http://hdl.handle.net/10092/612 Tue, 16 Apr 2013 18:59:57 GMT 2013-04-16T18:59:57Z http://hdl.handle.net/10092/5085 Title: Should waste management be considered a lifeline in New Zealand? Authors: Brown, C.; Milke, M.; Seville, E. Abstract: Executive Summary Lifelines (also referred to as Critical Infrastructure) provide the essential services that support the life of our community. Maintaining provision of these services in an emergency response situation is critical to the recovery of a community. In New Zealand regional lifeline groups have been established to promote planning, resource sharing and coordination between lifeline service providers. In addition to this, New Zealand emergency law has provision for certain designated Lifeline Utilities to act as necessary to restore services in an emergency situation. However, solid waste management is not included in either the planning process nor is it provided for under the emergency legislation. A qualitative assessment of the importance of waste management to a community recovery effort and semi quantitative assessment on the impact of waste management on other lifeline provisions has been carried out. In a recovery, it is shown that waste management has the potential to pose health and safety hazards such as disease and environmental pollution. Waste management is also shown to be important to the provision of many lifelines. Given this importance and dependence, great benefit would be gained from including waste management activities in lifeline planning and coordination to facilitate more effective resource planning and prioritisation. From a legal perspective, the complexity of the waste management system would make it difficult to legislate as a Lifeline Utility. Not only are there multiple components to a solid waste system (disposal, treatment, recycling and collection), pre-disaster solid waste capacities would need to be significantly augmented to cater for the disaster generated waste and often this would entail the operation of organisations not normally involved in solid waste management. However, there would be benefits in providing legislation to require and give regulatory flexibility to pre-disaster solid waste operators and facilities to restore pre-disaster services following a disaster. This allowance would facilitate the first stage of the clean-up effort before an integrated disaster waste management system could be implemented. Description: Called Resilient Organisations Research Report 2010/01 at http://www.resorgs.org.nz/pubs/Resilient%20Organisations%20Lifeline%20report_250110.pdf Fri, 01 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10092/5085 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10092/4272 Title: Closure: Detailing of plastic hinges in seismic design of concrete structures Authors: Dhakal, R.P.; Fenwick, R.C. Thu, 01 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10092/4272 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10092/2798 Title: Summary of Learnings from the 4th International I-REC Conference: Building Resilience - Achieving Effective Post-Disaster Reconstruction Authors: Myburgh, D.; Seville, E.; Wilkinson, S. Abstract: In April 2008, the Resilient Organisations Research Programme hosted the 4th International i-Rec conference on post-disaster reconstruction in Christchurch, New Zealand. Papers presented at the Conference were wide-ranging, covering a number of topical issues for post-disaster reconstruction from around the world. Copies of papers and presentations given at the conference can be found at: http://www.resorgs.org.nz/irec2008/i-rec2008_papers.shtml This report provides a high level summary of some of the learning’s that emerged during the conference, and the lessons that may be taken from the experience of those who work at the forefront of post-disaster recovery and reconstruction efforts, as well as those who have researched relevant post-disaster reconstruction issues. Tue, 01 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10092/2798 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10092/2078 Title: Constructing Structural VAR Models with Conditional Independence Graphs Authors: Oxley, L.; Reale, M.; Tunnicliffe Wilson, G. Abstract: In this paper graphical modelling is used to select a sparse structure for a multivariate time series model of New Zealand interest rates. In particular, we consider a recursive structural vector autoregressions that can subsequently be described parsimoniously by a directed acyclic graph, which could be given a causal interpretation. A comparison between competing models is then made by considering likelihood and economic theory. Description: RePEc Working Papers Series: No: 19/2008 Tue, 01 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10092/2078 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z