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dc.creatorGiovinazzi, Sonia
dc.creatorWilson, Thomas
dc.creatorDavis, Craig
dc.creatorBristow, Daniel
dc.creatorGallagher, Max
dc.creatorSchofield, Alistair
dc.creatorVillemure, Marlene
dc.creatorEidinger, John
dc.creatorTang, Alex
dc.date2011-12-31
dc.identifierhttps://bulletin.nzsee.org.nz/index.php/bnzsee/article/view/232
dc.identifier10.5459/bnzsee.44.4.402-417
dc.descriptionA magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck the city of Christchurch at 12:51pm on Tuesday 22 February 2011. The earthquake caused 182 fatalities, a large number of injuries, and resulted in widespread damage to the built environment, including significant disruption to the lifelines. The event created the largest lifeline disruption in a New Zealand city in 80 years, with much of the damage resulting from extensive and severe liquefaction in the Christchurch urban area. The Christchurch earthquake occurred when the Canterbury region and its lifelines systems were at the early stage of recovering from the 4 September 2010 Darfield (Canterbury) magnitude 7.1 earthquake. This paper describes the impact of the Christchurch earthquake on lifelines by briefly summarising the physical damage to the networks, the system performance and the operational response during the emergency management and the recovery phase. Special focus is given to the performance and management of the gas, electric and road networks and to the liquefaction ejecta clean-up operations that contributed to the rapid reinstatement of the functionality of many of the lifelines. The water and wastewater system performances are also summarized. Elements of resilience that contributed to good network performance or to efficient emergency and recovery management are highlighted in the paper.en-US
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dc.languageeng
dc.publisherNew Zealand Society for Earthquake Engineeringen-US
dc.relationhttps://bulletin.nzsee.org.nz/index.php/bnzsee/article/view/232/219
dc.rightsCopyright (c) 2011 Sonia Giovinazzi, Thomas Wilson, Craig Davis, Daniel Bristow, Max Gallagher, Alistair Schofield, Marlene Villemure, John Eidinger, Alex Tangen-US
dc.sourceBulletin of the New Zealand Society for Earthquake Engineering; Vol. 44 No. 4 (2011): Special Issue on the 2011 Christchurch Earthquake; 402-417en-US
dc.source2324-1543
dc.source1174-9857
dc.titleLifelines performance and management following the 22 February 2011 Christchurch earthquake, New Zealand: Highlights of resilienceen-US
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