Urban Disaster Recovery in Christchurch: The Central Business District Cordon and Other Critical Decisions
| Autor: | Mikaël Gartner, Erica Seville, Kenneth J. Elwood, Stephanie E. Chang, Dave Brunsdon, Josh E. Taylor |
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| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
| Předmět: |
021110 strategic
defence & security studies History business.industry Event (relativity) Environmental resource management 0211 other engineering and technologies Disaster recovery 02 engineering and technology 010502 geochemistry & geophysics Geotechnical Engineering and Engineering Geology 01 natural sciences Civil engineering Geophysics business Aftershock 0105 earth and related environmental sciences Central business district |
| Zdroj: | Earthquake Spectra. 30:513-532 |
| ISSN: | 1944-8201 8755-2930 |
| DOI: | 10.1193/022413eqs050m |
| Popis: | The Canterbury earthquakes, which involved widespread damage in the February 2011 event and ongoing aftershocks near the Christchurch central business district (CBD), presented decision makers with many recovery challenges. This paper identifies major government decisions, challenges, and lessons in the early recovery of Christchurch based on 23 key-informant interviews conducted 15 months after the February 2011 earthquake. It then focuses on one of the most important decisions—maintaining the cordon around the heavily damaged CBD—and investigates its impacts. The cordon displaced 50,000 central city jobs, raised questions about (and provided new opportunities for) the long-term viability of downtown, influenced the number and practice of building demolitions, and affected debris management. Despite being associated with substantial losses, the cordon was commonly viewed as necessary, and provided some benefits in facilitating recovery. Management of the cordon poses important lessons for planning for catastrophic urban earthquakes around the world. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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