Urban Disaster Recovery in Christchurch: The Central Business District Cordon and Other Critical Decisions

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dc.contributor.authorChang, S.E.
dc.contributor.authorTaylor, J.E.
dc.contributor.authorElwood, K.J.
dc.contributor.authorSeville, E.
dc.contributor.authorBrunsdon, D.
dc.contributor.authorGartner, M.
dc.date.accessioned2014-08-20T00:07:47Z
dc.date.available2014-08-20T00:07:47Z
dc.date.issued2014en
dc.descriptionCopyright 2014. Earthquake Engineering Research Institute. This article may be downloaded for personal use only. Any other use requires prior permission of the Earthquake Engineering Research Institute.en
dc.description.abstractThe 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.en
dc.identifier.citationChang, S.E., Taylor, J.E., Elwood, K.J., Seville, E., Brunsdon, D., Gartner, M. (2014) Urban Disaster Recovery in Christchurch: The Central Business District Cordon and Other Critical Decisions. Earthquake Spectra, 30(1), pp. 513-532.en
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1193/022413EQS050M
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10092/9520
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherUniversity of Canterbury. Civil and Natural Resources Engineeringen
dc.rights.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10092/17651en
dc.subject.anzsrcFields of Research::44 - Human society::4410 - Sociology::441016 - Urban sociology and community studiesen
dc.subject.anzsrcFields of Research::40 - Engineering::4005 - Civil engineering::400506 - Earthquake engineeringen
dc.subject.anzsrcField of Research::04 - Earth Sciences::0403 - Geology::040313 - Tectonicsen
dc.titleUrban Disaster Recovery in Christchurch: The Central Business District Cordon and Other Critical Decisionsen
dc.typeJournal Article
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