Earthquake
For all information relating to earthquakes click on the word "earthquake" under News tags located down the right-hand side of your screen.
Information specific to conferences and symposiumon earthquakes held since 4 September 2010 earthquakeare located in the Conferences section..
- University of Canterbury: 5th September 2014
A University of Canterbury PhD student is looking into whether people who use wheelchairs have felt included in the Canterbury rebuild and recovery in the three years since the 2010 and 2011 earthquakes
- University of Canterbury media release: 24th August 2014
A University of Canterbury PhD student is investigating the impact of social media following the 2010 and 2011 Canterbury earthquakes
- University of Canterbury media release: 30th July 2014
Support from partners, husbands, wives and spouses softened the impacts of depression following the 2010 and 2011 earthquakes, University of Canterbury research has found
- The results of the 2013 Youth Wellbeing Survey have provided decision makers with food for thought, highlighting areas of need as well as progress for young people aged between 12 and 24 years
- On the former Durham Street site of the Crown Plaza, there’s a gap to fill again now that the Pallet Pavilion has been deconstructed
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Ministry of Health media release: 30th May 2014
WorkSafe NZ has been investigating the testing and management of asbestos during repair work carried out in homes in Christchurch following the earthquakes in 2010 and 2011
- The ‘Imagine’ app is an initiative from the Department of Conservation in response to the Christchurch city earthquake rebuild
- This background paper was written by the Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) by Nicola Shirlaw.
Here is a snippet from the Introduction:
In 2010 and 2011, Christchurch experienced a number of major earthquakes
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Another challenge facing engineers and building experts is
housing foundations, one of the key problems being what to do with
the tens of thousands of homes with damaged foundations
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The Human Rights Commission has releasing a report calling for
people and their human rights to be put at the heart of the
recovery in Canterbury, says Chief Commissioner David
Rutherford.
"At its best, this is what the recovery has been about
- The ageing of the New Zealand population means that, in future, very large numbers of very old people will be living in the community, many alone or with a spouse of similar age, many suffering from chronic illness or disability and in need of support
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Communities in Christchurch and the organisations that work with
them have learnt a lot since the devastating earthquakes in 2010
and 2011
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ABC Radio Australia National presented a radio podcast called
After the Quakes as part of their 360 Documentary series on Sunday
6th June 2013
- The Christchurch City Council is often asked about places that give free, independent and reliable advice about home design and renovation
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In October 2012, more than 300 people attended community forums
in Kaiapoi and Brighton to listen to Dr Rob Gordon, a visiting
Australian specialist in disaster psychology who has supported
people affected by more than 30 disasters
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Wastewater systems are vulnerable to infiltration (of water) and
debris (soil, stones, and broken pipe pieces) as a result of
private wastewater lateral pipes being damaged or in poor
condition
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QuakeStudies is
the high-spec research repository and University of Canterbury node
of UC CEISMIC (http://www.ceismic.org.nz).
It has been created to help people memorialise, understand, and
learn from the Canterbury earthquakes
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