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Billings, Ian, and Nicholas Charman. "Christchurch City Council lifelines." Bulletin of the New Zealand Society for Earthquake Engineering 44, no. 4 (December 31, 2011): 418–24. http://dx.doi.org/10.5459/bnzsee.44.4.418-424.

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On 22 February 2011 an earthquake measuring 6.3 on the Richter Scale occurred in Christchurch City resulting in widespread damage to buildings and infrastructure. Christchurch City Council (CCC) has an extensive potable water supply network including bulk storage and service reservoirs which provide water to approximately 320,000 residents. Inspections undertaken, following the 22 February earthquake, on 43 concrete reservoirs located on the Port Hills and Cashmere Hills areas noted varying extents of damage from nil through to major. Damaged roof to wall connections were observed in many reservoirs with damage to walls, base-slabs and internal columns limited to a few reservoirs only. Of the 43 reservoirs, complete functional failure occurred in only one, with reduced function and operation at other sites resulting from excessive leakage, necessity for emergency repairs, or associated pipe work damage. Those reservoirs currently out of operation for reinstatement, including Christchurch’s largest, account for approximately 40% of the network’s storage capacity. Overall, given the magnitude of earthquake accelerations that occurred on 22 February 2011, the reservoirs are considered to have performed remarkably well. Those in the Port Hills area nearest the earthquake epicentre, have expectedly, incurred the most damage. Reinstatement works, varying from minor crack injection and patch repair through to reconstruction and retrofit, have been developed appropriate to the extent of damage. CCC has prioritised reservoir repair to maximise available water supply for the 2011-2012 summer demand and this has required, in some instances, staging and deferring of reinstatement works. A summary of structural and functional performance, results of physical investigations and detailed seismic assessments, and common damage areas observed are presented in this paper along with the reinstatement options developed.
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Bruneau, Michel, and Gregory MacRae. "Building Structural Systems in Christchurch's Post-Earthquake Reconstruction." Earthquake Spectra 35, no. 4 (November 2019): 1953–78. http://dx.doi.org/10.1193/052818eqs126o.

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After the 2010–2011 Canterbury earthquakes, much of the Christchurch Central Business District was demolished, and a new city is in the process of emerging in its place. A series of interviews conducted with key professionals involved with the reconstruction, together with data collected from various sources (including Christchurch's City Council database), has made it possible to (1) quantify variations in the selection of a structural system as a function of various parameters and (2) identify some of the drivers that have influenced decisions about the selection of structural material and specific structural systems used. Key points on factors that may affect post-earthquake structural engineering practice are drawn from the data collected. As such, the Christchurch rebuilding experience provides insights into some of the mechanisms that can dictate structural engineering decisions during the post-earthquake reconstruction of a modern city.
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Halliday, Jessica. "FESTA Festival of Transitional Architecture in Christchurch, New Zealand." Journal of Public Space 2, no. 3 (December 9, 2017): 177. http://dx.doi.org/10.5204/jps.v2i3.126.

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<p>In 2012 <a href="http://www.festa.org.nz">FESTA</a> emerged in Christchurch, New Zealand as a collective response to the extraordinary circumstances of a natural disaster. As a place-based (and now biennial) weekend-long festival of architecture and urbanism it continues to seek and find relevance to that place, its people, and to all involved in the event (participants, audience, funders and supporters) as the extraordinary fades into a more ordered and ordinary existence.<br />On 22 February 2011, a large earthquake hit the city of Christchurch, New Zealand. It was the second largest, and most destructive, of a series of over 11,000 earthquakes recorded in the region over a 2-year period from September 2010. 185 people died as a result of the February quake and over 75% of the built fabric of the central city was demolished. Christchurch’s central city was cordoned off from the public and put under army control, portions of it for over two years. A new government agency was established to direct the city’s recovery. It commissioned and backed a new spatial plan for the central city (‘<a href="http://architecturenow.co.nz/articles/the-final-blueprint-for-a-new-christchurch/">The Blueprint’</a>), designed to retain existing land values and incentivise new and current investment as well as renew public spaces and amenities. Land damage caused whole suburban areas to be deemed unrepairable and these neighbourhoods were ‘<a href="https://teara.govt.nz/en/zoomify/46379/eastern-suburbs-red-zone">red zoned’</a> and purchased by the central government. Over 4 years, 8000 homes in the suburban red zones were demolished. Drastic change and uncertainty touched most aspects of Christchurch people’s lives in the years following the earthquake.</p>
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Carlton, Sally. "“LIKE YOU, I WANT TO FEEL EXCITEMENT AND HOPE ABOUT OUR CITY”: ‘CHRISTCHURCH THE CITY’ IN CAMPAIGN MATERIAL OF THE 2013 CHRISTCHURCH CITY COUNCIL ELECTION." JOURNAL OF ARCHITECTURE AND URBANISM 38, no. 1 (March 28, 2014): 11–23. http://dx.doi.org/10.3846/20297955.2014.900943.

