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How effective is a composting toilet system for protecting human health in an emergency context?
(New Zealand Society for Earthquake Engineering, 2021-04-14)
The Wellington Region is highly vulnerable to large earthquakes as it is crossed by active faults. Expected timeframes of 1 to 2 years for the re-establishment of networked wastewater management services provide urgency ...
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 ...
Evaluation of the ShakeOut earthquake drill and use of protective actions in Aotearoa New Zealand
(New Zealand Society for Earthquake Engineering, 2021-04-14)
Many earthquake injuries in Aotearoa New Zealand result from people falling or being struck by flying objects during shaking. Since 2012, the ShakeOut earthquake (and now tsunami) drill has aimed to teach the protective ...
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. ...
Panel Discussion - Towards a Resilient Future
(New Zealand Society for Earthquake Engineering, 2021-04-14)
Many lessons have been learnt from the major earthquakes in the past that have helped New Zealand become more resilient to earthquakes. But society’s circumstances, perspectives, and expectations are ever changing. How do ...
Seismic performance expectations of homeowners using strengthening techniques to structurally prepare houses for earthquakes
(New Zealand Society for Earthquake Engineering, 2021-04-14)
Due to the widespread damage and large economic losses caused to residential houses by major earthquakes all around the world, government authorities and nongovernmental organizations have made significant investments to ...
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 ...
Social Influences on behavioural response to earthquake shaking
(New Zealand Society for Earthquake Engineering, 2022-04-27)
Many earthquake injuries in Aotearoa New Zealand occur because people either do not act quickly to protect themselves or act in a way which can lead to harm. Earthquakes are an uncertain context in which to make behavioural ...