Browsing by Subject "Influence of society, policy, culture, and emergency management on earthquake risk, and community resilience"
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Analysis of Felt Detailed ‘Final Comments’ for the 2016 Kaikōura earthquake
(2024-04-09)The GeoNet “Felt Detailed” survey collects information about people’s experiences after earthquakes - from behavioural responses through to damage to buildings and infrastructure. One of the questions asked at the end of ... -
Communicating seismic risk with commercial building tenants: Preliminary results
(2024-04-09)In Aotearoa New Zealand, the interpretation of seismic risk information and the subsequent demands put on building owners and developers, are shaping the performance of our building stock. Commercial building tenants, in ... -
Evaluating and Communicating Seismic Risk for Low Rating Buildings
(2024-04-09)There are many challenges for owners and occupiers of buildings where seismic assessments produce ratings of less than 34%NBS, including addressing questions about whether they should continue to occupy the building. MBIE’s ... -
Improving Post-Earthquake Emergency Management of Heritage Buildings
(2024-04-09)The emergency response is one of the most thorny and challenging activities for the local and national authorities. It is necessary to act quickly and in an effective manner - any delay or misstep could cost lives and ... -
Indicators for quantifying post-disaster functionality: a neighbourhood scale
(2024-04-09)Natural disasters, such as earthquakes and cyclones, affect people physically and mentally. They can be destructive to the built environment, hindering infrastructure, lifelines, buildings and homes, which all support the ... -
Residential Reconstruction of Christchurch City Centre: Is sustainability the key to promoting inner-city living?
(2024-04-09)The aftermath of the 12 years following the earthquake has posed persistent challenges in achieving attracting permanent residents into the Christchurch City Centre. Despite City Council’s initiatives like the Central City ... -
The role of risk perception, risk communication, and comparative risk principles in resilience building
(2024-04-09)Increasing resilience to earthquakes through choices such as building design requires people to understand, evaluate, and act on risk. Therefore, any communication efforts, either formal or informal, which are aimed at ...