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The Christchurch City Council election of 2013 provides a compelling case study through which to consider the interaction between politics and city space. On the one hand, through the careful placement of campaign posters, politics encroached on the physical terrain of the city. On the other hand, candidates included in their campaign material multitudinous references to ‘Christchurch the city,’ demonstrating the extent to which the physical environment of the post-disaster city had become central to local politics.
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Potter, S. J. "Southern Capital: Christchurch - Towards a City Biography." English Historical Review 117, no. 470 (February 1, 2002): 239–40. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ehr/117.470.239.

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Kane, Raylee, and Jenny Smith. "Inner City East – One Christchurch community’s story." Aotearoa New Zealand Social Work 25, no. 2 (May 15, 2016): 90–97. http://dx.doi.org/10.11157/anzswj-vol25iss2id84.

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The process of recovery for communities adversely affected by natural disaster is often conceived as a steady journey back to what was. Experience in Christchurch following the 2010/2011 sequence of disastrous earthquakes tells us that recovery is actually very complex and will, in large part, depend upon the strengths of the community before the disaster. This article is the story so far, of one inner city community, how it responded to the disaster and how it is participating in its own recovery
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Berril, J. B., R. O. Davis, and I. F. McCahon. "Christchurch seismic hazard pilot study." Bulletin of the New Zealand Society for Earthquake Engineering 26, no. 1 (March 31, 1993): 14–27. http://dx.doi.org/10.5459/bnzsee.26.1.14-27.

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A pilot zoning study has been carried out for ground shaking hazard in the city of Christchurch, using the grade-3 procedures of the draft manual on seismic zonation for geotechnical hazards, being developed by Technical Committee TC-4 of the ISSMFE. Because of limited site data, we were not able to produce a complete zoning map for the city, but ground motions were estimated at six distinct sites for which borehole data was available, and this provided a good test for the procedures of the manual. The city of Christchurch is situated on nearly 1 km of volcanic rock and alluvial sediments overlying greywacke basement, on the edge of the main seismic region of New Zealand. In addition to being an interesting site from the point of view of ground shaking, there are also liquefaction and slope stability hazards in the alluvial and beach sands found throughout the city, and in the recent loess deposits mantling the adjacent Port Hills. In the pilot study of ground shaking hazard, a seismicity model for the central South Island region published recently by Elder et al. (1991) was combined with the attenuation model of Kawashima et al. (1984) recommended in the draft manual, to estimate rock motion at Christchurch, described by its acceleration response spectrum. Transfer functions were computed for the site response to estimate motions at the six selected sites using the Thomson-Haskell method. The results were highly sensitive to details of. the upper 30 m or so of the soil profile. In the local context, the large disparity between our estimates of ground shaking at Christchurch and those implicit in the draft revision of NZS 4203 are disturbing. According to our study the draft code underestimates shaking by about a factor of two or more.
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Breetzke, Gregory D., Marcus King, and Inger Fabris-Rotelli. "The impact of the Canterbury Earthquakes on the temporal and spatial patterning of crime in Christchurch, New Zealand." Australian & New Zealand Journal of Criminology 51, no. 1 (November 28, 2016): 135–56. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0004865816679687.

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The Canterbury Earthquakes struck the Canterbury region of the South Island of New Zealand between September 2010 and February 2011. The Earthquakes resulted in widespread structural damage to Christchurch, the main city of the region, and greatly impacted other aspects of society including crime. In this study, we adopt an exploratory approach to investigate the impact that these earthquakes have had on the temporal and spatial patterning of four types of crime in Christchurch: assault, domestic violence, burglary and arson. Overall crime has decreased in post-quake Christchurch with the notable exception of domestic violence. We found remarkably similar temporal signatures of crime for all crime types occurring across both the pre- and post-earthquake periods. Spatially, crime has increased in the majority of neighbourhoods in Christchurch post-quake despite overall crime levels being down. Explanations for this paradoxical and other finding are outlined in the context of a rebuilding and recovering city.
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White, P. A. "Avon River springs catchment, Christchurch City, New Zealand." Australian Journal of Earth Sciences 56, no. 1 (February 2009): 61–70. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/08120090802542075.

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Prendergast, Simon Te Ari, and Daniel K. Brown. "Architecture as a pathway to reconciliation in post-earthquake Christchurch." Journal of Public Space 2, no. 3 (December 9, 2017): 143. http://dx.doi.org/10.5204/jps.v2i3.123.

