A member of the USAID Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART) crawling in between two layers of the Smiths City car park. To his right, a crushed car can be seen.
A member of the USAID Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART) crawling in between two layers of the Smiths City car park. To his right, a crushed car can be seen.
A member of the USAID Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART) inspecting a crushed car on the Smiths City car park, which was severely damaged during the 22 February 2011 earthquake.
A pdf transcript of Nicolas Warren's second earthquake story, captured by the UC QuakeBox Take 2 project. Interviewer: Sriparna Saha. Transcriber: Samuel Hope.
A pdf transcript of Pat Penrose's second earthquake story, captured by the UC QuakeBox Take 2 project. Interviewer: Samuel Hope. Transcriber: Maggie Blackwood.
A story submitted by Alison Downes to the QuakeStories website.
The USAID Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART) photographed outside their headquarters in Latimer Square. Latimer Square was set up as a temporary headquarters for emergency management personnel after the 22 February 2011 earthquake.
Transcript of participant number QB1602's earthquake story, captured by the UC QuakeBox project.
Summary of oral history interview with Alana Harvey about her experiences of the Canterbury earthquakes.
Transcript of Ann's earthquake story, captured by the UC QuakeBox project.
The "Lyttelton Review" newsletter for 16 January 2012, produced by the Lyttelton Harbour Information Centre.
A video of the keynote presentation by Sir John Holmes, during the first plenary of the 2016 People in Disasters Conference. Holmes is the former United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, the current Director of Ditchley Foundation, and the chair of the Board of the International Rescue Committee in the UK. The presentation is titled, "The Politics of Humanity: Reflections on international aid in disasters".The abstract for this presentation reads as follows: As United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinate from 2007-2010, Sir John Holmes was heavily involved in the coordination of air provision to countries struck by natural and man-made disasters, raising the necessary funds, and the elaboration of humanitarian policy. The international humanitarian system is fragmented and struggling to cope with rising demands from both conflicts such as that in Syria, and the growing effects of climate change. Sir John will talk about what humanitarian aid can and cannot achieve, the frustrations of getting aid through when access may be difficult or denied, and the need to ensure that assistance encompasses protection of civilians and efforts to get them back on their feet, as well as the delivery of essential short term items such as food, water, medical care and shelter. He will discuss the challenges involved in trying to make the different agencies - UN United Nations, non-government organisations and the International Red Cross/Crescent movement - work together effectively. He will reveal some of the problems in dealing with donor and recipient governments who often have their own political and security agendas, and may be little interested in the necessary neutrality and independence of humanitarian aid. He will illustrate these points by practical examples of political and other dilemmas from aid provision in natural disasters such as Cyclone Nargis in Myanmar in 2009, and the Haiti earthquake of 2010, and in conflict situations such as Darfur, Afghanistan and Sri Lanka in the past, and Syria today. He will also draw conclusions and make recommendations about how humanitarian aid might work better, and why politicians and others need to understand more clearly the impartial space required by humanitarian agencies to operate properly.
A story submitted by Frederic to the QuakeStories website.
A story submitted by Anonymous to the QuakeStories website.
A story submitted by Anonymous to the QuakeStories website.
A story submitted by Adele Geradts to the QuakeStories website.
A story submitted by Anonymous to the QuakeStories website.
A story submitted by Anonymous to the QuakeStories website.
A story submitted by Viv Allan to the QuakeStories website.
A story submitted by Anonymous to the QuakeStories website.
A story submitted by Luke to the QuakeStories website.
A story submitted by Ethan to the QuakeStories website.
An entry from Ruth Gardner's blog for 21 March 2011 entitled, "Day 28 Rotting Rubbish and Furrtive Footprints".
An entry from Ruth Gardner's blog for 30 March 2011 entitled, "Day 37 - in the red zone".
A story submitted by rebecca sutherland to the QuakeStories website.
A pdf copy of a PowerPoint presentation which illustrates the locations where Duncan Gibb presented his Brunel lecture.
A news item titled, "Street Scale Meetings", published on the Lyttelton Harbour Information Centre's website on Wednesday, 02 November 2011.
An entry from Roz Johnson's blog for 21 December 2011 entitled, "Loving Green".
An entry from Deborah Fitchett's blog for 22 March 2011, posted to Livejournal. The entry is titled, "In which it has been a month (aka, A simple guide to surviving a disaster)".The entry was downloaded on 14 April 2015.
An entry from Deborah Fitchett's blog for 22 March 2011, posted to Dreamwidth. The entry is titled, "In which it has been a month (aka, A simple guide to surviving a disaster)".The entry was downloaded on 17 April 2015.