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A photograph of the Pallet Pavilion on the corner of Kilmore and Durham Streets.
A photograph of the Pallet Pavilion on the corner of Kilmore and Durham Streets.
A photograph of the Pallet Pavilion on the corner of Kilmore and Durham Streets.
A photograph of the Pallet Pavilion on the corner of Kilmore and Durham Streets.
A photograph of the Pallet Pavilion on the corner of Kilmore and Durham Streets.
A photograph of the Pallet Pavilion on the corner of Kilmore and Durham Streets.
A photograph of candles in a sandbox inside the Transitional Cathedral.
A photograph of the Pallet Pavilion on the corner of Kilmore and Durham Streets.
A photograph of the Pallet Pavilion on the corner of Kilmore and Durham Streets.
A photograph of the stained-glass window of the Transitional Cathedral.
A photograph of the Gap Filler headquarters near the Pallet Pavilion on the corner of Kilmore and Durham Streets.
An aerial photograph looking west over the northern part of the Christchurch central city with Bealey Avenue to the right and Hagley Park in the distance.
An aerial photograph looking south west over the Christchurch CBD with the Avon River visible to the left and Hagley Park in the distance.
A photograph of a model city at the Rebuild Central office on Lichfield Street. The model was created by members of the public as part of the Christchurch City Council's Transitional City consultation project.
A photograph of a model city at the Rebuild Central office on Lichfield Street. The model was created by members of the public as part of the Christchurch City Council's Transitional City consultation project.
A photograph of an advertising image in the window of Sugar Hair and Beauty, on the ground floor of the Inland Revenue Building.
A photograph of an advertising image in the window of Sugar Hair and Beauty, on the ground floor of the Inland Revenue Building. There are search and rescue codes spray-painted on the window, and a pile of rubble on the footpath in front.
A photograph of a paste-up from the Roger Sutton/Man About Town series, created by Nathan Ingram and Jemma Brown. The paste-up is titled "Best Man", and is on the Crichton Cobbers building on Fitzgerald Avenue.
The city of Christchurch has experienced over 10,000 aftershocks since the 4th of September 2010 earthquake of which approximately 50 have been greater than magnitude 5. The damage caused to URM buildings in Christchurch over this sequence of earthquakes has been well documented. Due to the similarity in age and construction of URM buildings in Adelaide, South Australia and Christchurch (they are sister cities, of similar age and heritage), an investigation was conducted to learn lessons for Adelaide based on the Christchurch experience. To this end, the number of URM buildings in the central business districts of both cities, the extent of seismic strengthening that exists in both cities, and the relative earthquake hazards for both cities were considered. This paper will report on these findings and recommend strategies that the city of Adelaide could consider to significantly reduce the seismic risk posed by URM buildings in future earthquake.
Disasters are rare events with major consequences; yet comparatively little is known about managing employee needs in disaster situations. Based on case studies of four organisations following the devastating earthquakes of 2010 - 2011 in Christchurch, New Zealand, this paper presents a framework using redefined notions of employee needs and expectations, and charting the ways in which these influence organisational recovery and performance. Analysis of in-depth interview data from 47 respondents in four organisations highlighted the evolving nature of employee needs and the crucial role of middle management leadership in mitigating the effects of disasters. The findings have counterintuitive implications for human resource functions in a disaster, suggesting that organisational justice forms a central framework for managing organisational responses to support and engage employees for promoting business recovery.