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<p>This community-based and culturally-situated design research project reflects on issues of community empowerment and activism through speculative design meant to provoke discourse within the wider New Zealand community. As design-led speculative architectural research, it reaches beyond the confines of professional practice. It challenges the norms of contemporary New Zealand architecture by investigating new architectural approaches to explicitly reflect the cultural identity of New Zealand Māori. The devastating earthquakes of September 4, 2010 and February 22, 2011 destroyed much of Christchurch. While a terrible tragedy, it also opened up the city for fundamental community based discussion. The idea of a post-colonial not just a post-earthquake city emerged, driven by Māori design and planning professionals following the leadership of local elders. The situated community for this design-led research investigation is the Ngāi Tahu iwi (Māori tribe) of Ōtautahi / Christchurch. Ngāi Tahu professionals in Ōtautahi / Christchurch developed key design aspirations pertaining to the future architecture and urban design of the new city. The city rebuild offered an opportunity to present a Ngāi Tahu vision that reflected its place identity in the new city. The site for this design research investigation is the Ngāi Tahu owned King Edward Barracks, within the Ōtautahi / Christchurch central business district. This traditional Māori settlement site had been covered with a disparate collection of urban colonial buildings, several of which were destroyed or damaged in the earthquakes. If this Ngāi Tahu owned site (and the city as a whole) is to be rebuilt, is there an opportunity for its architecture to reflect Ngāi Tahu, rather than Eurocentric models? And if so, how might such a design embody Māori and Ngāi Tahu identity, while enhancing New Zealanders’ awareness of traditional Māori design, values, and customs – all within the context of a contemporary urban fabric?</p>
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Wieck, Susannah Diane. "The Happy Heterotopia: Science and Leisure in the Christchurch Botanic Gardens." Thesis, University of Canterbury. Sociology and Anthropology, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10092/886.

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The botanic garden is a space of leisure, scientific endeavour, passive recreation, education and conservation. These roles are contradictory, yet coexist 'happily' in a single space. The central aim of this thesis is to investigate the diversity of spaces and meanings in the Christchurch Botanic Gardens from the perspectives of both users and producers of this space. The fieldwork component involves interviews with staff members of the Botanical Services Team at the Gardens, and selected people at the Christchurch City Council offices who were connected with the Gardens in various ways. Additionally, I use the data gathered during my participation in tours of the Gardens. This thesis is both an historical and contemporary analysis of the Christchurch Botanic Gardens. In a general history of the Western botanic garden, I show how colonialism, the Garden City movement and science shaped how botanic gardens functioned in society. This discussion contextualises the history of Christchurch's Botanic Gardens, which I compiled using archival material based on site, and the social practices that take place in this space. Using Foucault's concept of the heterotopia, I analyse the multiple and seemingly conflicting sites that exist inside the boundaries of the Christchurch Botanic Gardens. I explain how these sites are able to coexist inside what Foucault terms a 'happy, universalizing' heterotopic space. I conclude that conflicts between science and leisure, and colonial spaces are not experienced inside the Gardens by visitors. In reality, for visitors to the Gardens, the paradoxical nature of the space and the resulting tension deriving from its multi-faceted role in society continue to exist in harmony. However, conflict between science and leisure is claimed by those who produce the Gardens. This is because the producers are conscious of the competing roles of the Gardens yet are involved in creating a space that caters for a diverse group of visitors.
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Campbell, Kelli Truda. "The Shaken Suburbs: The changing sense of home and creating a new home after a disaster." Thesis, University of Canterbury. Geography, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10092/9589.

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The 2010 and 2011 earthquakes in the region of Canterbury, New Zealand caused widespread damage and the deaths of 185 people. Suburbs on the eastern side of Christchurch and in the satellite town of Kaiapoi, 20 kilometres north of Christchurch, were badly damaged by liquefaction. The Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority (CERA), a government organisation set up in the wake of the earthquakes, began to systematically zone all residential land in 2011. Based on the possibility for land remediation, 7860 houses in Christchurch and Kaiapoi were zoned red. Those who were in this zone were compensated and had to buy or build elsewhere. The other zone examined within this research – that of TC3 – lies within the green zone. Residents, in this zone, were able to stay in their houses but land was moderately damaged and required site-specific geotechnical investigations. This research sought to understand how residents’ senses of home were impacted by a disaster and the response efforts. Focusing on the TC3 and red zone of the eastern suburbs and the satellite town of Kaiapoi, this study interviewed 29 residents within these zones. The concept of home was explored with the respondents at three scales: home as a household; home as a community; and home as a city. There was a large amount of resistance to the zoning process and the handling of claims by insurance companies and the Earthquake Commission (EQC) after the earthquakes. Lack of transparency and communication, as well as extremely slow timelines were all documented as failings of these agencies. This research seeks to understand how participant’s sense of home changed on an individual level and how it was impacted by outside agencies. Homemaking techniques were also focused on showing that a changed sense of home will impact on how a person interacts with a space.
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Derneryd, Anna. "Links between ENSO and particulate matter pollution for the city of Christchurch." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Luft-, vatten och landskapslära, 2006. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-303876.

