaption on site 

  Davies, Matt; Alley, Gareth; Cattanach, Alistair (2022-04-27)

  Existing timber structures, containing more hand-adapted and degradable components than other materials, provide challenges in ensuring your design intent is followed through on site. Often these buildings are flexible ...

• Wellington region land transport resilience business case 

  Brabhaharan, Pathmanathan; Siazon, Michael (2022-04-27)

  The high seismicity, rugged terrain and an increasingly adverse climate exacerbated by climate change mean that the capital city Wellington’s transport system has severe deficiencies in its resilience to natural and ...

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