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Outlook for earthquake early warning for Aotearoa New Zealand: Insights from initiating a community-of-practice
(New Zealand Society for Earthquake Engineering, 2021-04-14)
A community-of-practice (CoP) is a community that comprises of members that build relationships with each other to create technical advancements motivated by shared goals. Establishing communities-of-practice has been ...
Improving earthquake resilience in the Taupō Volcanic Zone (TVZ) using school-based seismometers and connected education programmes
(New Zealand Society for Earthquake Engineering, 2021-04-14)
Over the past decade several “seismometers in schools” programmes have been developed in Aotearoa New Zealand by a range of organisations, for a variety of reasons and aiming to achieve a range of educational outcomes. ...
Earthquake Stories: Experiences of Building Performance in Earthquakes to enhance future building performance
(New Zealand Society for Earthquake Engineering, 2021-04-14)
The performance of the built environment during earthquakes plays an important role in reducing risk and enhancing the resilience of New Zealand’s urban centres. Although engineering codes and building standards regulate ...
The shaky south (or not): towards improving communities understanding of earthquake risk in Otago and Southland
(New Zealand Society for Earthquake Engineering, 2022-04-27)
Understanding how people interpret and respond to earthquake risks is vital to any strategy for earthquake risk reduction. Acknowledging that there is a wide range of interpretations of risk is important in determining how ...
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
(New Zealand Society for Earthquake Engineering, 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 ...
Meet EDDIE – QuakeCoRE’s new earthquake test dummy
(New Zealand Society for Earthquake Engineering, 2023-04-19)
Until recently there has been limited understanding of the relationship between behaviour during earthquake shaking and risk of injury. Studying human behaviour during shaking is important, however, because with a better ...
Enhancing earthquake and tsunami preparedness and response in Kura Kaupapa Māori/Schools in Tairāwhiti and Waiāriki, Aotearoa New Zealand
(New Zealand Society for Earthquake Engineering, 2023-04-19)
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 ...