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The purpose of the project has been to investigate how synoptic scale climate systems control the frequency of air pollution episodes in the city of Christchurch, New Zealand. The work has been done at the University of Canterbury, New Zealand, and data from the region has been analysed. Air pollution is, during winter time, a growing problem in Christchurch and the project was initiated by the regional environmental legislative body. The first part of the report is on finding relationships on a local-scale between particulate matter concentrations, ground temperature, temperature at 10 meters and wind speed. The data set used in the analysis comes from a monitoring station in St. Albans, situated in the north-east of Christchurch. In the second part, a connection is made thought correlation calculations between the results from the local-scale analysis and the synoptic situation observed over New Zealand during the same period. Two different data sets have been used in the analysis. One data set includes different weather patterns observed over New Zealand and the other data set includes different zonal and meridional circulation indices. A pressure index is also used, the Southern Oscillation Index. On the local-scale, a relationship has been found between the particulate matter concentration and the number of night hours with an inversion present. A correlation also exists between the wind speed and the number of night hours with an inversion present. The connection to the synoptic scale through cluster frequencies and circulation indices was found to be divergent. The cluster frequency analysis indicates on a direct correlation between the Southern Oscillation Index and the air pollution concentration in Christchurch, while the circulation indices analysis indicates on an inverse relationship between the Southern Oscillation Index and the air pollution concentration in Christchurch.
Sammanfattning av ”Kopplingen mellan ENSO och aerosoler mindre än 10 μm i Christchurch” Avsikten med projektet har varit att undersöka om det finns ett samband mellan storskaliga vädersystem (synoptisk skala) och antalet lokalt inträffade händelser med höga halter av luftföroreningar. Arbetet har utförts vid University of Canterbury i Christchurch på Nya Zeeland och mätdata för denna region har analyserats. Luftföroreningar är här ett växande problem, speciellt vintertid, vilket de regionala lagstiftande myndigheterna har identifierat och önskat få utrett. I första delen av rapporten analyseras samband mellan lokala parametrar, så som temperatur vid marknivå och på 10 meters höjd, vindhastighet och koncentrationen av olika luftföroreningar. Data som använts i dessa analyser har uppmätts vid en mätstation placerad i St. Albans, vilken ligger i nordöstra delen av centrala Christchurch. I den andra delen av rapporten beräknas korrelationen mellan resultaten från den lokala analysen och olika synoptiska vädersituationer observerade över Nya Zeeland under motsvarande tidsperioder. Två databaser har använts vid analysen, dels en databas innehållande olika vädersituationer över Nya Zeeland och dels en innehållande olika cirkulationsindex. Dessutom användes också ett lufttrycksindex, ”The Southern Oscillation Index”. Två korrelationer har beräknats i den lokala analysdelen. Dels har ett samband mellan luftföroreningskoncentrationen och antalet timmar med en inversion närvarande nattetid beräknats samt en korrelation mellan vindhastighet och antalet timmar med en inversion närvarande nattetid. Kopplingen till den synoptiska skalan visar på två divergerande resultat. Analys genomförd med olika ”clusters” visar på ett direkt samband mellan ”The Southern Oscillaion Index” och luftföroreningskoncentrationen i Christchurch medan en analys genomförd för circulationsindex visar på ett omvänt samband mellan ”The Southern Oscillation Index” och luftföroreningskoncentrationen i Christchurch.
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Martin, Aimee Selina. "An Accessible City An investigation using GIS into the potential for further development of the proposed major cycleways network for Christchurch, New Zealand." Thesis, University of Canterbury. Geography, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10092/10723.

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As the future of the world’s oil reserves becomes progressively more uncertain, it is becoming increasingly important that steps are taken to ensure that there are viable, attractive alternatives to travel by private motor vehicle. As with many of New Zealand’s major urban centres, Christchurch is still exceptionally reliant on private motor vehicles; although a significant proportion of the population indicate that they would like to cycle more, cycling is still an underutilised mode of transport. Following a series of fatal earthquakes that struck the city in 2010 and 2011, there has been the need to significantly redevelop much of the city’s horizontal infrastructure – subsequently providing the perfect platform for significant changes to be made to the road network. Many of the key planning frameworks governing the rebuild process have identified the need to improve Christchurch’s cycling facilities in order to boost cycling numbers and cyclist safety. The importance of considering future growth and travel patterns when planning for transport infrastructure has been highlighted extensively throughout literature. Accordingly, this study sought to identify areas where future cycle infrastructure development would be advantageous based on a number of population and employment projections, and likely future travel patterns throughout the city. Through the use of extensive GIS analysis, future population growth, employment and travel patterns for Christchurch city were examined in order to attain an understanding of where the current proposed major cycleways network could be improved, or extended. A range of data and network analysis were used to derive likely travel patterns throughout Christchurch in 2041. Trips were derived twice, once with a focus on simply finding the shortest route between each origin and destination, and then again with a focus on cyclist safety and areas where cyclists were unlikely to travel. It was found that although the proposed major cycleways network represents a significant step towards improving the cycling environment in Christchurch, there are areas of the city that will not be well serviced by the current proposed network in 2041. These include a number of key residential growth areas such as Halswell, Belfast and Prestons, along with a number of noteworthy key travel zones, particularly in areas close to the central city and key employment areas. Using network analysis, areas where improvements or extensions to the proposed network would be most beneficial were identified, and a number of potential extensions in a variety of areas throughout the city were added to the network of cycle ways. Although it has been found that filling small gaps in the network can have considerable positive outcomes, results from the prioritisation analysis suggested that initially in Christchurch demand is likely to be for more substantial extensions to the proposed major cycleways network.
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Titov, Mikhail. "Investigation of winter aerosol dispersion using the MM5/WRF-CAMx4 numerical modelling system : application to the aerosol abatement strategy for the city of Christchurch : a thesis submitted in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Environmental Science at the University of Canterbury /." Thesis, University of Canterbury. Geography, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10092/1581.

