Research Centres: Recent submissions
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An Overview of Economic Impact of Resilient Seismic Techonologies on Earthquake Insurance in New Zealand
(2018)New Zealand's plate boundary location implies its vulnerability to earthquake hazard. Earthquakes have caused significant damage to the built environment of the country and heavily disturbed its economy. In particular, the ... -
A habitat template of Stuckenia Pectinata in Te Waihora (Lake Ellesmere).
(University of Canterbury, 2018)Te Waihora (Lake Ellesmere) is a shallow coastal lagoon located on the east coast of the South Island of New Zealand. An extensive macrophyte bed (primarily Stuckenia pectinata and Ruppia spp.) once existed around the ... -
Invercagill City Council Heritage Survey and Strategy
(2018)In 2016, Invercargill City Council engaged Origin Consultants to review central city heritage buildings. 169 buildings were reassessed with 26 buildings recommended for removal. As a result, Invercargill City Council ... -
FP3: Coordinated Project - Multidisciplinary Approach for a Resilient Wellington CBD
(2018)We describe the creation of a building inventory database developed for Wellington, whose ultimate aim is to assist the generation of research on the risks, impacts, and viable solutions for reducing the seismic risk of ... -
Recent Developmements of the Resilient Slip Friction Joint (RSFJ) Technology for Seismic Proofing New and Existing Buildings
(2018)INTRODUCTION The innovative Resilient Slip Friction Joint (RSFJ) technology has recently been introduced to the NZ construction industry. This damage avoidance technology not only provides life safety, but also minimizes ... -
GMSim Viz: Automated 3D Visualization of Ground Motion Simulation and Consequent Impacts
(2018)Overview GMSimViz is an automation tool that produces an animated 3D visualization of geological faults, ground motion and other earthquake-related data. Typically verification of ground motion simulations involves various ... -
Island Grid Operations and Restoration in Electricity Distribution Networks Following Large-Scale Natural Hazards
(2018)This project is aligned to Electricity Distribution Resilience framework and funded by Resilience to Nature’s Challenges. The goal of this project is to make New Zealand’s electricity infrastructure resilient to natural ... -
Ground Motion Simulation Computational Workflow
(2018)Background and Objective Significant portions of QuakeCoRE research require large-scale computationally-intensive numerical ground motion (GM) simulations. The amount of data and complexity of computation make the ... -
Multi-Hazards Quantitative Assessment - An Empirical Graphical Methodology
(2018)Abstract: The impact of natural disasters has been increasing in the recent years. Despite developing international interest in multi-hazard events, few studies quantify the dynamic interaction that characterise these ... -
Investigation Disaster Resilience within the Hotel Sector: an Integrative Conceptual Framework
(2018)This research provides the hotel sector with a starting point for assessing and better understanding what disaster resilience is for hotels by identifying predictors of disaster resilience. Resilience to disaster has become ... -
An Example of How Community Participation can be Successfully Incorporated into the Disaster Risk Assessment Process, Aotearoa-New Zealand
(Quake CoRE, 2018)During disasters, exposed communities bear the brunt of impacts and are first to respond. People of these communities obtain local and/or indigenous understanding of locally-specific challenges and opportunities, which no ... -
Preparation of a 3D Dunedin Velocity Model
(2018)The Akatore Fault is located to the southwest of Dunedin city and is thought to represent the most significant source of seismic hazard for the city. As Dunedin has not experienced a large earthquake in recorded history, ... -
Simplified-Physics High Frequency Ground-Motion Simulations Using Site-Specific Parameters
(2018)Hybrid broadband simulation methods typically compute high-frequency portion of ground-motions using a simplified-physics approach (commonly known as “stochastic method”) using the same 1D velocity profile, anelastic ... -
Cylic Undrained DSS Testing of Christchurch Sands
(2018)Earthquake-triggered soil liquefaction caused extensive damage and heavy economic losses in Christchurch during the 2010-2011 Canterbury earthquakes. The most severe manifestations of liquefaction were associated with the ... -
Automated Classification of Ground Motion Record Quality Using Machine Learing
(2018)Motivation Densification of strong-motion station networks, their increased sensitivity, and the desire to use smaller magnitude data, is leading to exponentially-increasing ground motion datasets. Despite the improving ... -
Inferred Seismic Performance and Recovery of the Christchurch Water Supply Network Following the 22 February 2011 Mw 6-2 Christchurch Earthquake
(2018)Introduction This poster presents the inferred initial performance and recovery of the water supply network of Christchurch following the 22 February 2011 Mw 6.2 earthquake. Results are presented in a geospatial and ... -
On the Relationship Between Geospatial Liquefaction-Model Performance and Quality of Geospatial Data: A Case Study of the 2010-2016 Canterbury Earthquakes
(2018)Geospatial liquefaction models aim to predict liquefaction using data that is free and readily-available. This data includes (i) common ground-motion intensity measures; and (ii) geospatial parameters (e.g., among ... -
Modelling Nonlinear Site Effects in Physics-Based Ground Motion Simulation
(2018)Background This study examines the performance of site response analysis via nonlinear total-stress 1D wave-propagation for modelling site effects in physics-based ground motion simulations of the 2010-2011 Canterbury, ... -
Who Pays for a Managed Retreat? Lessons from the Christchurch Residential Red Zone
(2018)After the Christchurch earthquakes, the government declared about 8000 houses as Red Zoned, prohibiting further developments in these properties, and offering the owners to buy them out. The government provided two options ... -
Measuring the Impact of Insurance on Urban Recovery with Light
(2018)We measure the longer-term effect of a major earthquake on the local economy, using night-time light intensity measured from space, and investigate whether insurance claim payments for damaged residential property affected ...