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Air circulation and air pollution dispersion models are used by a range of stakeholders involved in managing air quality in New Zealand following the recent establishment and implementation of the National Environmental (Air Quality) Standards by the Ministry for the Environment. MM5-CAMx4 and WRF-CAMx4 numerical modelling systems were utilized to air circulation over the complex terrain of the Christchurch area for investigation applied to winter aerosol pollution, following the recent establishment and implementation of the National Environmental Standards. A new method using several different chemical scenarios is developed to calculate optimal chemical composition of the input gridded aerosol emissions. This method improves the accuracy of predicted PM concentrations. The MM5-CAMx4.2 numerical system is evaluated to predict aerosol concentrations over a 48-72 hour time period for Christchurch for winter 2005. The aerosol concentrations are obtained for four different chemical compositions of the input aerosol emissions. The fine-total PM regression error between observed and modelled aerosol is used to find the minimum difference between modelled and ambient aerosol. Combination of the chemical scenarios with the minimum error between modelled and ambient data is employed to create a new complex chemical scenario. A reduction of the systematic error in the scenario method is achieved by applying the MM5/WRF - CAMx4.2 numerical system and observations for winter 2006, aerosol data from 2 observation sites. Assessment of the efficiency of PM abatement strategies for the period 2005- 2013 is undertaken using winter 2005 meteorology and application of a linear reduction in emissions according to Environment Canterbury proposed plan for aerosol reduction. A new numerical approach to selection of PM monitoring sites optimal localisation is also developed and could be applied to any air pollutant to find the optimal positions for installing new observation sites.
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Dowsing, V. A. "The provision of recreation opportunities for people with disabilities : a tale of two cities." Diss., Lincoln University, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10182/672.

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Disabled people comprise seventeen per cent of all New Zealanders and face barriers to participation in community life. This research examines the ways in which two local authorities - Manukau City Council and Christchurch City Council - provide recreation opportunities for people with disabilities and how these local authorities implement national legislation, policies and strategies which bear upon the provision of recreation services for the disabled. To achieve these aims, a comparative method which uses primary (interview) and secondary (documentary) data, is adopted. Central government plays an important role in the provision of recreation to communities, including the disabled community. It develops legislation, strategies and policies that guide the provision of recreation services for people with disabilities at a local level. Local authorities provide ‘spaces’ for recreation including parks, waterways and facilities, as part of their wider services and programmes. Their services respond to broader, including national, concerns, but also reflect local priorities and needs, including those of other ‘special’ populations. The results of this research indicate that Manukau and Christchurch Cities consult the disabled community and its representatives and address the specific needs of this community. Both local authorities have policies which outline how disability issues will be addressed; a disability-specific position which acts as an “internal advocate” for the disabled community; and a reference group made up of members of the disabled community. In the case of Christchurch City Council, the “KiwiAble” programme, “KiwiAble Recreation Network”, “KiwiAble Leisure Card” and Inclusive Communities Coordinator are all disability-specific mechanisms that focus on the recreational needs of the disabled community. However, only one policy in these two cities - the Manukau City Council Disability Policy and Action Plan – draws explicit links to a national strategy. On the basis of these results, a number of recommendations are made for future research and local authority action. It is hoped that the current study will provide practical advice and examples which local authorities can adopt, to further enhance recreational provisions for people with disabilities.
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Villemure, Marlene. "Fine grained sediment clean-up in a modern urban environment." Thesis, University of Canterbury. Geological Sciences, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10092/8356.

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Fine grained sediment deposition in urban environments during natural hazard events can impact critical infrastructure and properties (urban terrain) leading to reduced social and economic function and potentially adverse public health effects. Therefore, clean-up of the sediments is required to minimise impacts and restore social and economic functionality as soon as possible. The strategies employed to manage and coordinate the clean-up significantly influence the speed, cost and quality of the clean-up operation. Additionally, the physical properties of the fine grained sediment affects the clean-up, transport, storage and future usage of the sediment. The goals of the research are to assess the resources, time and cost required for fine grained sediment clean-up in an urban environment following a disaster and to determine how the geotechnical properties of sediment will affect urban clean-up strategies. The thesis focuses on the impact of fine grained sediment (<1 mm) deposition from three liquefaction events during the Canterbury earthquake sequence (2010-2011) on residential suburbs and transport networks in Christchurch. It also presents how geotechnical properties of the material may affect clean-up strategies and methods by presenting geotechnical analysis of tephra material from the North Island of New Zealand. Finally, lessons for disaster response planning and decision making for clean-up of sediment in urban environments are presented. A series of semi-structured interviews of key stakeholders supported by relevant academic literature and media reports were used to record the clean-up operation coordination and management and to make a preliminary qualification of the Christchurch liquefaction ejecta clean-up (costs breakdown, time, volume, resources, coordination, planning and priorities). Further analysis of the costs and resources involved for better accuracy was required and so the analysis of Christchurch City Council road management database (RAMM) was done. In order to make a transition from general fine sediment clean-up to specific types of fine disaster sediment clean-up, adequate information about the material properties is required as they will define how the material will be handled, transported and stored. Laboratory analysis of young volcanic tephra from the New Zealand’s North Island was performed to identify their geotechnical properties (density, granulometry, plasticity, composition and angle of repose). The major findings of this research were that emergency planning and the use of the coordinated incident management system (CIMS) system during the emergency were important to facilitate rapid clean-up tasking, management of resources and ultimately recovery from widespread and voluminous liquefaction ejecta deposition in eastern Christchurch. A total estimated cost of approximately $NZ 40 million was calculated for the Christchurch City clean-up following the 2010-2011 Canterbury earthquake sequence with a partial cost of $NZ 12 million for the Southern part of the city, where up to 33% (418 km) of the road network was impacted by liquefaction ejecta and required clearing of the material following the 22 February 2011 earthquake. Over 500,000 tonnes of ejecta has been stockpiled at Burwood landfill for all three liquefaction inducing earthquake events. The average cost per kilometre for the event clean-up was $NZ 5,500/km (4 September 2010), $NZ 11,650/km (22 February 2011) and $NZ 11,185/km (13 June 2011). The duration of clean-up time of residential properties and the road network was approximately two to three months for each of the three liquefaction ejecta events; despite events volumes and spatial distribution of ejecta. Interviews and quantitative analysis of RAMM data revealed that the experience and knowledge gained from the Darfield earthquake (4 September 2010) clean-up increased the efficiency of the following Christchurch earthquake induced liquefaction ejecta clean-up events. Density, particle size, particle shape, clay content and moisture content, are the important geotechnical properties that need to be considered when planning for a clean-up method that incorporates collection, transport and disposal or storage. The geotechnical properties for the tephra samples were analysed to increase preparedness and reaction response of potentially affected North Island cities from possible product from the active volcanoes in their region. The geotechnical results from this study show that volcanic tephra could be used in road or construction material but the properties would have to be further investigated for a New Zealand context. Using fresh volcanic material in road, building or flood control construction requires good understanding of the material properties and precaution during design and construction to extra care, but if well planned, it can be economically beneficial.
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Books on the topic "Christchurch City"

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Temple, Philip. Christchurch: A city and its people. Auckland: Pacific Publishers, 1987.

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Gorman, Paul, and Jude Tewnion. A city recovers: Christchurch two years after the quakes. Glenfield, New Zealand: Random House New Zealand, 2013.

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Parker, Bob. Ripped apart: A city in chaos : Bob Parker's story. Kerikeri, N.Z: Antares Pub, 2012.

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Bennett, B. W., James Dann, Johnson Emma, and Reynolds Ryan. Once in a lifetime: City-building after disaster in Christchurch. Christchurch, New Zealand: Freerange Press, 2014.

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John, Wilson. City and peninsula: The historic places of Christchurch and Banks Peninsula : Ōtautahi and Horomaka. Christchurch, N.Z: Christchurch Civic Trust, 2007.

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Dublin Crisis Conference (1986 Dublin). A report on the Dublin Crisis Conference, February 7th/9th, 1986 at the Synod Hall, Christchurch Place. Dublin: Deirdre Kelly..[et al.] on behalf of the Dublin Crisis Conference Committee, 1986.

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Peter, Grünenfelder. Die Rolle der politischen Führung im New Public Management: Am Beispiel Christchurch. Bern: Paul Haupt, 1997.

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Anna, Rogers, ed. Christchurch: The city in literature. Auckland: Exisle Pub., 2003.

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Rogers, Anna. Christchurch: The City in Literature (Our City). Exisle Publishing, 2003.

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Walk Christchurch (60 Short Walks that Explore Your City, Christchurch: The Garden City, The City that Shines). Christchurch City Council, 1998.

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Begg, John G., Katie E. Jones, Mark S. Rattenbury, David J. A. Barrell, Razel Ramilo, and Dick Beetham. "A 3D Geological Model for Christchurch City (New Zealand): A Contribution to the Post-earthquake Re-build." In Engineering Geology for Society and Territory - Volume 5, 881–84. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-09048-1_171.

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Stewart, Glenn H., Maria Ignatieva, and Colin D. Meurk. "Multivariate Approaches to the Study of Urban Biodiversity and Vegetation: An Example from a Southern Temperate Colonial City, Christchurch, New Zealand." In Urban Biodiversity and Design, 291–308. Oxford, UK: Wiley-Blackwell, 2010. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/9781444318654.ch15.

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Batty, Rachel J. "Understanding Stakeholder Status and Legitimate Power Exertion within Community Sport Events: A Case Study of the Christchurch (New Zealand) City to Surf." In Managing and Developing Communities, Festivals and Events, 103–19. London: Palgrave Macmillan UK, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/9781137508553_8.

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Vogelaar, Alison, and Brack Hale. "The Postcolonial Garden City? Changing Representations of Nature in Christchurch, New Zealand." In Changing Representations of Nature and the City, 187–205. Routledge, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781315538167-15.

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Gorman, Paul. "Inter-regnum: A city running on coffee: 5 September 2010 to 21 February 2011." In Whose Fault?: Science and the Media During the Christchurch Earthquakes. Bridget Williams Books, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.7810/9780908321728_3.

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McMeel, Dermott John James, and Robert Amor. "Knitting Patterns." In Research Anthology on Recent Trends, Tools, and Implications of Computer Programming, 2055–69. IGI Global, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-3016-0.ch093.

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Large software conglomerates like Trimble and Autodesk provide consumers with suites of software that perform many functions within the design and construction process. Communicating with software outside of the suite can be highly problematic as file types and communication protocols are proprietary and closed within that software family - the antithesis of interoperability). This is in stark contrast with emerging trends in consumer computing, where we find a rich ecosystem of devices and services facilitating a period of intense innovation. This paper documents original research that aims to implement communication beyond specific software suites and test, to what extent, wider software ecosystems revolving around open standards might be implemented within the design and construction domain. Our first test case—an agent-based dynamic simulation combining natural and built environmental components—is deployed to explore the city as a multitude of interrelated natural and built patterns. We analyze the role this simulation might play in managing the complexities of rebuilding a sustainable urban environment after the devastating earthquake in Christchurch, New Zealand. The second test case deploys an iPad application to communicate with a BIM model - exploring the development of a mobile application and methodology for openly communicating outside of the intended software family. Through these case studies we begin to identify ways to leverage emergent device and data ecosystems and representations for ‘knitting' devices and services together in innovative ways to advance design and construction processes.
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Rice, Tom. "New Mexico City International Airport - Control Tower." In IABSE Congress, Christchurch 2021: Resilient technologies for sustainable infrastructure. Zurich, Switzerland: International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering (IABSE), 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.2749/christchurch.2021.1183.

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<p>The New International Airport in Mexico City is being built on some of poorest ground conditions that exist in Mexico City, or indeed anywhere. The ground is extremely soft, rapidly sinking and exposed to a major and unique seismic site hazard. This paper discusses the performance–based engineering design of the 90 m tall Control Tower. The tower is base isolated to significantly reduce the seismic accelerations which would approach 1.0 g with a fixed-base design. The airport site is predicted to settle by 5 m over the 75-year design life due to regional subsidence. A practical, efficient and elegant solution was developed using a shallow pile-enhanced and compensated raft, and a transfer truss which supports the lightweight braced steel tower on seismic base isolator bearings, allowing the building to be founded on the soft soils while accommodating regional subsidence by moving down with it. The design accommodated seismic joint movements of 1.4 m.</p>
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"Gentrification Interrupted: Impacts of the Christchurch Earthquakes on Inner City Revitalisation." In 20th Annual European Real Estate Society Conference: ERES Conference 2013. ÖKK-Editions, Vienna, 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.15396/eres2013_40.

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Murphy, Jim, Dugal McKinnon, and Mo H. Zareei. "Lost Oscillations: Exploring a City’s Space and Time With an Interactive Auditory Art Installation." In The 22nd International Conference on Auditory Display. Arlington, Virginia: The International Community for Auditory Display, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.21785/icad2016.019.

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Lost Oscillations is a spatio-temporal sound art installation that allows users to explore the past and present of a city’s soundscape. Participants are positioned in the center of an octophonic speaker array; situated in the middle of the array is a touch-sensitive user interface. The user interface is a stylized representation of a map of Christchurch, NewZealand, with electrodes placed throughout the map. Upon touching an electrode, one of many sound recordings made at the electrode’s real-world location is chosen and played; users must stay in contact with the electrodes in order for the sounds to continue playing, requiring commitment from users in order to explore the soundscape. The sound recordings have been chosen to represent Christchurch’s development throughout its history, allowing participants to explore the evolution of the city from the early 20th Century through to its post-earthquake reconstruction. This paper discusses the motivations for Lost Oscillations before presenting the installation’s design, development, and presentation.
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Pitchforth, James, and Steve Kite. "Feasibility study for the Samal Island to Davao City Connector Project." In IABSE Congress, Christchurch 2021: Resilient technologies for sustainable infrastructure. Zurich, Switzerland: International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering (IABSE), 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.2749/christchurch.2021.0197.

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<p>The desire to connect Davao City with the Island Garden City of Samal (IGaCOS), in the Southern Philippines, has been around for more than 40 years. A new sea crossing is planned to link the two areas with a road bridge. A feasibility study has been carried out to establish the alignment and preliminary design of the road link, assess the project impacts and analyse the costs and benefits.</p>
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Sanchez, Marcos Sanchez, Robert Ryan, and Simon Roberts. "Mary Elmes Bridge. An urban pedestrian bridge, from concept to opening." In IABSE Congress, Christchurch 2021: Resilient technologies for sustainable infrastructure. Zurich, Switzerland: International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering (IABSE), 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.2749/christchurch.2021.0276.

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<p>Mary Elmes bridge is a new 66m single span pedestrian and cyclist bridge opened in Cork in July 2019. In September 2016, Cork City Council launched a design competition for a single span low level bridge as part of its key objective to encourage greater sustainable travel in the form of walking and cycling within the city Centre. The overriding challenge was to deliver a considered design - sympathetic to the existing fabric of the city and easy to install within the confined urban environment.</p><p>The solution was a visually appealing design; a slender, 66-metre steel shallow arch, establishing a connective dialogue with its surrounds and compliant with challenging flooding and visual requirements. The structural system is a fully integral, single span with variable depth, central steel box girder and variable width cantilevered walkways. The concept adopts a clever strategy to integrate at grade landings with existing footpath levels while making the structure compatible with future city flood defenses.</p>
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Yu, Gang, and Matiul Khan. "Bridge asset management at Auckland Transport." In IABSE Congress, Christchurch 2021: Resilient technologies for sustainable infrastructure. Zurich, Switzerland: International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering (IABSE), 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.2749/christchurch.2021.0404.

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<p>Auckland is the most populous city in New Zealand. To keep Auckland moving, Auckland Transport (AT) manages the local transportation network with 1260 bridges and major culverts. With the growth of the city, this number keeps increasing.</p><p>Asset Management of these bridges at AT is facing various challenges from increasing transportation demands, fast changing environment and climate change et al. All those demands require us to review the strategies of how to maintain a sustainable transport network within a limited budget.</p><p>This paper gives an overview of the bridges that support Auckland’s transport network regarding the current asset management strategy and practice. Risk management is at the heart of AT’s bridge asset management. The consequence-and-probability calculation supports the framework of the bridge asset strategy. It covers the prioritisation, decision making, short-term and long-term planning and environmental protection.</p><p>As the good practice in bridge asset management, the adaption of new technology and safety-first principle are also discussed. However, bridge management and maintenance are always facing new challenges, this paper identifies some challenges AT may face in the future.</p>
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McManus, Adam, Daniel Tofful, and Rafal Wozniak. "Design of segmental box girder bridges with match cast dry joints in Melbourne, Australia." In IABSE Congress, Christchurch 2021: Resilient technologies for sustainable infrastructure. Zurich, Switzerland: International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering (IABSE), 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.2749/christchurch.2021.0269.

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<p>A study of recent work undertaken on the Caulfield to Dandenong Level Crossing Removal Project and West Gate Tunnel Project in Melbourne Australia. The viaducts on these projects were precast segmental box girders erected span-by-span with match cast dry joints which present several key advantages in brownfield construction of linear infrastructure.</p><p>These case studies consider the application of Australian and International design standards to the design of Australian Infrastructure. It is acknowledged that international design standards such as AASHTO have moved away from the use of match cast dry joints however in the Australian context they are still relevant, and it has been necessary to interrogate current standards to establish a suitable design basis. This approach is imperative when assessing existing infrastructure like recent work on the West Gate Tunnel Project which involved the assessment of the existing precast segmental City Link Viaducts. This study seeks to present recommendations on how AS5100.5 may be modified to provide a more practical and efficient solution for the design of new and the assessment of existing infrastructure.</p>
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Pistoletti, Pierangelo, Marcello Vaccarezza, Simone Varni, Paolo Roggero, and Marco Sciarra. "Cable stayed bridge over the Crati river in Cosenza." In IABSE Congress, Christchurch 2021: Resilient technologies for sustainable infrastructure. Zurich, Switzerland: International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering (IABSE), 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.2749/christchurch.2021.0111.

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<p>The “Bridge over the Crati River” is a cable stayed bridge in a single span of 114.725m, designed by the architect Santiago Calatrava for the city of Cosenza. The main elements are the main tower, the deck, the cables, the reinforced concrete pier and the abutments; one of those is the restraint of the main rear cables. The steel tower has a variable cross section that tapers towards the top where the cables anchoring devices are located. It is inclined of 51° from the vertical and it is anchored by means of 2 anchor stays. The bridge is composed of two parts: a reinforced concrete structure with a span of 30 m that overhangs the railway and the composite cable-stayed bridge with a span of 114.725 m. The cross section of the bridge has a constant width of 24 m all over its length. The deck is sub-divided in four vehicle lanes, two in each direction, divided by a central pedestrian lane slightly raised in comparison with the vehicle lanes. There are 40 stays, placed symmetrically in respect to the middle plane of the structure and arranged according to a mixed geometry between an harp and a fan shape to facilitate the positioning of the anchoring devices at the top of the pylon.</p>
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MCDONAGH, JOHN, JACKY BOWRING, and HARVEY PERKINS. "THE CONSUMPTION OF CHAOS: FROM THE CHARM OF CHAOS TO THE TEDIUM OF ORDER – THE CASE OF CHRISTCHURCH, NEW ZEALAND BEFORE AND AFTER THE CENTRAL CITY POST-EARTHQUAKE REBUILD." In SDP 2018. Southampton UK: WIT Press, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.2495/sdp180721.

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